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Jet Li Attends Tibetan Buddhist Event in Singapore
Jet Li was spotted attending the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara Grand Puja 2024 in Singapore, where he participated in rituals led by Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche. The action star, who has made few public appearances due to health issues, also attended a performance of A Dream Of Red Mansions.
China’s home-grown C919 reaches new heights with flight to ‘roof of the world’
C919 ‘smoothly landed’ at one of the highest airports in the world in western China on Thursday ahead of a series of ‘research and development test flights’.
Explainer: Banned from Hong Kong – a brief history of entry denials at the city’s borders
For decades, free-wheeling Hong Kong was reputed as an open Asian economic base, travel hub and place to do business, with a liberal border regime. But, in recent years, the city has taken a stricter, or more discretionary, approach...
US will ‘continue to push’ for release of detainees in China, State Department says
WASHINGTON — On Monday, after the U.S. State Department announced the release of David Lin, an American pastor, from nearly two decades of imprisonment in China, officials said more work remains to secure the freedom of other Americans held in...
Is China Working to Resolve Tensions with India?
China and India face strained relations, primarily due to territorial disputes stemming from Tibet's annexation by China The post Is China Working to Resolve Tensions with India? appeared first on Caracal.
The End of Times or the First Day
An engaged Zen practitioner wrestles with the idea of mappō, or the dying of the dharma. The post The End of Times or the First Day appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
For Tibetans, There Is Now a “Xi Jinping Thought on Reincarnation”
Beijing insists it will not abandon its claim that, although officially atheistic, the Communist Party is entitled to control reincarnation of Tibetan Living Buddhas.
China’s security chief calls for ‘resolute crackdown’ on separatists in Tibetan areas
Chen Wenqing’s four-day visit comes as security is tightened in sensitive Tibet region ahead of National Day on October 1.
Mixing Your Mind with Space
The power of dropping into open awareness and waking down into the wisdom of the body The post Mixing Your Mind with Space appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
Report details how China retaliates against people for engaging with UN
washington — China is among the foreign governments that retaliate against people for engaging with the United Nations, according to a report released this week by the U.N. Secretary-General. The report highlights how hard Beijing tries to silence its critics,...
China tries to reshape Tibet, Xinjiang narratives with new propaganda efforts
Taipei, Taiwan — Chinese authorities have rolled out new propaganda efforts aimed at countering Western narratives about the human rights situation in the northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Tibet. In recent weeks, they have continued to invite foreign vloggers...
US, EU joint statement backs Taiwan
CHINA POLICY: At the seventh US-EU Dialogue on China, the two...
China ramping up transnational repression, Uyghur exiles in US say
washington — Many exiled Uyghurs in the U.S. say China has ramped up transnational repression against them, using their relatives who still live in China to threaten them into silence abroad. “I’ve been targeted online with fake accounts. … Chinese...
German Tibet activist denied entry to Hong Kong from China
David Missal, a University of Hong Kong graduate and spokesman for the Tibet Initiative Deutschland lobby group, said he was held for 13 hours and ultimately refused entry to Hong Kong. He had come from mainland China.
China: Free Taiwanese Political Activist
Click to expand Image Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, speaks at a press conference in Beijing, China, September 13, 2023. © 2023 Chen Yehua/Xinhua via Getty Images (New York) – The...
After millennia apart, these Tibetan lakes are now linked and could merge by 2030
Scientists are warning of climate change risks after Tibet’s biggest inland lake spilled over into another one.
Five Teenage Tibetan Monks Attempt To Take Own Lives
By Tashi Wangchuk Five young Tibetan former monks who were forced to leave their monastery by Chinese officials and attend a local government-run boarding school attempted tokill themselves in early September, saying they found it “unbearable” to stay in...
World's Oldest Religious Leader Turns 100
Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, turned 100 today.
Tibetan Villages Driven to Poverty by China's Forced Relocation Program
Beijing has been uprooting entire Tibetan villages, stripping them of economic self-sufficiency and eroding their culture under the guise of modernization.
China Expresses Intolerance for Others’ Interference in Internal Affairs
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report that there still exists problematic legislations and policies in Xinjiang, China, and the Western media and organizations made comments on human rights issue in Tibet.
Sudan: Abusive Warring Parties Acquire New Weapons
Click to expand Image Sudanese armed forces with an unexploded one-way attack drone from the Rapid Support Forces recovered from an attack on a government building in Gedaref, Sudan, July 11, 2024. © 2024 Telegram (New York, September 9, 2024) –...
German activist and HKU journalism grad David Missal says Hong Kong denied him entry despite travelling freely to China
An award-winning German journalist, activist and University of Hong Kong (HKU) graduate has said he was barred from entering the city. David Missal said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he was denied entry on Sunday evening: “After...
Trample on What Challenges You
Using chöd to break free from the shackles of fear The post Trample on What Challenges You appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
The (Worrying) Popularity Of Caterpillar Fungus – Analysis
By Lobsang Gelek By now the army of scavengers has retreated from the high hillsides of the eastern Tibetan plateau, their bounty in hand. Harvest season for yartsa gunbu (དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ།), or caterpillar fungus, typically runs from May to July,...




























