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...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 31 July: Tibetans shaved their heads outside the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on Thursday in a symbolic act of sacrifice as part of an ongoing series of protests organised by the Regional...

By Khedroob Thondup In 1979, Gyalo Thondup’s meeting with Deng Xiaoping in Beijing marked the beginning of a new chapter in Tibet’s modern history. Deng’s words were blunt: “Anything but Independence can be discussed.” With that statement, the parameters of...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 30  July: Chinese state media has confirmed that a historic stone fortress in Tibet's eastern Gyalrong region was demolished by authorities, attributing the destruction to an expressway construction project. The official admission comes weeks after...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 28 July: Chinese authorities have begun forcibly removing monks and nuns from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Serta, eastern Tibet. This comes after authorities demolished their residential quarters earlier this month. The monastics are now...

By Khedroob Thondup Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long envisioned a future where the nation stands shoulder to shoulder with — or above — the United States as a global superpower. This ambition rests on two pillars: economic might and...

By Khedroob Thondup The Tibetan struggle today is not only about sovereignty or autonomy—it is about survival. Communist China’s project of Sinicization is relentless: language policies that erode Tibetan in schools, religious restrictions that hollow out monasteries, demographic engineering that...

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 27 July: The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) has announced plans to establish a dedicated office in New York, US, to counter what it describes as Chinese disinformation and propaganda surrounding the death and sacrifice of...

By Khedroob Thondup For more than four decades, the Tibetan leadership has held to a strategy that Beijing has consistently rejected. The reliance on a framework conceived in the 1980s—anchored in appeals for dialogue and autonomy—has not yielded meaningful negotiations....

 By Khedroob Thondup China’s recent warnings to India not to interfere in the future reincarnation of the Dalai Lama are more than just diplomatic posturing. They strike at the heart of a centuries-old Tibetan spiritual tradition and the geopolitical contest...