Eileen Guo and Alysa Liu have been thrust into a debate that goes far beyond sports.

Prominent Tibetan environmental defender and community leader A-nya Sengdra has been released from Mianyang prison after an extended seven year prison sentence. Source

A book tries to answer a question that has haunted experts for several years: the attack was irrational. Why did China do it? The post A Puzzle Wrapped in Barbed Wire: Why China Attacked India in 2020 first appeared...

Doubling of fish biomass and rebounding of endangered species shows government measures starting to work, biologists sayThe Yangtze River in China, which has been in ecological decline for 70 years, is showing signs of recovery thanks to a sweeping...

Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our graspWe have an urgent responsibility. Our existing economic system is incapable of addressing...

The post Estonian Parliament calls for the immediate abolition of the boarding school system in Tibet appeared first on Tibet Action Institute.

The post Estonian Parliament calls for the immediate abolition of the boarding school system in Tibet appeared first on Tibet Action Institute.

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Buddhist monks had walked 2,300 miles from Texas, braving snow and often barefoot – their arrival in the capital was greeted by thousandsBhante Saranapala gazed down at more than a hundred Buddhist monks wearing burnt-orange, saffron and maroon robes,...

Click to expand Image Anna Kwok, a Hong Kong activist exiled in the US, in Washington, DC, July 10, 2023. ( © 2024 Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters (New York) – A Hong Kong court’s conviction of the father of a prominent...

Click to expand Image The United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, January 15, 2026. © 2026 Cristina Matuozzi/Sipa via AP Photo United Nations member countries will select a new UN secretary-general this year to succeed...

Gyalo Thondup, who died on February 8, 2026, at 97 at the Indian hill station Kalimpong, carried with him secrets of a vanished era — and a warning for the present one. As the elder brother of the 14th...

Uyghur food is a bridge to introduce and protect Uyghur culture. But the eateries should not humor Beijing in their language and symbols. The post Amsterdam’s Lonely Uyghur vs Uyghur Restaurants–Or in Favor of Them? first appeared on Bitter...

Case is shrouded in fevered speculation about suicides, ‘exceptional psychological instability’ and criminal activity on the Bulgarian-Serbian borderIt has been dubbed Bulgaria’s “Twin Peaks”: a grim saga involving the mysterious deaths of six people in the middle of the...

How the CCP balances control and innovation.

Chinese consumers are prioritizing quality and value over patriotism, regardless of how testy relations become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like Japan and the United States

Click to expand Image A correctional services department vehicle believed to be carrying Hong Kong publisher and activist Jimmy Lai leaves the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts following Lai's sentencing, Hong Kong, February 9, 2026. © 2026 Chan Long Hei/AP...

The day that Chinese troops opened fire on peaceful protestors is still seared in the memory of a whole people. The post Why Uyghurs Remembered February 5, 1997, 29 Years On first appeared on Bitter Winter.

China’s disinformation machinery kicked into high gear to launch its latest attack against the Tibetan spiritual leader.

The technologies include facial recognition tools used on Uyghurs in western China, say expertsIran’s architecture of internet control is built on technologies from China, according to an analysis published by a British human rights organisation.The report by Article 19...

The release of millions of new files has shone a light on Jeffrey Epstein’s vast networks and efforts to meet the rich and powerful

The office of the Dalai Lama said on Sunday that he had never met convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after Chinese media reported the Tibetan Buddhist leader’s name was mentioned in a cache of files released by the US...

All around the world, Christians donate to local needs and to help with world tragedies. In China, however, this is prohibited. The post A Chinese Christian’s Charitable Endeavor and Spiritual Dilemma first appeared on Bitter Winter.

In a stark reminder of China’s persistent territorial overreach, Pema Wangjom Thongdok, a woman from Arunachal Pradesh holding an Indian passport, was detained for 18 hours at Shanghai Pudong Airport ...

Editorial: Western states have individually called for the campaigner to be freed, but China needs to see that these countries can stand together as one