Trinley, from the village of Meruma (Mai’erma) in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba), Sichuan (the Tibetan area of Amdo) was released before the end of a five-year jail term, but is being kept under close surveillance and has not been allowed...

By Dolma Tsering

It is an epic piece of music that literally falls apart – and it perfectly captured the end-of-days chaos after the tragedy. Composer William Basinski and musician Anohni recall its febrile birth in New York’s avant-garde scene‘Do you remember...

China's Japan policy is not merely a tactical misstep. It's a strategic blunder rooted in a misunderstanding of how influence is generated in Asia. Here's why. The post Why China's Hard-Line Approach Towards Japan Is Counterproductive first appeared on...

A new exhibition in Delhi showcases 200 rare photographs that fixed identities in colonial India.

RFA and other U.S.-funded outlets are strategically important in bringing uncensored information to the Chinese public, advocates said.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) has resumed its broadcasts in Mandarin, Tibetan, and Uyghur. President and CEO Bay Fang announced on LinkedIn on Wednesday that the services were back after US President Donald Trump cut off government funding last year....

Ngari Rinpoche devoted his life to serving His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people. He worked for many years in the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as well as in the Tibetan Department of Security....

Beijing accused the United States on Wednesday of “interfering in China’s internal affairs”, after Washington announced an envoy to promote Tibetans’ rights. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Tuesday that Riley Barnes, the assistant secretary of state...

The legislation aims to reduce the number of medical emergencies on the world’s highest peak

The follow-up to Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line explores the history of colonial exploration through a perilous 19th-century odysseyWith her peripatetic and philosophical second novel, Deepa Anappara travels into uncharted territory. Her dazzling 2020 debut, Djinn Patrol on the...

The essays in a new anthology offer two distinct ways of interpreting the Promethean legacy of scientific progress.

Teachers' strikes in Iran condemn student killings during protests as mourning ceremonies take place nationwide.

Public signage newly displayed at Tibetan Buddhist monasteries confirms a Chinese government policy that forbids children under 18 from entering monasteries or receiving classes from monks. Source

Organizers of the 2026 Winter Olympics are betting that the event will lure more tourists to northern Italy for years to come

Amid Cuba’s deepening fuel crisis, countries are bowing to US pressure and winding down their Cuban medical programmes.

Broadcaster shut down news operations last year after Trump administration’s funding cuts prompted mass layoffs

(Paris) – Chinese authorities have attempted to pressure two ethnic Uyghur activists living in Paris, including by asking one to spy on France’s Uyghur diaspora, Human Rights Watch said today. The case highlights the Chinese government’s increasing harassment of critics abroad and members of diaspora communities, abusive acts beyond China’s borders known as “transnational repression.”

China has previously criticised the role, accusing the US of interfering in China’s internal affairs.

CEO said services have restarted after termination of grants led to criticism that US was ceding ground to ChinaRadio Free Asia has resumed broadcasts to people in China, its chief executive said on Tuesday, after Trump administration cuts last...

Political Sinicization is not the only possible or desirable form of Sinicization. A new book on Jingjiao offers an alternative. The post The Luminous Nestorians: When Christianity Was Already Chinese first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Tarique Rahman of the BNP is sworn in as the prime minister of Bangladesh. His cabinet appointments are also revealed.

Dear readers and supporters, HKFP marked 10 years of publishing in 2025 – with our newsroom reaching the milestone intact and motivated, if not somewhat battered and bruised by the political and economic pressures facing the media at home...

Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, Sadie Sink, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo and Caleb McLaughlin were all in attendance at Hawke’s wedding to singer Christian Lee Hutson