Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, July 31: A document circulating widely on social media, purportedly a confidential Chinese government directive ordering the surveillance of prominent Tibetans living overseas under China’s newly enacted so-called Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, is exhibiting...

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, July 31: More than 60 Tibetans living in exile participated in a symbolic head-shaving protest outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday to honour late Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen and renew calls...

July 31, 2026 China has quietly pressed Nepal over an upcoming Tibetan studies conference in Kathmandu, just weeks after its new “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” came into effect. This development is the latest sign that Beijing is expanding...

(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’26) – China has established a dedicated high-altitude drone research and development centre in Tibet near Mount Everest, aiming to advance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology for border patrols, security, logistics, transport and emergency operations in extreme plateau...

(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’26) – Gyaltsen Norbu, the “11th Panchen Lama” chosen and installed by China after abducting the Dalai Lama-recognized throne-holder Gedhun Choekyi Nyima with his family, is back in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to “begin performing his official duties”,...

Tibetan activists shaved their heads outside the UN in New York, calling for international action after Pawo Lobga Rangzen’s self-immolation.

Reported By Palden Translated By TenGyal The Chinese government has issued a directive restricting religious activities in Tibet’s sacred Nyenpo Yurtse mountain region, warning that any individuals or groups who stay without authorisation or undertake circumambulations on foot around...

The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile intensified its campaign in New Delhi against China's newly introduced Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, holding a series of meetings with Indian Union Minister of State and Members of Parliament while warning that the legislation could...

Zhang Yi, a former student leader at Tiananmen Square who was later imprisoned and tortured, is being held at the Lhasa Detention Centre. Source

By Karma L. Pangring From the perspective of the Chinese leadership, losing control over Tibet would be of existential significance. On closer examination, it becomes clear that without Tibet, the People’s Republic would lose far more than just a...