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Former Tibet vice chairman gets suspended death sentence for corruption

(TibetanReview.net, Jul09’25) – Wang Yong, a former vice chairman of the Chinese government of Tibet Autonomous Region has on Jul 8 received the death sentence, with a two-year reprieve, after being tried for accepting bribes during his years of...

US House committee greets Dalai Lama on 90th birthday, condemns China’s cultural genocide in Tibet

(TibetanReview.net, Jul08’25) – While China has sought to demonise the Dalai Lama for no real reason at all, condemning the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for greeting him on his 90th...

China criticizes top US diplomat for his Dalai Lama birthday greetings, calls it interference in China’s affairs

(TibetanReview.net, Jul08’25) – After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China has targeted US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for having messaged greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday on Jul 6. Asked to comment on Rubio’s mesage...

The Panchen Lama’s Disappearance and China’s Assault on Religious Freedom

OPINION Ashu Maan* sees China’s narrative behind its plan to appoint its own “reincarnation” of the 14th Dalai Lama – as in the case of the Panchen Lama before him – as a perfect synthesis of imperial control and...

Senior US State Department official meets with Dalai Lama

(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – A senior US government official has on Jul 6 met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala, India. Bethany Poulos Morrison, deputy assistant secretary in the US Department of State’s Bureau of...

China protests PM Modi’s Dalai Lama birthday greetings

(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – As expected, China has on Jul 7 protested to India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s greetings to the Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday and the attendance of Indian ministers at the birthday celebrations, demanding that...

Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday commemorated in Kathmandu

(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – Tibetans in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu have commemorated the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on Jul 6 without facing a clampdown as in past many years for alleged violation of the country’s “one China” policy. The celebrations were...

Forum of Indian lawmakers rally for nation’s highest civilian honour for Dalai Lama

(TibetanReview.net, Jul07’25) – A cross-party forum of Indian Members of Parliament has passed a resolution, urging the government to confer the nation’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and invite him to address...

Religious, rights groups, EU lawmakers condemn China’s meddling in Dalai Lama reincarnation

(TibetanReview.net, Jul06’25) –India has chosen not to take “any position” on the Dalai Lama reincarnation issue, apparently given the complexity of its relationship with China. However, not only the country’s Buddhist community as well as others but also great...

China’s past criticisms fail to deter PM Modi from greeting Dalai Lama on his milestone 90th birthday

(TibetanReview.net, Jul06’25) – For the fifth year in a row, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has extended greetings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on X on the occasion of his birthday on Jul 6, despite China’s criticisms...