Recent satellite imagery analyzed by The Diplomat shows extensive new military construction near Golmud city in Qinghai Province—part of the Tibetan Plateau—indicating the likely establishment of a new People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) brigade. At the same time,...

In a powerful display of defiance against China’s growing transnational repression, the Harvard Club of France hosted a talk with Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the former President of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)....

Chinese authorities have carried out widespread raids in Amdo, eastern Tibet, confiscating photos of His Holiness the Dalai Lama from monasteries and homes. The Tibet Times reports that Tibetan officials led the operation under Beijing’s directive, highlighting China’s ongoing...

In yet another case reflecting Beijing’s tightening control and discrimination against Tibetans’ basic rights, according to Tibet Times, a senior Tibetan official, Tenzin, former deputy director of the Qinghai Provincial Forestry and Grassland Department, has been dismissed and arrested...

The Qinghai Provincial Disciplinary Inspection Commission announced that Tenzin, a senior Tibetan official and former deputy director of the Qinghai Provincial Forestry and Grassland Department, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and had his personal...

At the 60th UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva, democratic nations including the EU, UK, Australia, Japan, and others raised grave concerns over China’s human rights abuses in Tibet, East Turkestan, and Hong Kong, urging Beijing to respect...

Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang and Canadian outdoor brand Arc’teryx are facing renewed criticism after their Rising Dragon fireworks performance in Tibet left toxic debris scattered across a mountain ridge in Gyangze County, Shigatse. The post Tibet fireworks spectacle sparks...

Global rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Zhang Yadi (also known as Tara), a 22-year-old student advocate for Tibetan rights who was arrested in late July while visiting her family...

Respected Tibetan lama Tulku Palden Wangyal, also known as Chogyal Tulku, has died inside a Chinese prison after nearly eight years of incarceration and repeated torture. He was 53. According to Bod Asia, the Tibetan-language news outlet of the...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s surprise trip to Tibet last week, spanning nearly 2,000 miles, was framed as a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region. Yet beneath the official fanfare lay Beijing’s...