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China’s New Ethnic Unity Law Expands State Control Over Tibetan-Language Education
China’s newly enacted Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress provides a legal basis for policies that place Mandarin-language education and a state-defined Chinese national identity at the centre of schooling, raising renewed concerns over the future...
Education Kalon Addresses Dharamshala and Mussoorie Cluster Dialectic Meet
Dharamshala, 24 August 2026: The Dharamshala and Mussoorie Cluster Dialectic Meet, organised by the Department of Education (DoE) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), concluded yesterday with a formal valedictory ceremony at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies (CHTS),...
Surge in Propaganda and Enforcement of the Law On Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress
Gyaltsen Norbu, recognised as the Panchen Lama by China, asserted that national unity must be protected with unshakeable resolve through firm opposition to separatism.
New visuals show China pressing ahead with demolitions at Tibetan Buddhist institute of Larung Gar
August 24, 2026 Recent photographic evidence and satellite imagery show Chinese authorities are continuing their latest round of demolitions of monastic residences at the Serthar Larung Five Sciences Buddhist Academy, popularly known as Larung Gar, in Serthar (Chinese: Seda),...
Sikkim, Central Sector in focus as India, China resume border talks
As India and China prepare to hold another round of high-level boundary talks on Tuesday, the first in a year, two sectors of the disputed boundary are being seen as potential ‘early harvest’ areas for a settlement. One is...
India And China Are In A Map War Over Arunachal Pradesh
BEIJING – For years, China has used maps, place names and administrative terminology as instruments of territorial pressure against India, repeatedly assigning Chinese names to locations in Arunachal Pradesh. Beijing’s publication of these names is part of a broader...
CTA denies withdrawing from Kathmandu Tibetan Studies conference, or citing schedule change for failed Dalai Lama-US ambassador meeting in Ladakh
(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’26) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) made it clear today that it did not withdraw from the 17th International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) seminar which was scheduled to be held in Kathmandu over Aug 23-29 following...
Tibetan representation shrinking under centralized Beijing rule: Report
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 24: The Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), in its 2026 Tibet Leadership Report, warns that political governance in Tibetan areas is moving further away from meaningful Tibetan participation, autonomy, and representative decision-making;...
China is building a vast ‘national ring road’ uniting the entire PRC borderlands
(TibetanReview.net, Aug24’26) – China is building a vast “national ring road”, known as the “border-coast loop”, meant to be a national unity road in the wake of the recent implementation of its national Ethnic Unity Law, encompassing the borders...
Tibetan Minister Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi calls for unity among community members
Kalon (Minister) Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi of the Department of Religion and Culture, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has urged Tibetans in Mundgod to remain united and work collectively for the welfare of the community, according to information provided by the...
Doval, Wang Yi set for Beijing talks as India, China seek to ease tensions
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 24 August: India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are set to hold the 25th round of talks under the Special Representatives mechanism in Beijing on Tuesday, according to media...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering Meets Czech Ambassador H.E. Dr. Eliska Zigova, Expresses Appreciations for Her Stanch Support for Tibetans
New Delhi, 24 August 2026: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) met Her Excellency Dr. Eliska Zigova, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, at the Embassy of the Czech Republic today, on the occasion of...
Kalon Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi Concludes Visit to Mundgod Doeguling Tibetan Settlement
Mundgod: Kalon Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi of the Department of Religion and Culture (CTA) visited the Ganden Tri-thog Khang, the official residence of Ganden Tripa, on 22 August to make long-life offerings to Kyabje Ganden Tri Rinpoche as well as...
Sikyong Penpa Tsering Addresses Dinner Reception Honouring Dr. Swapan Dasgupta, Meets Senior Indian Dignitaries
New Delhi, 23 August 2026: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) addressed a high-level celebratory dinner reception at The Leela Palace, New Delhi, held in honour of Dr. Swapan Dasgupta following his appointment as the Honourable...
Why India and China Can Never Agree on the Dalai Lama’s Reincarnation
By Khedroob Thondup The question of the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is not merely a spiritual matter; it is a geopolitical fault line that ensures India and China will never find common ground. At its core, the dispute is about...
Kalon Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi Implores Tibetans in Mundgod to Work Together in Unity and Solidarity for the Community’s Benefit
Dharamshala: On the fifth day of his visit to Mundgod, Kalon Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi of the Department of Religion and Culture (CTA) addressed a public gathering at the main community hall of Doeguling Tibetan Settlement. He subsequently visited Thoeding...
Why the Global Tibetan Diaspora Must Keep Tibet Alive
By Khedroob Thondup The Tibetan struggle is not a relic of the past. It is a living, breathing issue that demands vigilance, creativity, and persistence. For more than six decades, Tibetans in exile have carried the torch of their...
US envoy concludes Ladakh visit, misses Dalai Lama meeting
(TibetanReview.net, Aug23’26) – A strongly anticipated meeting between the US ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, and Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the Union Territory of Ladakh did not take place after all. The Dalai Lama has...
Australian senator calls for Magnitsky-style sanctions over China’s transnational repression
Australian Senator Dean Smith urged the government to implement Magnitsky-style sanctions against Chinese officials involved in transnational repression. Raising concerns over China's new "Ethnic Unity and Progress Law," he called for formal recognition of such intimidation as a national...
Xi’s tyranny in Tibet: A frontier of darkness
China’s rule in Tibet has always been heavy‑handed, but under Xi Jinping it has become tyrannical. Since 1950, Tibet has endured Beijing’s heavy hand, but under Xi Jinping the repression… The post Xi’s tyranny in Tibet: A frontier of darkness appeared...
Report: Tibet repression intensifying as Xi looks to prolongs his rule beyond 21st Party Congress in 2027
(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’26) – China is cultivating a more repressive leadership in Tibet as it has begun implementing its forced assimilation policy there under the cover of its Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress (Ethnic Unity Law), and ahead...
Australian Senator urges targeted sanctions on Chinese leaders enforcing transnational Ethnic Unity Law
(TibetanReview.net, Aug22’26) – An Australian Senator has on Aug 20 called for targeted sanctions against Chinese leaders responsible for carrying out transnational repression against Tibetans and others under Beijing’s recently enforced Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. This...
Prayers, protests mark 49th day of Lobga Rangzen’s self-immolation death, and to protest China’s forced assimilation move in Tibet
(TibetanReview.net, Aug21’26) – Prayer services as well as peace and protest marches have been held by Tibetan communities and supporters across the free world Over Aug 19-20, marking the end of the seven weeks since Lobsang Palden, better known...
Facts on Record: The Second Fact-Finding Delegation, 1980
OPINION After witnessing a video commentary on the second fact-finding delegation sent by His Holiness the Dalai Lama which toured Tibet from 1 May 1980, Phuntsog Wangyal*, a member of that delegation, asks that the record be set straight...
China tightens restrictions on online advocacy, prison visits for imprisoned Tibetan businessman
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 21: Chinese authorities are continuing to suppress online advocacy and restrict prison visits concerning Tibetan businessman and philanthropist Dorjee Tashi, who has been imprisoned since 2008 and is serving a life sentence in Lhasa’s Drapchi...
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