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China Forces Monks and Nuns Out of Larung Gar After Demolishing Homes

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 28 July: Chinese authorities have begun forcibly removing monks and nuns from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Serta, eastern Tibet. This comes after authorities demolished their residential quarters earlier this month. The monastics are now...

The CCP’s Superpower Ambition: Wealth, Arms, and the Weight of Reality

By Khedroob Thondup Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long envisioned a future where the nation stands shoulder to shoulder with — or above — the United States as a global superpower. This ambition rests on two pillars: economic might and...

Guarding Tibetan Identity Against Sinicization

By Khedroob Thondup The Tibetan struggle today is not only about sovereignty or autonomy—it is about survival. Communist China’s project of Sinicization is relentless: language policies that erode Tibetan in schools, religious restrictions that hollow out monasteries, demographic engineering that...

TYC plans dedicated office in New York to counter Chinese disinformation on Pawo Lobga Rangzen

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 27 July: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has announced plans to establish a dedicated office in New York, US, to counter what it describes as Chinese disinformation and propaganda surrounding the death and sacrifice of...

A New Strategy for Tibet: Why Vision Must Replace Stagnation

By Khedroob Thondup For more than four decades, the Tibetan leadership has held to a strategy that Beijing has consistently rejected. The reliance on a framework conceived in the 1980s—anchored in appeals for dialogue and autonomy—has not yielded meaningful negotiations....

The Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation and India’s Moral Crossroads

 By Khedroob Thondup China’s recent warnings to India not to interfere in the future reincarnation of the Dalai Lama are more than just diplomatic posturing. They strike at the heart of a centuries-old Tibetan spiritual tradition and the geopolitical contest...

China’s No. 4 Leader Visits Tibet, Calls to “Stabilise Tibet”, Enforce Ethnic Unity Law

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 23 July: Despite widespread international criticism and opposition from Tibetans, China is pressing ahead with the implementation of its new ethnic unity law, with senior Communist Party official Wang Huning calling for its full enforcement...

Wang Huning’s Tibet Visit: Law, Unity, and the Sinicization of Faith

By Khedroob Thondup When Wang Huning, a senior member of the Politburo Standing Committee, traveled to Tibet, his words carried the weight of Beijing’s long-term vision for the region. His call for the implementation of the Law on Promoting Ethnic...

Tibetan Influencer Tenzin Pemo Shares Her Journey Raising an Autistic Child in Debut Book

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 22 July: Tenzin Pemo, an Instagram and YouTube content creator known as Zoe Family, launched her first book today titled Where He Leads, I Follow - a memoir about raising her autistic son, Tenzin Dhamchoe...

Larung Gar Faces Fresh Demolition Drive as China Tightens Control Over Tibetan Religious Institutions

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 July: A fresh demolition campaign at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in eastern Tibet has placed more than 1,000 monastic residences at risk, reviving concerns over a long-running effort by Chinese authorities to reduce the...