Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 16: Chinese authorities have reportedly deployed a heavy presence of police and paramilitary forces in Lhasa on Sunday during the annual Ganden Ngamchoe festival, a key religious observance commemorating the parinirvana of Je Tsongkhapa, the...

By Vijay Kranti In late November when I received invitation to participate in an international conference on Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyatso, the famous and controversial 6th Dalai Lama at Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, I alerted some journalist and diplomat friends...

With the pretext of “fire security,” the Chinese desecrate Buddhist sacred symbols. The post Golog Prefecture, Qinghai Province: Beijing’s Bonfire of Tibetan Prayer Flags first appeared on Bitter Winter.

(TibetanReview.net, Dec15’25) – In a move to bring many more millions of Chinese tourists to Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) each year, even as the territory remains tightly restricted for non-Chinese foreign visitors, the authorities have identified more than 58,000...

A review meeting of departments concerned and key stakeholders was held on December 15 under the chairmanship of deputy commissioner-cum-trade authority Amit Sharma to assess institutional and logistical preparedness.

Dr Tashi Phuntsok* presents his case for the election of Mr Kalsang Tsering as the member of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile from the Australasia constituency in the upcoming, 2026 Tibetan elections. The vibrant democratic tradition founded under the visionary leadership...

Click to expand Image Jimmy Lai with a copy of Apple Daily's July 1, 2020, edition in Hong Kong. © 2020 Vincent Yu/AP Photo (New York) – The Hong Kong High Court’s conviction of Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct...

December 15, 2025 The December 10th observation of International Human Rights Day this year was marked by comments in support of Tibet by delegates from six countries and a statement from the European Union. The Central Tibetan Administration published...

The loss of the central role of people in today’s complex global systems is the greatest danger of all. In Kenya and Amdo Tibet, it can be rediscovered.

The academic books that shaped this year’s conversation on Buddhism and culture The post Our Scholarly Recommendations of 2025 appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.