Tashi Lhunpo Monastery marked the 37th birthday of the missing 11th Panchen Lama, renewing global calls for his release after 31 years in Chinese captivity.

I will never forget my first dinosaur wing. I was a college student, on my first international expedition, preparing to venture into the mountains of Tibet in search of Jurassic dinosaurs. Our team assembled in Beijing, and as we rushed through the galleries and storehouses of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, I stole a fleeting glance, from across the room. A skeleton of the little carnivore Microraptor, its long arms unfurled, adorned with feathers forming a broad sheet. The wings sparkled in the low light; I was mesmerised. And then we were hustled along.

After the 2018 agreement, pressure on Chinese Catholics is escalating amid apparent indifference from the Vatican, a Human Rights Watch Report says. The post No Real Freedom for the Catholic Church in China first appeared on Bitter Winter.

In a world increasingly shaped by geopolitical volatility, trade rivalries, and ideological competition, India possesses a civilizational asset no other Asian power can claim: it is the birthplace of Buddhism. At a time when China is actively shaping narratives,...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, April 27: The Department of Security of the exile Tibetan government, officially known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), convened its first-ever two-day “Tibet Freedom Fighters’ Conclave” from April 24 to 25 in Dharamshala. A total...

(TibetanReview.net, Apr27’26) – Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), the western half of Tibet proper, remains the only People’s Republic of China territory where access is banned for non-mainland Chinese foreign visitors, including especially diplomats, journalists, researchers, and others, unless they...

The Department of Security of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Monday concluded the first-ever "Conclave of Tibetan Freedom Fighters" at the courtyard of the main Tibetan temple, Tsuglagkhang, in the North Indian hill town of Dharamshala.

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 27 April: The Tibetan Freedom Fighters’ Conclave, held on 24–25 April and organised by the Department of Security under the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), unanimously passed a resolution expressing gratitude to individuals associated with the...

Reported By Kelsang Jinpa Edited By Pema Tso Translated by TenGyal The Chinese Communist government has converted a site which used to house a monumental Buddha statue into a horse racing course in Drago, Tibet and erected two new...