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Tibetan Villagers Report More Bear Attacks and Little Help From Authorities

Villagers complained that they can't fight back because Tibetan brown bears are a protected species. Officials accused them of spreading rumors.

State Department reports expose ongoing Chinese repression and urgent need for stronger Tibet law implementation

May 8, 2026 Two reports recently issued by the US State Department confirm the severity of China’s repression in Tibet while also highlighting the need for greater efforts to confront this repression and push for a peaceful resolution to...

Two former Defence ministers of China face life in jail without parole for corruption

(TibetanReview.net, May08’26) – Two recent former Chinese defence ministers of China, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, have been given suspended death sentences after being found guilty of corruption on May 7, the state news agency Xinhua has reported. A...

China confirms helping Pakistan down Indian aircraft last year

(TibetanReview.net, May08’26) – China has confirmed that its J-10CE fighter jets operated by Pakistan shot down at least one French-made Rafale fighter operated by India with the help of its on-site technical support in May last year, according to...

China hands suspended death sentences to former defence ministers

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 8: China has sentenced two former defence ministers, Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, to suspended death sentences on corruption charges, marking one of the harshest punishments handed to senior military officials under Chinese President Xi...

Apex court registers Case No. 22, Choejor petitioner seek injunction on election results

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, May 8: The Supreme Justice Commission (SJC), the apex court of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), on Thursday registered Case No. 22, a legal petition filed by Lobsang Tsering, representing the six monasteries of Nepal’s Choejor...

Southasia Review of Books - 8 May 2026

Hello reader,Books have a way of revealing what states are most afraid of. That felt especially clear over the last few weeks with the Sri Lankan government’s continued detention of multiple titles by the Tamil writer Theepachelvan Piratheepan. Published in...

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