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‘Not competing for influence on Greenland’: China warns Europe over ‘diktats of a bully’

China distances itself from the Greenland controversy while cautioning Europe against heavy dependence on the US as tensions strain transatlantic ties

UK approves China’s largest European Embassy amid security, human rights concerns

The United Kingdom government has given the green light to China's plans to build what is set to become its largest diplomatic mission in Europe, a decision that has triggered sharp criticism from security experts, opposition politicians, and human...

Young Tibetans from 8 Nations Unite in Italy to Ignite New Advocacy Era

Young Tibetans from 8 nations united in South Tyrol to design 2026 advocacy strategies, forming a new Italian leadership group to strengthen the global cause.

UK Approves China’s ‘Mega-Embassy’ Amid Surveillance Fears

UK approves China's "mega-embassy" at Royal Mint Court despite security fears. Activists call the move "appeasement" ahead of PM Starmer's visit.

China Transfers Record 10,500 Tibetan Students to Mainland Schools

China transfers a record 10,500 Tibetan students to mainland schools in 2025, intensifying Sinicization. Over 180,000 relocated since 1984.

Record 10,500 Tibetan students taken to schools in China in 2025 as Sinicization drive intensified

(TibetanReview.net, Jan20’26) – The number of Tibetan students sent to study in classes especially set up for them in schools in various provinces of China has increased in recent years in keeping with Beijing’s intensified drive to Sinicize Tibet...

Job Posting: Director of Advocacy and Partnerships

The International Campaign for Tibet is searching for an experienced Director of Advocacy and Partnerships to drive programs and direct strategies that support and advance ICT’s mission. This position reports to the Executive Director and will be based in...

Job Posting: Director of Strategic Communications

The International Campaign for Tibet is searching for an experienced Communications Officer to drive strategic communications that support and advance ICT’s mission.  This position reports to the Executive Director and will be based in Washington DC. The post Job...

UK approves Chinese ‘mega embassy’ in London despite fears of surveillance among exiles

Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 20: The United Kingdom government on Tuesday approved plans for China to construct what will become its largest embassy in Europe, a contentious decision that has drawn criticism from security experts, opposition lawmakers, and human...

[A GATPM Statement] Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities Voices Serious Concern Following UK Government Approval of China’s Controversial...

GATPM | London | 20 January 2026 The Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities (GATPM) expresses its profound disappointment and serious concern at the UK Government’s decision to grant planning consent for the People’s Republic of China’s proposed...

Does peace invite war? What Greenland faces now and Tibet suffered decades ago

Does peace invite a war? As Trump builds pressure, including military, to acquire Greenland, the history of why Tibet lost its territory, resources and civilisation to the new power that emerged in China in the 1940s has a message...

Taiwan Reaffirms Support for Tibetan Cause During TYC Leadership Visit in New Delhi

On January 20, 2026, the President of the Tibetan Youth Congress, Mr. Tsering Chomphel, and Vice President Mr. Tashi Targyal paid a visit to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India (Taiwan Embassy), located in New Delhi. During...

Tibetan Buddhist Leader Detained as China Shuts Down Another Tibetan-Language School

Chinese authorities have detained prominent Tibetan Buddhist leader Choktrul Dorje Ten Rinpoche and forcibly closed a Tibetan-medium vocational school he founded in Amdo, marking another escalation in Beijing’s campaign against Tibetan language education and cultural preservation, according to the...

Tibetans, diaspora communities rally in London against China’s mega-embassy plan

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 19: Hundreds of Tibetans, Hongkongers, Uyghurs, and other China-diaspora activists joined a major demonstration on Saturday outside the site of China’s proposed mega-embassy at Royal Mint Court in central London, raising renewed calls for the...

China’s birthrate fell to lowest since 1949, its economic growth among slowest in decades

(TibetanReview.net, Jan19’26) – Despite a slew of socio-economic measures over the past one decade directed at encouraging the youth to marry and have children, and the married to have more children, China’s birth count plummeted to a record low...

Sikyong Penpa Tsering to Embark on Official Visits to Delhi, Bylakuppe, the United States and Europe

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering will embark on an official visit to Delhi, Bylakuppe, the United States and Europe from 20 January to 15 February 2026. As part of his official engagements, Sikyong will participate in a series of important...

Tibetan youth empowerment meet in Italy spotlights China’s forced assimilation in Tibet

The programme was jointly organised by the Tibet Bureau Geneva and the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR) of the CTA, in collaboration with the Eurac Research Centre, underscoring the CTA's leadership in empowering Tibetan youth to counter...

When Science Touches a Wound: Be–Nb–Ta Mineralization and Displacement in Nyalam, Southern Tibet

OPINION Taking a recent journal report by Chinese scientists on the discovery and analysis of rare earth minerals near his birthplace in Tibet to task, Tenzin Jigmey* argues that scientific exploration must account for local impact and incorporate local...

‘Dhauladhar Kahani Mela’ creates reading habits and helps to stay away from screens

Manara, an organisation based in Dharamshala, has jointly organised 'Dhauladhar Kahani Mela' in collaboration with few other organisations here in the North Indian hill town of Dharamshala. Apart from this festival, they have been holding read a loud sessions...

How Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister in a turbulent January six decades ago

Indira Gandhi was sworn in on January 24. January 24, 1966, is also the anniversary of the crash of a Paris-bound Air India flight which killed the father of India’s nuclear programme, Dr Homi J. Bhabha. The post How...

Canada Between Empires: Carney, China and the price of Strategic Autonomy

Carney’s Beijing visit was neither a pivot nor a betrayal. It was a hedge, undertaken in full view of its risks. The new world order Carney described is not one Canada would have chosen. But it is the one...

The Dalai Lama and American Presidents: A Story of Faith, Diplomacy, and Friendship

Who was the first US President to write to the Dalai Lama and who the first to meet with him? Which US president became the first to call on China to open dialogue with the Dalai Lama, and which...

China’s “super embassy” plan in London triggers security fears and political storm

The British government is nearing approval of a contentious proposal by China to establish what would be its largest diplomatic mission in Europe, raising alarms over security, sovereignty and civil liberties. The planned complex, often described as a "super...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Addresses Students of Tibet House, New Delhi

Drepung Gomang, Mundgod, Karnataka, India, 17 January 2026: Yesterday, 237 students of Geshé Dorjee Damdul, Director, Tibet House, New Delhi, attended an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Geshé-la introduced the students, more than one hundred of whom...

Elections’26: How Smartvote Tibet Can Strengthen Democracy in Exile

OPINION By obliging candidates to disclose their positions and be judged on them, the smartvote Tibet campaign shows at a glance comprehensive, comparable, and accessible information about all candidates at one place, enabling voters to know which of them...