The roots of this decades-long conflict between India and Pakistan go back to the turbulent partition of 1947.

It’s a long way from China’s Great Wall to Egypt’s pyramids, but for the first time, Chinese and Egyptian warplanes are conducting a joint military exercise above the Nile River, extending Beijing’s reach into the African continent. Chinese fighter...

A training course told present and future imams that “Sinicizing” the religion means putting Xi Jinping’s thought at the center of Islamic activities. The post “Sinicization” of Islam continues at Full Speed first appeared on Bitter Winter.

China’s partnership with Pakistan has long served as a key instrument in Beijing’s efforts to unsettle India. While official narratives frame the two nations’ alliance as one of economic cooperation and regional stability, the underlying strategy suggests a deliberate attempt to check India’s rise through military, economic and diplomatic maneuvering.

Before the October 2023 flood in Sikkim, scientists and different agencies of the Government of India were working on installing an early warning system for glacial floods from the lake. It was known that cloudbursts could pose a severe...

After Buddhists, Taoists also drafted regulations to control the practice, implying more United Front involvement in the management of religion. The post Animal Life Release Control Extends to Taoism first appeared on Bitter Winter.

We, a coalition of 146 Tibet groups, are writing to you regarding the arrest, subsequent death and unauthorised cremation of Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, a highly revered Tibetan leader and the Abbot of Lung Ngon Monastery in Gade County, Golog, Amdo, Tibet [CH: Gande County, Guoluo Prefecture, Qinghai Province] following reports that he was arrested in Vietnam in a joint operation between Chinese and Vietnamese authorities.

Bonhams auctions the collection and archives of Sir Basil Gould, a British diplomat who was there when the 14th Dalai Lama was enthroned in 1940. The post An Auction in London Highlights the Truth on the Reincarnation of Dalai...

RFA reporting with ICIJ reveals how Beijing uses global institutions to silence critics abroad.

Authoritarians are developing new tools to project their malign influence across the globe. The world of sports can teach us a lot about the games they play. Source

Leader of the Campaign for Uyghurs set to release a memoir that explores her story and her struggle against China.

Should convert Buddhists in the West reclaim these ancestral elements? The post Animistic and Shamanic Elements of Asian Buddhism appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

By Nina Larson China is deploying a growing army of organisations masquerading as NGOs to monitor and intimidate rights activists at the UN, a new investigation by the ICIJ media consortium said on Monday. Dubbed “China Targets”, the fresh...

Ann Tashi Slater talks with best-selling author Katherine May about the gift of “winter” periods and the transformative power of attention. The post Leaning into Change and Trusting the World appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Social media incitement following last summer’s riots appears to be new tactic against Hong Kong exilesOne morning last August, a troubling message appeared in a social media group for Hongkongers in the UK. It was already a tense time...

When the Dalai Lama turns 90 in July, the Buddhist monk, who for many exiled Tibetans personifies dreams of a free homeland, will ask if they want a successor. For the charismatic Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader, his landmark birthday will...

Kashmir is not merely a region; it is “The Cradle of Indian Civilization”, deeply embedded in its rich history, folklore, cultural contributions, particularly its role in shaping Hinduism, its intellectual traditions and spiritual fabric of India. Attempts to redefine...

The evolving stories of pretas reveal much about Buddhist views of karma, cosmology, and grief. The post Who Were the Hungry Ghosts, Really? appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

After a deadly militant attack in Kashmir, India suspended a key water treaty with neighbouring Pakistan.

Langtang was destroyed in the earthquake, and 300 of its residents died. But others returned and rebuilt a tourist haven

The Panchen Lama turned 36 on Friday. Taken by China 30 years ago, his whereabouts remain a mystery.

At a training session in Beijing, museum directors are told they should focus on documenting that “border regions” such as Tibet and Xinjiang were always Chinese. The post China Mobilizes Museums for Propaganda first appeared on Bitter Winter.

US President Donald Trump’s tariff war has sent shockwaves across the global economy, but no leader has felt its sting more keenly than India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Caught in a high-stakes geopolitical bind, India is grappling with an...

Tibetan version of the British cartoon series is a “heartfelt offering” to the Dalai Lama, who turns 90 this year.

Below is a question-by-question compilation of responses by the Australian Labor Party (ALP), the Liberal National Coalition and the Australian Greens. The Liberal National Coalition did not respond under each individual question but responded under relevant thematic subheadings. Human...