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Modi and Xi agree to de-escalate border tensions at BRICS Summit
By Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Aug 29: The 2023 BRICS Summit witnessed a significant diplomatic breakthrough as Indian Prime Minister Narendra and China’s President Xi Jinping agreed to de-escalate tensions in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at...
Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Jammu & Kashmir Leaders and Officials
Dharamshala: A Parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Dawa Tsering, Yeshi Dolma, and Tenpa Yarphel on 28th August met with leaders and officials of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Tibetan MPs met with Shri Kavinder Gupta, Former Deputy...
Department of Information and International Relations Commences 11 days Umaylam Awareness Program in Dehradun
Dehradun: As part of the 11 days Umaylam (Middle Way Approach) Awareness Program, the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), CTA, commenced the program at Tibetan Homes School, Mussoorie for a total number of over 170 students from...
China heightens ethnic separatism campaign in Tibetan areas outside TAR
(TibetanReview.net, Aug28’23) – China may have territorially fragmented Tibet into Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR, or Xizang) and Qinghai province, and as “autonomous” prefectures in its Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan Provinces. Nevertheless, it wants to treat all Tibetan areas as...
Dalai Lama back in D’shala after month and half in Ladakh
(TibetanReview.net, Aug28’23) – Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, returned to Dharamshala Aug 28 morning after a month and half sojourn in India’s Tibet-border Union Territory of Ladakh from Jul 11. He was welcomed at the Kangra Airport...
Department of Health Conducts Open MRS Refresher Training Medical Staff in Mundgod’s DTR Hospital
Mundgod: The three-day Open MRS Refresher Training was conducted by the Department of Health at Gajang and DTR Hospital, Mundgod, which not only aimed at addressing concerns related to system usage but also at enhancing the overall proficiency of...
Opinion: China to celebrate colonialism with 58th Anniversary of “Tibet Autonomous Region”
By Vijay Kranti Today when colonialism has practically vanished from the face of earth, China remains the only country which is not only practicing colonialism, but also unashamedly celebrates it. 1st September this year marks the 58th anniversary of...
Home Secretary Assesses Lands in Bylakuppe to be Impacted by NH-275 Project
Dharamshala: Secretary Palden Dhondup and Additional Secretary Jampa Phuntsok from the Department of Home, CTA, made an assessment visit to certain households in Bylakuppe-based Lugsung Samdupling Tibetan Settlement whose part of the agricultural field comes under the state government’s...
34th Tibetan Terminology Meeting Finalises Over 560 Standard Terms
Dharamshala: The Terminology Desk of the Department of Education, CTA, finalised over 560 standardised Tibetan terms during the 34th meeting of the High-Level Standardising Board held from 21-25 August 2023. During the five-day meeting, the board discussed and standardised...
Tibet This Week: 21 August to 27 August 2023
Tibet This Week (TTW) is a weekly news collection of articles and Tibet related news on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Current situations inside Tibet, Tibetans in Exile, Worldwide Tibetan Movement and others published in various websites. HIS...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Returns to Dharamshala After Month-Long Stay in Ladakh
Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama returned to Dharamshala this morning to a warm welcome reception by Tibetans, devotees and well-wishers after concluding a month-long visit to Ladakh where he gave spiritual teachings on multiple occasions....
China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?
Simon Tisdall for The Guardian ast week’s US sanctioning of Chinese officials involved in Beijing’s ongoing criminal efforts to erase Tibet as a separate political, ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious entity showed America at its best. Few other governments give a...
China’s Cartographic Manipulation of Tibet is ‘Colonialism of Perception’
Xi Jinping and CCP focused at wiping out Tibet, Xinjiang and Southern Mongolia – by Vijay Kranti for CHASE New Delhi, Paris, New York & Dharamshala – 28 August 2023 Many international experts on China and Tibet are of...
Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Former Deputy CM of Jammu & Kashmir and Others
Dharamshala: A Parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Dawa Tsering, Yeshi Dolma, and Tenpa Yarphel paid a courtesy call on Shri (Dr) Nirmal Singh, Former Deputy CM of Jammu & Kashmir, and Shri R. K. Kalsotra, President, All India Confederation...
Office of Tibet-Washington Hosts Sino Tibet Youth Interaction Through Screening of Late Pema Tsetan’s Tharlo
Washington DC: The Office of Tibet, Washington DC in collaboration with the Democracy Salon, a Chinese youth initiative in New York, hosted a film discussion as part of Sino-Tibet Youth Interaction event at the Tibet House on 28 August...
Bhutan and China set up technical team for border delimitation amid continuing talks
(TibetanReview.net, Aug27’23) – Talks between Bhutan and China over their disputed borders have been proceeding in pretty much the same way as the Sino-India border talks which also involves Chinese-occupied Tibet: a great deal of positive vibes about the...
Parliamentary Delegation Holds Press Conference On Upcoming Tibet Advocacy In Jammu
Dharamshala: A Parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Dawa Tsering, Yeshi Dolma, and Tenpa Yarphel began their official program on 27 August by holding a press conference on their upcoming programs of Tibet advocacy in Jammu. They are scheduled to...
Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Sikkim Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya
Dharamshala: A parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang, Geshe Monlam Tharchin, and Tashi Dhondup, began their Tibet advocacy in Sikkim by paying a courtesy call upon Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya, the Governor of Sikkim. Upon their arrival in Gangtok, the...
Tibetan Parliamentary Delegation Advocates Tibet in Darjeeling, Concludes West Bengal Program
Dharamshala: A parliamentary delegation consisting of parliamentarians Youdon Aukatsang, Geshe Monlam Tharchin, and Tashi Dhondup, after concluding their programs in Odisha, began advocating Tibet in Darjeeling, West Bengal. As the delegation reached Darjeeling on 24th August 2023, they were...
China’s sudden lifting of Covid curbs caused nearly 2 million avoidable deaths
(TibetanReview.net, Aug26’23) – China’s sudden lifting of Covid-19 restrictions late last year led to nearly two million more deaths than would have been the case otherwise over the following two months, reported Reuters Aug 25, citing a study based...
Gonpo Kyi Unable to move After Assaulted by Chinese Police Officials
Justice defender Gonpo Kyi, the sister of the imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi was physically assaulted by Lhasa police officials and left her unable to move. On 23 of this month, Gonpo kyi took action for justice in front...
Gonmo Kyi Denied Hospital Treatment After Police Beating
Sister of imprisoned businessman Dorjee Tashi beaten by police authorities outside Lhasa court whilst asking for a retrial in his case – By Tibet Watch Tibet Watch has received more new videos, in which Gonmo Kyi, sister of imprisoned...
Gonpo Kyi denied hospital treatment after police assault
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, August 25: Gonpo Kyi, the sister of imprisoned Tibetan businessman Dorjee Tashi, has been denied hospital treatment after she was assaulted by police officers outside the Lhasa People’s Court. This marks the second instance this month...
Differences on normalizing ties continue as Modi and Xi met in South Africa
(TibetanReview.net, Aug25’23) – Despite the absence of a schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and President Xi Jinping of China did meet for an “informal conversation” Aug 23 on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South...
The Centrality of Tibet in Tibetan Scholarship
Education, knowledge production, and creating narratives have always played a prominent role in Communist China’s methods of ruling, controlling, and changing Tibet. The recently held 7th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies titled, Prosperity and Development of Tibetan...