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2025 temperature rose for record fourth consecutive year on Tibetan Plateau region
(TibetanReview.net, Jan07’26) – The temperature on the Tibetan Plateau region last year was 1.12 C above normal, breaking record for four consecutive years, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Jan 7, citing data released by the China Meteorological Administration’s National Climate...
India launches e-B-4 Visa in significant boost in business ties with China
(TibetanReview.net, Jan07’26) – In a significant step in continued improvement in bilateral ties amid escalating border militarisation on both sides, India has launched a new e-B-4 visa for Chinese nationals designed to boost business cooperation and industrial ties between...
Kangra Bans High-Altitude Trekking to Ensure Tourist Safety
Kangra bans trekking above 3,000m for safety. Permits are now mandatory for Kareri and Triund routes, with automatic cancellations during weather alerts.
Sandesh Meshram’s cycle yatra reaches Dhargyeling settlement, amplifies Tibet and border awareness
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 7: Indian activist Sandesh Meshram, a long-time supporter of the Tibetan cause and a member of the Core Group for the Tibetan Cause–India, reached the Dhargyeling Tibetan Settlement in Tezu, Arunachal Pradesh, on 5 January...
Bridge the Gap. Stand Together. Stop China’s Mega-Embassy – Join Us on 17 January
(From Global Alliance for Tibet & Persecuted Minorities, Part of the Bridge the Gap – Stop the Mega-Embassy Campaign) Dear Friends, Bridge the Gap. Stand Together. Stop the Mega-Embassy. We are writing to urgently call on you to join...
UK warned of China’s expanding spy footprint as China pushes for mega embassy in London
Rights groups led by Free Tibet, along with several allied organisations, have renewed their campaign against China's proposed mega embassy at Royal Mint Court in London, arguing that the project poses grave national security threats and heightens risks for...
Tibet Activist Sandesh Meshram Brings Awareness Rally to Tezu
Activist Sandesh Meshram reaches Tezu Dhargyeling on his 6th Cycle Yatra. He pedals 2,600 km to advocate for Tibet’s freedom and India’s border security.
China reports major road-building achievement in Tibet in strategic effort
(TibetanReview.net, Jan06’26) – China said Jan 6 that its local government in Tibet autonomous region’s efforts to build a modern transportation network had brought the total length of highways in it open to traffic to 125,200 kilometres by the...
UK Tibet groups call on govt. to reject China’s mega-embassy ahead of decision
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 6: Free Tibet, a London-based Tibet rights group and allied rights organisations which have been at the forefront of sustained protests, public rallies, and advocacy efforts against China’s proposed mega embassy at Royal Mint Court,...
Pakistan: Markets, shops shut across Karachi as anti-encroachment action widens
Karachi authorities expanded an anti-encroachment drive, sealing auto spare parts and motorcycle markets over traffic congestion concerns. Officials cited repeated warnings and SOP violations, while traders criticised the move, warning it would harm businesses and the economy.
Choosing Leaders for a Narrowing Window: A Call to the Tibetan Electorate
For nearly seven decades since coming into exile in 1959, the Tibetan freedom movement has endured through moral clarity, resilience, and an unshakeable commitment to nonviolence. These values remain our compass. They earned global recognition most notably in 1989,...
How China Silenced Its Frontiers: Tibet and the Death of Promised Autonomy
Tibet is one of the clearest cases of how China’s frontier regions lost the autonomy they were once expected to have. For decades before 1950, The post How China Silenced Its Frontiers: Tibet and the Death of Promised Autonomy...
US Congressional Report Exposes China’s "Egregious" Abuses in Tibet
The 2025 US Congressional report confirms severe human rights violations in Tibet, including torture, forced assimilation, and environmental destruction.
SmartVote Tibet re-launches voter information platform ahead of 2026 CTA elections
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 6: SmartVote Tibet, an online voter information platform developed by the Tibetan civil society group Project Democracy, re-launched its website on Monday ahead of the 2026 Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) general elections. The event was...
Current Sino-India ‘thaw’ more a recalibration than retreat
(TibetanReview.net, Jan05’26) – China reduced its forward troop presence in eastern Ladakh by half over the last one year, but then it is building border military infrastructure at four times the pace of India, reported theprint.in Jan 5, citing...
Digital Democracy: Smartvote Tibet Opens for Second Election Cycle
By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 5 Jan: Smartvote Tibet, an online portal designed to help Tibetan voters identify their preferred Sikyong and Members of Parliament (MP) candidates for the 2026 Tibetan General Election, is now open to the public. The...
Tibet Landslides Linked to Extensive Dam Construction
Landslides in Bathang County damage National Highway 215. Locals blame the disaster on extensive Chinese hydroelectric dam construction along the Drichu River.
Tibet a key mining growth target for China’s long term global strategic leverage
(TibetanReview.net, Jan04’26) – One of the main drivers of China’s top mining company’s output growth target for the coming years is the expansion of the Julong copper mine in Tibet, reported newsable.asianetnews.com Jan 3. The company, the Zijin Mining...
Venezuela today, Taiwan tomorrow? Trump’s Maduro move hands China 'cheap ammunition' for Taipei strike, say analysts
Analysts say the capture of Nicolas Maduro hands Beijing "cheap ammunition" to attack the US-led order even as it sticks to its own timeline for Taiwan.
Beijing’s ‘Visit Nepal’ push fails, Tibetans continued to be denied passports
(TibetanReview.net, Jan03’26) – China in Jun 2024 declared 2025 as “Visit Nepal Year in China” and promised to bring at least 500,000 Chinese tourists to the country. However, the Himalayan country has registered negative growth from China, which may...
How CCP is ‘assimilating’ Inner Mongolia
The most decisive tool of assimilation has been language policy. Mongolian-medium education has been systematically dismantled, replaced with Mandarin instruction. The post How CCP is ‘assimilating’ Inner Mongolia appeared first on The Sunday Guardian.
“Protests not due to sanctions but due to domestic economic mismanagement”: University of London’s Iran Expert on Iran protests
Speaking with ANI, the expert said, "The basic grievance is economic mismanagement and corruption, structural inefficiencies that have brought Iran to where it is today. It has nothing to do with sanctions or with the 12-day war with Israel,...
China’s Tibet dam push raises regional alarm over water security and control
China has confirmed the launch of a massive hydropower project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, triggering renewed concerns over environmental risks, downstream water security and China's tightening grip over the region, as reported...
PM Modi to inaugurate exhibit of sacred Buddha relics on Saturday
The six-month exhibition will take place inside a temporary museum in the Qutub Golf Course complex.
China’s discovery of 1 million tons of lithium in eastern Tibet has pushed hydrogen, nuclear energy to back seat
(TibetanReview.net, Jan02’26) – China’s discovery of one million tons of lithium in Ngaba (Chinese: Aba) prefecture, formerly part of Tibet’s Amdo Province but now incorporated as part of Sichuan province, explains why the country is taking the front row...















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