Tibetan Review
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...
US highlights China’s atrocities on Tibetans ahead of President Trump’s visit
(TibetanReview.net, May07’26) – As the US is reportedly expected to raise human rights concerns and Hong Kong’s jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai during President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to China in the coming days, its House Appropriations Committee has,...
A shared grievance over Britain’s historical sophistry on Tibet’s status
LETTER (TibetanReview.net, May07’26) – Tsering Passang La, thank you for this piece (https://www.tibetanreview.net/as-tibets-veteran-freedom-fighters-pass-the-torch-britain-and-the-world-must-keep-the-cause-alive/). It is informative, instructive, and deeply inspiring. You were my senior by one class at CST Darjeeling; we spoke with each other on innumerable occasions, yet...
Report criticizes China’s linguistic ‘harmonizing’ of Tibetan children
(TibetanReview.net, May06’26) – China is giving the word “harmony” a bad name, using it as as means to obliterate the civilizational identity of Tibet, starting by Sincizing the upbringing of the territory’s pre-school children, according to a 72-page report...
Disenfranchised Choejor Tibetans in Kathmandu suing exile Tibetan election body
(TibetanReview.net, May06’26) – After reversing on May 1 its Apr 23 decision to annul the Choejor (Choeten-Boudha and Jorpati) polling station for the final poll for the Tibetan Parliament in Exile election, the Election Commission of the Central Tibetan...
Shipki-La in Himachal proposed as alternative route for Mt Kailash pilgrimage
(TibetanReview.net, May05’26) – Ahead of its Tibet-border trade reopening on Jun 1 after a gap of six years, the government of Himachal Pradesh has said it is actively pushing to operationalise the Kailash Mansarovar yatra (pilgrimage) through the strategic...
Language, Lineage and the Survival of Tibetan Buddhism Under China’s Assimilationist Policies
OPINION Commenting on the subject of language, lineage and the survival of Tibetan Buddhism under China’s assimilationist policies, Saurabh Chauhan* explores the impact of Beijing’s new ethnic unity law on Tibetan language, Buddhist transmission, and cultural survival. There’s a...
India rejects Nepal’s Lipulekh claim ahead of this year’s Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage
(TibetanReview.net, May04’26) – India has on May 3 rejected Nepal’s objection to its plan, in agreement with China, to organize its Kailash Mansarovar Yatra (pilgrimage) in Tibet this year also for its citizens through the Lipulekh Pass. The pass...
Voting right restored for Kathmandu’s Choejor Tibetans in diasporic election
(TibetanReview.net, May03’26) –The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration has on May 1 withdrawn its earlier decision on Apr 23 to not just countermand but annul the Choejor (Choeten-Boudha plus Jorpati) polling station for the final poll after...















