On April 22, an attack occurred in the Baisaran Valley, located in the mountainous region of Kashmir in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, sparking a brief military conflict between New Delhi and Islamabad. India received support from...

ENHANCED CONTROLS: Users of the Internet in China’s Henan Province face five times more blocked Web sites than the average user, researchers have found

Tips for the beginner meditator from a Tibetan Buddhist monk The post Entering Shamatha Meditation appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Activists Urge General Assembly to Establish New Investigative Body

AFCL has worked to hold power to account and inform the public with clarity and rigor.

China on May 23, 1951, imposed the so-called “17-Point Agreement” to formally annex Tibet. In March, China in its 18th White Paper misleadingly said it laid “firm foundations for the region’s human rights cause.”

The 1979 Sino-Tibetan dialogue marked a historic moment, one filled with promise and disappointment. It was a rare instance where representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government directly discussed the fate of Tibet and its people.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a statement calling on the Chinese Communist Party to immediately release Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism, who as of May 17 has been missing for 30...

China compelled them to leave their country. Exiled, they still speak with a powerful voice, Kunsang Dolma said. The post A New Book on Tibetan Women Writers in Exile first appeared on Bitter Winter.

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Chiharu Shiota’s Newest Exhibition Highlights “Emptiness” by Filling the Void With Webs of Thread Despite working predominantly with thread, Chiharu Shiota wants to be clear: her art should be read as paintings, not as cobwebs. For the Japanese artist,...

A writer invokes the Hindu sage Vyāsa in a meditation on old age. The post The End of Time appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Quake-ravaged Tibet has had to contend with censorship and political repression.

China continues to “Sinicize” geographical names in an Indian state it claims as its own. Enough, says the Indian government. The post China’s Name War in Indian Arunachal Pradesh Continues first appeared on Bitter Winter.

An emergency crew in China which illegitimately used its ambulance siren and flashing lights to clear a way on a popular tourist highway in Tibet has triggered a public backlash. The incident happened on the 117km-long road that connects...

Tulku Hungkar Dorjee died 49 days ago under mysterious circumstances while in Chinese custody.

The Panchen Lama was abducted on May 17, 1995 as part of China’s plan to control the succession of the Dalai Lama.

From the starting point at the Great Wall of China, the teams are headed to the southernmost tip of India

It’s like ‘having a superpower’

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 struck China early Friday morning, as reported by the National Centre for Seismology. The tremors, occurring at a depth of 10 km, follow a recent 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Tibet and China...

Media often remain silent on religious persecution and discriminate against unpopular groups by calling them “cults.” The post The Fragile Balance of Press Freedom and Religious Liberty: The Harmful Impact of the Stigmatizing Language first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Unlawful Attempt to Control Succession of Tibetan Buddhist Leaders

Australia says Yang’s letter is ‘message of profound courage, resilience and hope’

A mammoth document both praises the CCP’s work in the security field and calls for a more severe repression of groups identified as national security threats. The post The White Paper on National Security: Propaganda, Threats, and Promises to...

Beijing renames 27 places in Indian border state of Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims as part of southern Tibet.