To alleviate concerns and reduce tensions, greater transparency, consistent data sharing and diplomacy are essential.

These nuns, trained in self-defence, are part of the Drukpa lineage, which promotes gender equality and empowers women through physical and spiritual development.

Larung Gar Buddhist Academy. From tibet.net Recent media reports indicate that China is strengthening its military presence at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, reputed to be the largest center of Tibetan Buddhist study on the world. Security measures at the...

From why some EU nationals still need a visa for China to a mega dam project in Tibet, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

China is moving ahead with plans to build the world’s largest hydropower dam on Tibet’s longest river despite environmental, water security and displacement concerns raised by India, Bangladesh and Tibetan rights groups. The Chinese government granted approval to build...

Analysts warn huge hydroelectric project in Tibet could risk geological disasters and irk New Delhi as neighbours try to ease tensions.

Images from khyentsefoundation.org Khyentse Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by the revered Bhutanese lama, filmmaker, and author Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, has announced that it has begun accepting applications for KF Scholarship funding for Buddhist studies scholars. The application...

From China’s new colossal hydropower project to Apple’s investment in Indonesia, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Adopting a Japanese trend, residents are modifying vehicles or buying purpose-built ones for camping trips on mainland they say shatters stereotypes.

Hydropower project on Yarlung Tsangpo River could get unprecedented investment to tackle daunting engineering challenges.

China’s fourth senior official Wang Huning visits China Tibetology Research Centre, as officials vow national unity and ethnic solidarity.

Negotiations on self-determination of Tibet has been a contentious matter between the Tibetan ethnic minority and the PRC government. The PRC government has failed to implement in letter and spirit various laws which stipulate the establishment of autonomous regions...

US National Defence Authorization Act, annual omnibus bill, also includes extension of China sanctions in Tibet and Uygur legislation.

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Its latest foreign-visitor policy shows that China is willing to be pragmatic, rather than adhering strictly to ideologies.

Viewing Kashmiri society through the lens of peace and conflict studies, it can be argued that conflict management though has been an ongoing process for an extended period now; the region is currently in a state of stable transition,...

Rachung was jailed for sending prayer money to Tibetan exile monasteries to pray his late uncle who died from self immolation Source

New Delhi — After a four-and-a-half-year military standoff along their disputed Himalayan border, ties between India and China witnessed a thaw in 2024 with both sides withdrawing troops from two flashpoints. But analysts say mistrust remains a key hurdle to...

Chinese expert on South Asia says the regional powers, long plagued by border disputes, should work harder to bridge perception gap.

A US report which alleged that Hong Kong’s unique system had been “withered away,” leaving it “nearly indistinguishable” from mainland cities, has been condemned by the local government and Beijing. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) – a US...

Airborne technology is helping to map the terrain and water reserves in the Qilian Mountains.

Uygur Rights Advocacy Project, Canada Tibet Committee and 20 people involved are on sanctions list, Chinese foreign ministry says.

Sometimes the perfect present is a timely reminder that, even when it absolutely seems like it, all is not lostI discovered the perfect Christmas present at work the other day after eating fish and chips too fast. I was...