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Sanctions on Seki are an attack on democracy

In an alarming escalation of diplomatic coercion, the Chinese government has imposed sanctions on Hei Seki, a naturalized Japanese citizen, member of the Japanese House of Councilors and an outspok...

Coordinated campaign in Dalai Lama birthday year targets influential monks, Buddhist monasteries

A series of incidents across Tibet over recent months reveals an increasingly coordinated campaign of surveillance and suppression targeting Tibetan Buddhist institutions and leaders.

Kosen Ohtsubo’s ‘Flower Planet’

The enfant terrible of ikebana speaks with Tricycle’s Mike Sheffield about free jazz music, Indian lingams, and the connection between flower arranging and the surrender of gassho. The post Kosen Ohtsubo’s ‘Flower Planet’ appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist...

Junior Developer and Sysadmin 

Tibet Action Institute Junior Developer and Sysadmin  Organization Tibet Action Institute’s dynamic and curated global team of campaigners, technology experts and thought leaders carry over 20  years of experience, working with Tibetans and other communities living under repression by promoting...

Takeaways from AP's investigation into how US tech companies enabled China's digital police state

An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known

Detailed findings from AP investigation into how US tech firms enabled China's digital police state

An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known

US tech companies enabled the surveillance and detention of hundreds of thousands in China

An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known

China sanctions Japanese lawmaker Seki Hei, outspoken critic of Chinese Communist Party

The move marks the first time China has formally sanctioned a Japanese parliamentarian for political speech

CCP trying to erase Tibet culture, rights group warns

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aims to el...

The Greening of the Self

A 1994 interview with the late Joanna Macy The post The Greening of the Self appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Week in Pictures: From Israeli air raids in Gaza to protests in Serbia

A global roundup of some of last week’s events.

Acceptance and the Tibetan Diaspora On-Screen

An interview with Tibetan Canadian filmmaker Kunsang Kyirong about her debut feature film, 100 Sunset The post Acceptance and the Tibetan Diaspora On-Screen appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Lhadon Tethong Interviewed on BBC World Service’s Newshour

Tibet Action’s Institute Director Lhadon Tethong was interviewed on the BBC World Service’s programme Newshour on September 1, 2025 about the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the “Tibet Autonomous Region” and Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Lhasa. Listen...

Sangha Across Time

Following in the footsteps of Michael Dillon The post Sangha Across Time appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Appeasing China won’t help India counter Donald Trump’s tactics

In 2020, China’s stealth encroachments into India’s Himalayan borderlands triggered deadly clashes and a prolonged military standoff that nearly erupted into war. Five years on, the border crisis rema...

Floods, an immigration protest and returned colonial relics: photos of the day – Tuesday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

Xi Pushes Global Governance Plan; SCO Summit Photo With Xi, Modi, Putin Goes Viral

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes his first trip to China in seven years. Chinese leader Xi Jinping rolls out a new global governance initiative, with Beijing’s new plans following the Belt and Road. We take a closer look...

SCO Summit: Modi–Xi meeting signals cautious progress, border issue still central, experts say

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with President Xi Jinping at the SCO Summit was described as substantive but cautious, with experts stressing that peace and tranquillity at the border remain central to India-China ties. While China projects itself as...

Beijing's Dangerous Game in Tibet

How controlling the Dalai Lama’s succession could backfire.

India committed to improving ties with China, Modi tells Xi before SCO meet

Indian leader appears to mark waning of strategic ties with US after Trump slapped punishing tariffs on Indian goods.

Tibet was not ‘always part’ of China

When Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) stood in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa on Thursday last week, flanked by Chinese flags, synchronized schoolchildren and armed Chinese People’s Liberation ...

EDITORIAL: India’s calculated Taiwan stance

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in China yesterday, where he is to attend a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and Russian Presid...

Reeling from Trump's tariffs, India and China seek a business reboot

India's prime minister hopes to draw nearer to some of the world’s largest economies.

India-China water weaponization

The moment rivers traverse borders, their courses affect terrains and political responses. Sitting atop the glistening snowy Tibetan Plateau is the Angsi Glacier, the source of the Brahmaputra. The ri...

Xi Jinping in Tibet: Decoding Internal Policy and External Signaling

Xi’s visit to the TAR was about China’s external relations – and especially India – as much as it was about domestic political priorities.