Born in Kyiv, trained in a Soviet conservatory and inspired in a Mongolian temple, the experimental musician describes the impulse that led to her first original album in 30 yearsOn 7 October 2023, Kyiv-born, Tallinn-based violinist and electronic musician...

The abbot of Longen Monastery and principal of a large vocational school closed by the government in 2021 got in trouble after his cold welcome to the false Panchen Lama. The post Humkar Dorje Rinpoche: Leading Tibetan Lama “Disappeared”...

Tibetan Buddhist lama and scholar Khenpo Sodargye on the type of faith that makes practice transcendent The post Four Kinds of Faith appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

In her recent New York Times opinion piece, former minister of culture Lung Ying-tai (龍應台) paints a bleak picture of Taiwan’s future

Relay stations owned or leased by US government no longer carrying Radio Free Asia broadcasts

Beijing claims Tibetans have right to use their own language but reality shows widespread suppression

Beijing’s cross-border crackdown on Taiwanese independence supporters is expected to escalate, extending beyond China and its territories to “China-friendy” countries and those with Chinese police stations, national security officials said yesterday.

Chinese authorities of Gade County declared the death of Rigzin Hungkar Dorje, a prominent Tibetan abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golog,  who had been missing since August last year. Source

Inside Tibet, people mourn the unexplained death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje, a renowned abbot and educator.

Iranian-US tensions are boiling after Trump threatened to bomb Iran following its rejection of direct talks over a new nuclear deal. He also ordered the Pentagon to move six B-2 stealth bombers, which CNN assessed to be 30% of its stealth bomber fleet, to the...

L’affermazione che la legge “ha impedito 400 milioni di nascite” è considerata falsa da tutti gli studiosi accademici. The post Ascesa e caduta della politica cinese del figlio unico. 3. Ma ha funzionato? first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The claim that the policy “prevented 400 million births” has been unanimously rejected by scholars as false. The post The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 3. Did It Work? first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Journalist Emily Feng collects her decade of reporting in Asia with a series of powerfully told, personal stories that chronicle a deterioration in China’s civil liberties

Tibetan children as young as 6 are subjected to military training; political and patriotic education

The Drepung Monastery in Lhasa has the capacity to look for the exiled spiritual leader’s successor under Beijing’s supervision, Tibetology researcher says.

Artist Joseph Ramirez and Buddhist teacher Justin von Bujdoss discuss dark meditation and Ramirez’s work, The Gold Projections, with Tricycle’s Philip Ryan. The post Breathing Light appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Veteran Hong Kong journalist Justin is a freelance editor at Whynot, a Chinese-language online media outlet and a subsidiary of the US government-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA). Since US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January,...

The reincarnation of the Dalai Lama has become one of the most crucial levers for China’s control over Tibet. To understand why, it is essential to examine the deep religious, cultural and political significance of that institution within Tibetan society and how Beijing perceives its connection to broader governance goals.

Video footage from Tibet circulating on Chinese social media in the second week of this month exposes rampant ecological damage caused by government-approved mining in Drongri village (གྲོང་རི་གྲོང་ཚོ།), in Tsonga Township (མཚོ་རྔ་ཤང་།), Markam County, Chamdo City.  Source

China jams RFA and VOA broadcasts, which Tibetans say are their only lifelines to uncensored news.

The services have been a lifeline to Tibetans stuck behind China’s ‘Great Firewall.’

A summary of the growing persecution in the last few years of Protestant house churches, dissident Catholics, and Christian new religious movements.  The post China’s Religious Freedom Crisis Escalates: Christian Churches Face Comprehensive Suppression first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The radio and its website perform an essential function in exposing the crimes of the CCP both in China and internationally. It should continue its precious work. The post Radio Free Asia: An Appeal to the US Congress first...