China’s new “ethnic unity” law took effect on Wednesday, amid growing international concern about its potential use as a legal justification for silencing dissent beyond China’s borders.  The Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which was approved by...

This article was originally published on July 2, 2006 ‘Sky trains’ begin first run to roof of the world by Shi Jiangtao The first train from Beijing to Lhasa on the world’s highest railway pulled out of the West...

By Nina Larson Tibetan and Uyghur representatives urged countries at a United Nations meeting last week to pressure China to repeal a new law they say is aimed at erasing minority communities. The Ethnic Unity and Progress Promotion Law,...

With SpaceX completing the biggest public offering in history, Elon Musk’s reusable chemical rockets seem to be the only game in town for getting to space. But halfway around the globe, in a little-known Chinese town tucked against the...

The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL), in partnership and coordination with the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), deployed the Tibet International Expert Election Observation Mission (TIEEOM) to observe and assess the 2026 elections for the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile....

– On the eve of the implementation of China’s new “ethnic unity” law, reports have emerged from Tibet that the Gangjong Sherig Academy in Gade County, Golok Prefecture (Tibetan: མགོ་ལོག Chinese: Guoluo), was forced to close on June 24th (1). The school was founded in 2008 by the late Tulku Hungkar Dorjee Rinpoche with a speciality in Tibetan culture. A county Statistical Bulletin cites it as the only institution in the county providing a senior high school-level education (2); senior secondary students will now be compelled to enroll in state-run boarding schools (3) with a highly politicized curriculum and Mandarin-only instruction. “The sudden shutdown of yet another renowned Tibetan school – in this case the only senior high school in the area – showcases China’s escalating moves to stamp out Tibetan identity, language and culture as its ethnic erasure law comes into effect on July 1st,” said Lhadon Tethong, Director of Tibet Action Institute. “The Chinese government is trying to close off all avenues to a Tibetan education, laying bare the truth that forcing Tibetan children into colonial boarding schools is about indoctrination, not access to education.”

The developments are part of a broader context of indoctrination of children in schools and intensified militarisation as part of China’s ‘Sinicisation’ policy. Source

The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) will launch the final election observation report on the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Elections on Tuesday, 30 June 2026 via Zoom at 9:00 AM (Bangkok time). The post ANFREL to launch final election...

Sakkar Tashi, a Tibetan refugee living in Belgium since 2004, remains one of the most widely followed Tibetans on social media. Source

In Lubra, Nepal’s last Bon village, climate-driven floods are destroying homes and land, endangering ancient traditions.

The system, supposedly meant to aid Tibet, actually serves to sideline local Tibetan personnel while boosting the careers of Han Chinese cadres from other regions.

Beijing gathers Tibet experts to reaffirm that research must serve ideology and shape global narratives. The post Tibet Scholars Urged to Use Marxism to Promote Beijing’s Agenda first appeared on Bitter Winter.

To win the global war of words over Tibet, China’s western autonomous region that repeatedly makes international headlines, Beijing must stop fighting the West’s algorithms and start “dancing” with them. That was the blunt assessment of Zachary Lundquist, an...

A new study provides a crucial baseline: the first global map of where these fungal networks are and how much of them exists.

India’s new ambassador to China has paid his first visit to Tibet in the latest sign of thawing relations between the two Asian neighbours. Vikram Doraiswami – who speaks Chinese and took up the post in Beijing last month...

China’s national government policies on energy and economic development are changing pastoral life on the Tibetan Plateau.

In this episode of “The Election Observer” podcast, we are turning the tables as we talk to people behind the scenes where they share anecdotes and reflections on these recent engagements through a lighthearted conversation. The post Asian Elections:...

Tibetan spiritual leader had full knee replacement surgery on his right knee in New York in 2024.

China has discovered a new source of high-purity quartz in its western Tibet autonomous region, potentially reducing its reliance on imports of the critical material to make solar panels and semiconductors. High-purity quartz is a gold standard manufacturing material...

Construction on the Tibetan plateau of some of the Earth’s most powerful optical telescopes is putting China on track to house the world’s biggest astronomy base by the mid-2030s, according to project scientists. Deng Licai, lead scientist for site...

Today's news: As the United States and Iran exchange fire, sirens blare in Kuwait and Bahrain. In his meeting with Myanmar's Cardinal Bo, Pope Leo reiterates his appeal to "not forget" the Southeast Asian country. The former head of...

The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation holds a candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. ET on June 4 to commemorate the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, 1989, when the Chinese communist regime crushed a massive pro-democracy movement in China...

Chinese academics specialising in Tibet must find more creative ways to shape the global conversation about the region while remaining strictly aligned with the Communist Party’s ideology. That was the message Li Ganjie, head of the Communist Party’s United...

This season, climbers attempted the 8,849-metre peak from the Nepal side after China closed the northern route through Tibet

A revered statue’s grounds become a horseracing field. Cultural erasure in historical Tibet now proceeds through construction as much as demolition and removal. The post From Buddha to Racetrack: A Sacred Site in Drakgo Is Rewritten by Force first...