Tibetan Review
Penpa Tsering begins second term as Sikyong of exile Tibetan administration
(TibetanReview.net, May27’26) – Mr Penpa Tsering has taken his oath of office as the Sikyong (executive head) of the Central Tibetan Administration for a second five-year term this morning following his more than 61% electoral victory in February at...
India reacts strongly to Pakistan-China remarks on Jammu-Kashmir situation
(TibetanReview.net, May27’26) – India has reacted strongly to Pakistan and China making a reference to the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement they issued after a meeting between host President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Shehbaz...
34 Communist party of China-state compliant scholars awarded top Tibetan Buddhism degrees
(TibetanReview.net, May26’26) – China said May 24 that it had awarded a total of 34 “Thorampa” degrees, the top academic degree for Tibetan Buddhists, to candidates who successfully completed their course. However, the final examination was held not in...
Call for Tibet’s independence reiterated at supporters’ 8th int’l conference
(TibetanReview.net, May26’26) – Votaries of independence for Tibet have on May 26 concluded a four-day conference in the Blue Mountains town in the Australian state of New South Wales, near Sydney, by reiterating their call on the Central Tibetan...
Exile Tibetan leader attends milestone US Independence Day reception in New Delhi
(TibetanReview.net, May26’26) – Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on May 25 attended a reception hosted by the US Embassy in New Delhi to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. The development...
Three Decades of Silence: The Boy Who Became the World’s Longest-Held Political Prisoner
OPINION As China continues to disappear Tibet’s 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, whom it abducted with his family 31 years ago at six years of age with absolute impunity to this day, Ashu Maan* makes the point that...
China warns India on Tibetan independence, Dalai Lama-reincarnation issues as bilateral ties improve
(TibetanReview.net, May25’26) – Even as trust deficit between the two sides remain unresolved in the wake of the Galwan Valley border clashes of mid-2020, China has sought to make it clear May 24 that stability and constructive development of...
Exile administration reiterates autonomy demand as China celebrates 75th anniversary of Tibet takeover
(TibetanReview.net, May24’26) – Accusing China of being totally out of sync with the desires and aspirations of the Tibetan people, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) of exile Tibetans has on May 23 reiterated its long-standing call for genuine autonomy...
China’s DeepZang AI app a tool for Sinicizing Tibetan intellect
(TibetanReview.net, May23’26) – China has begun deploying in Tibet Artificial Intelligence (AI) as part of its wider influence and control strategy there, where questions of identity, religion and political authority remain deeply contested and tightly regulated, noted theprint.in May...
75th Anniversary of China’s ‘Peaceful Liberation of Tibet’: A Historical Rebuttal and Analysis of Political Terminology
OPINION Gyaltsen Choedak* contends that the narrative on the “17-Point Agreement” is as much about China’s illegal annexation of Tibet in the name of “peaceful liberation” as it is about getting the terminology underlying the coerced signing of this...















