By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 21 August: China is cultivating a new generation of leaders in Tibet who are expected to enforce Beijing’s assimilation policies, with political loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) taking precedence over meaningful Tibetan representation,...

By Khedroob Thondup Since 1950, Tibet has endured Beijing’s heavy hand, but under Xi Jinping the repression has metastasised into something far more sinister. Xi has not merely continued the policies of his predecessors—he has elevated them into a...

By Khedroob Thondup Broken Promises and Betrayed Autonomy. Seventeen-Point Agreement: Signed under duress, this treaty promised Tibet autonomy. Within years, Beijing shredded those commitments, replacing them with direct rule and military suppression. 1959 Uprising: Tibetans rose in mass resistance,...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 20 August: The streets of Dharamsala turned into a sea of Tibetan flags on Thursday as thousands marched from the Dalai Lama Temple to the Kachari Police Ground. The event became one of the largest...

In Rain and Heat, Tibetan Activists Cycle 360 km to Dharamsala, Honouring Martyr Lobga Rangzen

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 18 August: Chinese authorities in Chengdu are reportedly extending their scrutiny of religious belief into public institutions, with a public hospital requiring all employees to disclose their religious affiliations and schools collecting information on the...

By Khedroob Thondup For more than six decades, Beijing has clung to Tibet with a grip that is both suffocating and self-defeating. Six million Tibetans live under policies of suppression, surveillance, and cultural erasure. Yet when one strips away...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 17 August: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has honoured Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen with its Patriotic Martyr Award during its 22nd North American Executive Committee Meeting in New York, recognising his sacrifice for Tibet and...

By Khedroob Thondup For decades, Tibet’s future has been entangled in the geopolitical contest between Beijing’s claims of sovereignty and the Tibetan people’s struggle for cultural and religious survival. Yet one institution has endured across centuries of upheaval: the...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 13 August: As exile becomes accustomed to a crushing sense of paralysis, where the geopolitical landscape can often feel unmoving, Tibetan refugees inscribe living shrines of their homeland onto their bodies through tattoos—transforming themselves into...