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China set to codify Mandarin dominance, curtailing minority language education

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, March 4: China is set to enact a sweeping legal framework that will formally entrench Mandarin Chinese as the dominant language in education and public life, while sharply restricting the use of so-called minority languages, such...

Nepal accepts $4 million grant from China to support its upcoming election

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, March 4: In a development that has captured domestic and regional attention, the Government of Nepal has formally accepted a US $4 million grant from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to support the...

Sowa Rigpa at a Crossroads: Fewer Tibetan Students, Fewer Jobs

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 4 March: Dr Dorjee Damdul, Associate Professor in the Department of Sowa Rigpa at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, was honoured with the Yuthok Award by the Central Council of Tibetan Medicine (CCTM)...

Robert De Niro reads Abraham Lincoln’s speech about democracy amid Trump feud

De Niro read Abraham Lincoln’s words on civility at Carnegie Hall

STP flags transnational repression at United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva

The discussion featured key representatives from communities impacted by state-driven cross-border repression, including Sarah from STP Germany, Zumrita Akrin of the Uyghur Congress, Lebin Ding representing the Felang Goan Chinese community, and Thinley Chukki, Representative of His Holiness the...

HRW warns China’s draft ‘Ethnic Unity’ law could intensify repression, erase minority rights

The 62-article draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress was submitted to the National People's Congress on September 8, 2025. An official explanatory document states that the law "implements General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thinking" on ethnic affairs...

Annual Taipei march to mark 1959 Tibetan uprising, protest repression

Taipei, March 4 (CNA) An annual march commemorating the 1959 Tibetan uprising, themed around religious reincarnation, autonomy and resistance to transnational repression, will take place in Taipei on Saturday, organizers said Wednesday.

Strengthening Solidarity: Collaborative Efforts Between the Indian Uyghur Society and Tibetan Youth Congress

On 4th March 2026, the Indian Uyghur Society (IUS) President, Mr Wasim Abdullah, and General Secretary, Mr Talat Feroz, visited the Tibetan Youth Congress office and met with TYC President Mr Tsering Chomphel. During the meeting, they discussed their...

What to know about the 'two sessions', China's biggest political meeting

The carefully choreographed annual meetings signal the priorities of the world's second-largest economy.

China’s new language law to criminalise advocacy of ethnic minority rights

(TibetanReview.net, Mar03’26) – In the name of promoting inter-ethnic harmony, China is to force dozens of ethnic minorities within the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to assimilate into Han-dominated society by enacting a landmark law during the upcoming fourth...