‘Four Rivers Six Ranges’ brings Tibet’s little-known resistance history to the screen

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“Four Rivers Six Ranges” brings Tibet’s little-known resistance history to the screen through the story of ordinary Tibetans who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959

Beijing’s new Tibet boss, Hu Changsheng, met the false Panchen Lama in a political puppet show that put fire extinguishers at center stage. The post Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism: Now with Extra Fire Safety first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Hong Kong marked 77 years of Communist rule in China with National Day fireworks, a day after President Xi Jinping led a Martyrs' Day tribute in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. In New Delhi, police detained Tibetan exiles protesting Chinese rule.

Delegation expressed hope for freedom, slammed China for transnational repression.

Drones, DJI, and the Aerial Architecture of Control in Tibet Source

US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast met the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala and reaffirmed Washington's support for Tibetan freedom, a week after President Donald Trump held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Mast said engagement with Beijing...

Kalpana Nepali was seven months pregnant when the catastrophic flash floods hit last month, while Pooja Pariyal spent three days on a hospital roof waiting to be rescued. Now, they are living precariously in temporary sheltersFor three days, Pooja...

Policing the skies on the roof of the world: how China took control of the air over Tibet Source

Challenging nature in such remote places is dangerous. Despite warnings, Beijing is doing just that, with no regard for human lives. The post Is China Triggering Another Tragedy Like the One That Occurred in Nepal-Tibet? first appeared on Bitter...

With extreme weather and glacier melt predicted to increase, neighbouring nations will need to act together to prevent deaths.

Growing Han Chinese awareness and activism poses the only pressure Beijing cannot ignore on Tibet.

HKFP is joining 1,000 news organisations across more than 100 countries to highlight World News Day on September 28. Coinciding with the UN International Day for Universal Access to Information, it aims to promote fact-based journalism, truth and media...

Crowds gathered near the White House as U.S. President Trump hosted Xi for a state dinner.

Over 3,000 Tibetans, Chinese dissidents, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, and other groups joined protests during Xi’s state visit, calling for human rights and political freedom.

Demonstrators reported being physically assaulted by supporters of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) carrying large Chinese flags, who sought to outnumber protesters and dominate the protest sites where Tibetans and Hong Kongers were demonstrating.

Olena Kalynychenko is among thousands missing after devastating floods hit the Nepal-China border

The proposal comes nearly a month after a flood along Bhotekoshi-Trishuli corridor devasated Nepal and Tibet. Shah said the disaster showed that climate change does not see national borders.

Organizers estimate thousands are gathering to call attention to the ‘ethnic unity law’ and human rights.

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah will press for international support at the UN General Assembly after the disaster that killed more than 1,400 people in his country and China's Tibet. 

Exile advocacy groups are hopeful that summit will include talks on religious freedom and ending genocide.

‘The United States should continue to promote international religious freedom,’ the senators said.

Building in a seismic zone, silencing the aftermath: China's choices in a climate emergency Source

Beijing has appointed a new party chief in Tibet as the Communist Party shuffles regional leaders ahead of its 21st national congress. Hu Changsheng, 62, will serve as the party secretary of Tibet autonomous region, leaving his post as...