Incredible Winners of the 2025 Nature Photographer of the Year Contest Norwegian photographer Åsmund Keilen has been named 2025 Nature Photographer of the Year for his artistic long-exposure photo of a common swift flying across the summer sky. Taken...

With their round bodies, big ears, and cute name, pikas are often called the “real-life Pikachu.” Though often mistaken for rodents, pikas are actually close relatives of rabbits and hares. Pikas typically grow about to 20cm in length, with short limbs and no visible tail. They live in high-altitude regions across North America and Asia, where freezing temperatures and rocks define their world.

Traveller claims Chinese officials declared her Indian passport invalid for mentioning Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing claims as its territory, as her birthplace

Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goalsIn the summer of 2023, I arrived in Dharamshala, an Indian town celebrated as the home of the Dalai...

Uyghurs, Christians, Tibetans, and Falun Gong practitioners have faced 'targeted repression,' it stated.

La repressione tecnologica avanza. Ma avanzano anche i mezzi per eluderla. The post Tecnologie biometriche e vie di fuga: perché il riconoscimento facciale non rende “obsoleti” i racconti dei rifugiati cinesi first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

A roundup of children’s books that introduce the dharma The post Buddhist Books for Kids in 2025 appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Scientists says this group rarely intermingled with others

Click to expand Image A protester writes "dignity" in English and Chinese in a show of solidarity with the White Paper protest in China at the University of Washington in Seattle, December 4, 2022. © 2022 Chin Hei Leung/SOPA...

ICIMOD experts warn 42 glacial lakes in Koshi province, including Tallopokhari in Barun, are at high risk of bursting, threatening lives and infrastructure in Sankhuwasabha and Arun Valley.

The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide

CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content blocked or deleted (often yielding the message “404: content not found”) from Chinese...

The guiding teacher of Heart Sangha on the connections between generosity, motherhood, and chöd The post The Generosity of Offering the Body appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The Three-Self Church is not a real church but a political propaganda agency. Leaving it, however, exposes one to the risk of being arrested. The post The Weeping Believer: A Report from a Chinese Christian first appeared on Bitter...

On Tuesday last week, the Italian senate introduced a motion calling on the Italian government to act through international institutions to protect the rights of Next Digital founder Jimmy Lai (黎智英), ...

Til, the remotest of three villages in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, was already wrestling with a dwindling population but a series of natural disasters has led many to consider where their future should beOn the night...

foreign policy, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on November 6, 2025. The Japanese government should affirm its commitment to human rights by taking the lead in promoting civilian democratic rule and the rule of law across Asia and around the world.

The Chinese Communist regime’s efforts to undermine liberties far beyond its own borders know no rest—the paradigmatic case of 22-year-old Zhang Yadi. The post Silencing Pro-Tibet Activists Abroad: China’s Transnational Repression first appeared on Bitter Winter.

China’s requirement that the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation to be born in China and approved by Beijing has drawn criticism, with experts at a forum in Taipei yesterday saying that if Beijing were to put ...

A 17th-century Newar scholar’s outsized influence on European Buddhist scholarship The post Discovering Jayamuni appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

China’s leader Xi Jinping and Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn have pledged closer ties during the first visit to China by a reigning Thai monarch

A testimony by Amsterdam’s “lonely Uyghur” protester about the relevance and beauty of November 16. The post Why Uyghurs Commemorated the East Turkestan Republic Day first appeared on Bitter Winter.

An international lawmaker alliance said it will also push for actions opposing Beijing's coercive activities against Taiwan, Tibet, and others.

A coalition of lawmakers from around the world would support bills and measures to counter China-backed transnational repression...