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China changed US Secretary of State’s name to pretend it’s not letting in its twice-sanctioned top rights critic

(TibetanReview.net, May15’26) – To China, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is “Marco Lu” while he remain the top US diplomat, and during President Donald Trump’s state visit to the country over May 13-15.  Rubio otherwise cannot enter...

Japanese lawmakers briefed on China’s assimilation policy in occupied Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, May14’26) – The Japan Parliamentary Support Group for Tibet has recently held a hearing on Tibet in which the speakers have focused on a range of issues that are stated to threaten the survival of the Tibetan national...

Nearly 38% of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile members are new

(TibetanReview.net, May13’26) – At 17, nearly 38% of the 45 members of the 18th Tibetan Parliament Exile (TPiE) are new, according to results announced today by the Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration at Dharamshala, India. Half the...

India asks China to introspect on reputational cost of its Operation Sindoor support to Pakistan

(TibetanReview.net, May13’26) – India on May 12 accused China of helping Pakistan to pro-tect its terrorist infrastructure during last year’s Operation Sindoor. India launched that opera-tion after terrorists suspected to be launched from Pakistan gunned down 26 civilians in...

China asked to stop hoarding food, fertiliser to help ease global supply crisis

(TibetanReview.net, May12’26) – China has the biggest world stockpile of food stuffs and fertiliser and should stop building their stockpiles and instead help ease a global supply crisis caused by the Iran war, reported bbc.com May 12, citing former...

Chinese mayor in California to be tried for running illegal propaganda for Beijing

(TibetanReview.net, May12’26) –  Eileen Wang, an ethnic Chinese mayor of Arcadia, a wealthy suburban city in the US city of Los Angeles, California, has resigned on May 11 and agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent...

Would-be Gelug Tibetan parliament member expelled from monastery on disciplinary ground

(TibetanReview.net, May11’26) – By unofficial results, Geshe Lharampa Atuk Tseten has won re-election to the 18th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) as one of two persons to represent the Gelug Tibetan Buddhists in it, but he is now removed...

China’s New Preschool Rules in Tibet: Language and Culture at a Crossroads

OPINION Ashu Maan* analyses China’s 2021 “Children’s Speech Harmonization Plan” and its wider push toward Mandarin-only preschool education, reshaping Tibetan cultural transmission, family structures, and religious identity; he places these developments within the broader debate on minority rights, assimilation...

China’s hand behind Nepal Home Minister’s resignation?

LETTER (TibetanReview.net, May10’26) – I read with interest your news item titled US Highlights China’s Atrocities on Tibetans Ahead of President Trump’s Visit to China (May 7, 2026). It mentions China’s pressures on Nepal and strong US financial support...