The new bridge was meant to showcase China's meeting its infrastructure goals. It only opened to traffic a few months ago.

Police in the city had closed the 758-metre-long bridge to all traffic

A newly constructed bridge in southwest China has partially collapsed.

No casualties have been reported due to the timely closing

The goddes Mazu, the divinized general Guan Yu, and other deities are mobilized by CCP propaganda to promote the reunification narrative.

Police in the city had closed the 758-metre-long bridge to all traffic

“The Mother of All Religions,” a tour de force on the sources of Theosophy’s foundational texts, is both impressive and irritating. The post Theosophy’s Literary Skeletons: Urs App and Madame Blavatsky’s “Mental Furniture” first appeared on Bitter Winter.

In the face of authoritarian challenges, resilience is key to the survival of democracy, former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said in a keynote speech yesterday at the Berlin Freedom Conference....

How museums can foster greater understanding and cultural sensitivity when presenting Tibetan Buddhist art The post Tibetan Art as an Offering to the Tibetan People appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

In a bid to exercise absolute power, today’s crop of authoritarian leaders is recruiting – and exploiting – believersDonald Trump’s crusading threat to invade Nigeria and save Christians from Islamist terrorists is typical attention-seeking. Surely even he must realise...

Now, other candidates are also adopting similar strategies and following Mamdani's footsteps.

From a Celtic shield and a horned helmet to baloney, magenta and tarantula, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Who travelled in search of “the hooly blisful martir”?2 In what combat sport are competitors divided into east and...

Directors ask for their films not to be shown at IndieChina festival, which was due to launch this weekendAn independent film festival due to start in New York this weekend has been cancelled after several film-makers pulled out due...

China’s stewardship of the Third Pole will shape not only Asia’s water security but the credibility of global climate cooperation.

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Chinese authorities harassed several dozen Chinese film directors and producers, as well as their families in China, causing them to pull films from the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival in New York City, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 6, 2025, the festival’s organizer, Zhu Riku, announced that the film festival, scheduled for November 8-15, had been “suspended.”

Italy says communication between rescue teams, local officials, foreign diplomatic missions 'extremely challenging'.

On 9-12 October, Gyaltsen Norbu, Beijing's appointed 11th Panchen Lama, led a four-day Kalachakra empowerment - one of the most sacred initiations in Tibetan Buddhist practice - at Tashi Lhunpo monastery in Shigatse. Source

Sheffield Hallam University in England terminated a project about Uyghur forced labor after Chinese state security officers reportedly interrogated a staff member in Beijing...

For decades, Tibetans built a capital in exile in Dharamshala, India, and sent their kids to a school founded by the Dalai Lama. That's now changing.

For decades, Tibetans built a capital-in-exile in Dharamshala in India, and they sent their kids to a school founded by the Dalai Lama. But their numbers are now decreasing.

Victims include five foreigners and two Nepalis, while four others remain missing, media reports say.

This week, India’s private airline Indigo flew one of its A320 planes from Kolkata to Guangzhou. It was the first direct flight from India to China in five years, following its halt during the Covid-19 pandemic and the souring of relations...

Bangladesh’s ratification of the UN Water Convention could increase the nation’s legal clout in transboundary water governance.

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