Until now, no one from the military top brass had received such severe punishments since early days of the anti-corruption campaign.

‘They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue’: why Tibet’s children ‘think they are Chinese’Parents say the insistence on Mandarin in schools is eroding the Tibetan language and culture right from early childhood By Kris Cheng...

The return to high-level engagement after a period of escalation reflects adaptation, not forthcoming concessions.

Parents say the insistence on Mandarin in schools is eroding the country’s language and culture right from early childhoodWeeks after a Tibetan-speaking five-year-old started preschool, she had “completely stopped speaking Tibetan”, according to her mother. Nine months later, although...

Lai Ching-te succeeded in making his visit to Taiwan’s lone ally in Africa just weeks after China forced a high-profile cancellation of his original itinerary. 

A new report by Human Rights Watch denounces the systems used by the People's Republic to promote Han Chinese identity starting in kindergarten. Tibetan is no longer used in teaching, while parents are forced to send videos to schools...

The data generated by millions of Taiwanese users – their movement patterns, consumption habits, and delivery addresses – is increasingly spread among numerous foreign investors, including companies from China.

The Chinese government is mandating the use of Mandarin in kindergartens in an effort to force Tibetans to assimilate, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday. According to the report, a 2021 Ministry of Education directive...

Policy for Kindergarten Children Imposes Chinese-Medium Environment, Indoctrination

WASHINGTON, DC– US Senators Rick Scott, a Republican senator from Florida, and Jeff Merkley, a Democratic senator from Oregon, have introduced the Tibet Atrocities Determination Act, which requires the US Secretary of State to formally determine whether China’s actions...

With no televisions, limited wi-fi and ultra-remote locations, Songtsam hotels are sanctuaries offering luxury through giving guests less but time to switch off The post Songtsam gives travellers a new way to experience the Tibetan Plateau by putting locals first...

In niche corners of the Chinese internet, discussions of the very first dynasty stand in for critiques of today’s China.

Chang, a refreshing, low-strength brew, and arak, its stronger relative, have long been part of Tibetan rituals.

It’s an exciting landmark for Toronto movies in general, and Canadian film at large

Last week, the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to the United States Heartland China Association, accusing the non-profit of partnering with organizations tied to the Chinese government. “I write to request verifiable...

Tibet Watch has documented a cluster of cases from across Tibet that reveal an intensifying pattern of repression targeting Tibetans for acts that belong to the ordinary cultural, religious and intellectual life of a Tibetan community. Source

Five years after Tibetan herder Tenzing Tsondu was hailed as “China’s most handsome man” for a seven-second video clip, he is now a romance film actor who dreams about more experiences in the wider world. Known by his Mandarin...

I will never forget my first dinosaur wing. I was a college student, on my first international expedition, preparing to venture into the mountains of Tibet in search of Jurassic dinosaurs. Our team assembled in Beijing, and as we rushed through the galleries and storehouses of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, I stole a fleeting glance, from across the room. A skeleton of the little carnivore Microraptor, its long arms unfurled, adorned with feathers forming a broad sheet. The wings sparkled in the low light; I was mesmerised. And then we were hustled along.

After the 2018 agreement, pressure on Chinese Catholics is escalating amid apparent indifference from the Vatican, a Human Rights Watch Report says. The post No Real Freedom for the Catholic Church in China first appeared on Bitter Winter.

From India to Australia, Tibetan expatriates in 27 countries elected the 45-member assembly with 93 candidates running. Just over 91,000 voters cast their ballot. The five-year parliament, based in Dharamsala, serves as the representative body for the approximately 150,000...

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A Chinese Christian explains that obtaining a Bible legally is difficult—and getting one illegally will land you in jail. The post The Bible Dilemma of China’s House Church Believers first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Tibetans outside Chinese control vote on Sunday for a government-in-exile, an election of heightened significance as they brace for an inevitable, eventual, future without their revered spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The India-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) — condemned...

Tibetans living outside Chinese control vote on Sunday for a government-in-exile in a ballot seen as increasingly significant as they prepare for an eventual future without their revered spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The India-based Central Tibetan Administration remains...

A crypto tycoon is giving record-breaking amounts to Farage’s party. But little is known about his motivesShortly before Christmas 2022, Chakrit Sakunkrit, owner of the Kamalaya Wellness Sanctuary on the Thai island of Koh Samui, invited 200 guests to spend...