Pro-Tibet protesters outside Parliament House urged Foreign Minister Penny Wong to prioritize human rights in her meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. Senator Wong confirmed discussing human rights issues and welcomed progress on trade barriers.

Click to expand Image A screen displays the vote count after the third reading of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance  at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, March 19, 2024. © 2024 AP Photo/Louise Delmotte (New York) – The Beijing-controlled Legislative...

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit comes amid a tilt by New Zealand towards US and Australian defence policy, and concerns that Wellington could join Aukus.

The US House passed a bill targeting TikTok's Chinese ties, drawing China's ire. Ambassador Burns criticized China's internet restrictions. ByteDance runs Douyin domestically. The bill faces Senate review, with President Biden likely to sign if passed.

The fire in Nyagchu county has burned down homes and injured animals.

We must ponder what propels human progress as we confront climate change, social unrest, and divisive political movements.

Wang hailed the strength of the relationship at the start of a trip to the region that will also include a visit to Australia.

Analysts expect affirmative action for ethnic minority groups will be further rolled back as Beijing backs down from emphasising their distinctive qualities.

Chinese authorities send over 1,000 firefighters to Sichuan province to battle fire that has spread across mountains, but no casualties have been reported so far.

A reunion to remember took place earlier this month when Chinese basketball legend, Yao Ming, and a now-grown-up boy, who was hailed as a hero of the devastating 2008 earthquake in China’s southwestern Sichuan province met again.

Lin Jian was party chief at the foreign office of state-run paramilitary organisation XPCC.

Gendun Lhundrub was arrested by Chinese police in December 2020.

China carried out a live-fire exercise in the Xinjiang Military Region as thousands of troops remain deployed along the boundary with India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Arunachal Pradesh to inaugurate the strategic Sela Tunnel, which has irked China.

‘Solemn representations’ made to New Delhi after Indian prime minister inaugurates Himalayan project on visit to the sensitive region.

Tibetan flags were hoisted outside town halls in Europe and the United States.

A pro-democracy blogger and spy novelist, Yang is an Australian citizen born in China who was working in New York before his 2019 arrest at Guangzhou airport.

By Peter Martell and Tenzin Sangmo From teaching centuries-old crafts to cataloguing their language, exiled Tibetans guard the cultural identity of a homeland most have neither seen nor dare visit, and where they say Beijing is eradicating their heritage....

The Dalai Lama, the charismatic Buddhist spiritual leader celebrated worldwide for his tireless campaign for greater autonomy for his Tibetan homeland, has been a thorn in China’s side for decades. Tenzin Gyatso, who describes himself as a “simple Buddhist...

March 8, 2024: The Asia Freedom Institute published a document titled The Next Dalai Lama. Collected Statements, Writings and Documents. The 139-page document is a comprehensive collection of statements made by the Dalai Lama, Tibetan religious leaders, the Central...

They were among more than 1,000 Tibetans arrested for opposing the construction of a dam.

One reason is China’s ‘lack of trust and confidence in the Tibetan people,’ it says.