Lai Ching-te succeeded in making his visit to Taiwan’s lone ally in Africa just weeks after China forced a high-profile cancellation of his original itinerary. 

A new report by Human Rights Watch denounces the systems used by the People's Republic to promote Han Chinese identity starting in kindergarten. Tibetan is no longer used in teaching, while parents are forced to send videos to schools...

The data generated by millions of Taiwanese users – their movement patterns, consumption habits, and delivery addresses – is increasingly spread among numerous foreign investors, including companies from China.

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 April: A new Human Rights Watch report titled Start with the Youngest Children: China Uses Preschools to “Integrate” Tibetans says China’s “Children’s Speech Harmonisation Plan,” introduced in 2021 by the Ministry of Education, has...

Paris:  A leading international press freedom organisation expressed grave concerns over the deteriorating health condition of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu, citing his family, who said that he was recently hospitalised and diagnosed with an unidentified tumour. Reporters Without Borders...

Dehradun: The Tibetan settlement officer of Dehradun, Dr. Tsewang Phuntsok attended a Buddha Purnima (Vesak) celebration organised by Jaya Siddhartha Hospital near Dekyiling Tibetan settlement as the chief guest on 1 May 2026. The event featured Tibetan cultural performances,...

Dharamshala: On 29 April, the Education Council under the Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, convened a meeting to review sets of five children’s storybooks and five illustrated children’s encyclopaedias at the department’s meeting room. As usual, once the...

Policy for Kindergarten Children Imposes Chinese-Medium Environment, Indoctrination – By Human Rights Watch, 4 May 2026 A 2021 Ministry of Education directive—the Children’s Speech Harmonization plan—mandates the use of standard Mandarin Chinese for all preschool instruction and care, including...

IN TIBETAN, the word for satire is zurza (ཟུར་ཟ་), which literally means “eating from the sides”. It is an art of indirection, inversion and wit. In Satirical Tibet: The Politics of Humor in Contemporary Amdo, the scholar Timothy Thurston...

Brussels, 5 May: Following a decisive European Parliament debate on China’s “Ethnic Unity Law” on 29 April 2026, European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib delivered a powerful post-debate intervention reaffirming the European Union’s unwavering commitment to Tibetan religious freedom. “The EU...