Tibetan Review

11/12/2023

The 34th anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace prize on His Holiness the Dalai Lama was marked in conjunction with the world Human Rights Day on Dec 10 with the inauguration of the award gallery at the Dalai Lama Library and Archives located on the Lingkhor circuit of the Tsuglakhang at Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala.

(TibetanReview.net, Dec11’23) – The 34th anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace prize on His Holiness the Dalai Lama was marked in conjunction with the world Human Rights Day on Dec 10 with the inauguration of the award gallery at the Dalai Lama Library and Archives located on the Ling...

10/12/2023

Citing, political, democracy, and human rights issues, including , a Republican legislator in is spearheading a long-overdue effort to end state investment in companies controlled by the government of .
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09/12/2023

Once rare, senior officials of Chinese ruled have been making a series of overseas trips recently. The move is seen by analysts as an attempt, in part, to win support for Beijing’s plan to choose the next Dalai Lama.

(📸: Olivier Adam)

(TibetanReview.net, Dec08’23) – Once rare, senior officials of Chinese ruled Tibet have been making a series of overseas trips recently. The move is seen by analysts as an attempt, in part, to win support for Beijing’s plan to choose the next Dalai Lama, according to the scmp.com Dec 8. The re...

08/12/2023

Chinese authorities are reported to have detained two Tibetan women, who are sisters, for what they apparently saw as making religiously inspired appeals for donations to their charity work that helps the poor and needy in their village.

(TibetanReview.net, Dec06’23) – Chinese authorities are reported to have detained two Tibetan women, who are sisters, for what they apparently saw as making religiously inspired appeals for donations to their charity work that helps the poor and needy in their village. They were detained on Oct ...

07/12/2023

has blocked entry to nearly 50,000 pilgrims from this year while letting in visitors from all other countries to visit .

(TibetanReview.net, Dec07’23) – The Chinese government in Tibet Autonomous Region blocked entry to nearly 50,000 pilgrims from India this year while letting in visitors from all other countries, compelling many to visit Nepal instead, reported the kathmandupost.com Dec 6. May and June are the mo...

06/12/2023

The two 17th Karmapa reincarnations, each recognized by different top lamas within the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, have issued a joint statement, outlining their mutual plans to work together toward the recognition, education, and spiritual growth of the next Shamarpa.
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(TibetanReview.net, Dec06’23) – The two 17th Karmapa reincarnations, each recognized by different top lamas within the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, have issued a joint statement Dec 4, outlining their mutual plans to work together toward the recognition, education, and spiritual growth of t...

05/12/2023

India’s Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment has called on Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Dharamshala to invite him for the Dhamma Diksha, an international conference on , to be held in Mumbai.

(TibetanReview.net, Dec05’23) – India’s Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment has on Dec 4 called on Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Dharamshala to invite him for the Dhamma Diksha, an international conference on Buddhism, to be held in Mumbai over Dec 15-1...

05/12/2023

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said Nov 30 that it had taken down thousands of fake accounts from several networks that were part of a China-based influence campaign to spread polarising political content ahead of the 2024 US presidential elections. Some of these accounts also targeted and .

(TibetanReview.net, Dec04’23) – Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said Nov 30 that it had taken down thousands of fake accounts from several networks that were part of a China-based influence campaign to spread polarising political content ahead of the 2024 US preside...

03/12/2023

China said that it had completed this week the relocation of Tibetans from one of the highest villages in to a lower altitude settlement. Independent sources have in the past condemned such relocations of villagers and nomads as coercive and impoverishing of Tibetans well-adapted to their centuries-old habitat and way of life.

(TibetanReview.net, Dec01’23) – China said Dec 1 that it had completed this week the relocation of Tibetans from one of the highest villages in Tibet to a lower altitude settlement. Independent sources have in the past condemned such relocations of villagers and nomads as coercive and impoverish...

02/12/2023

Although previously denied it, has continued its unsanctioned programme of settlement construction across the contested border in the kingdom’s Himalayan north, reported Chatham House. The report felt that Bhutan may concede these construction areas in exchange for a settlement deal, which will likely also involve the two countries establishing diplomatic ties.

(TibetanReview.net, Dec02’23) – Although Bhutan previously denied it, China has continued its unsanctioned programme of settlement construction across the contested border in the kingdom’s Himalayan north, reported chathamhouse.org Dec 1, citing satellite imagery from Sep 2023. The report felt...

01/12/2023

Tibetan applicants for Chinese government jobs continue to be required to denounce their exile religious leader, the Dalai Lama, besides being loyal to the Party-state.

(TibetanReview.net, Dec01’23) – Tibetan applicants for Chinese government jobs continue to be required to denounce their exile religious leader, the Dalai Lama, besides being loyal to the Party-state, reported the Tibetan Service of rfa.org Nov 30, citing a directive issued from Beijing and rele...

30/11/2023

Seven Tibetan Buddhist nuns have been awarded their geshema degrees, the highest academic achievement in the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, at a convocation ceremony held in Bodh Gaya, India. These nuns became the sixth cohort of geshemas, bringing to 60 the number of such awardees since 2016, after it was formally instituted in 2012.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov30’23) – Seven Tibetan Buddhist nuns have been awarded their geshema degrees, the highest academic achievement in the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, at a convocation ceremony held in Bodh Gaya, India, on Nov 27. These nuns became the sixth cohort of geshemas, bringin...

29/11/2023

China has opened the Tibetan region of Ngaba (or Ngawa, Chinese: Aba) for high-speed railway traffic from China as a part of its Sichuan-Qinghai Railway project. This is the first railway on the northwestern Sichuan Plateau.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov29’23) – China has opened on Nov 28 the Tibetan region of Ngaba (or Ngawa, Chinese: Aba) for high-speed railway traffic from China as a part of its Sichuan-Qinghai Railway project. This is the first railway on the northwestern Sichuan Plateau, and it ended the history of n...

28/11/2023

China has “cultivated” a large pool of foreign influencers and content creators who peddle its online propaganda and counter-narratives, to present itself as respectable and global rules-abiding, according to Australian Strategic Policy Institute report.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov28’23) – To counter global criticisms for its authoritarian system, persecution of dissidents, ill-treatment of ethnic minorities, and aggressive behaviour towards neighbours, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-state, led by President XI Jinping, has “cultivated” a larg...

27/11/2023

China opens Lijiang-Shangri-la (Tibetan: Gyalthang) part of the traditional Tibetan province of Kham, section of strategic Yunnan-Tibet railway. Lijiang is a multi-ethnic area with strong Tibetan connections, especially in language & religion.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov27’23) – China has opened to traffic today a crucial section of its strategically grand Tibet-Yunnan Railway, connecting two well-known tourist cities in Yunnan province. With the operation of the Lijiang-Shangri-la railway, the fastest travel time between the two cities w...

25/11/2023

The Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) at Dharamshala, India, was on Nov 22 introduced in the Canadian Parliament as “the voice of the Tibetans around the world”. He was in North America to mainly speak at the three-day Halifax International Security Forum-2023. Several government ministers and a number of MPs have attended a reception for him hosted by the Canadian Parliamentary Friends of Tibet.
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24/11/2023

EDITORIAL: China’s white paper on and the audacity of lies

EDITORIAL (TibetanReview.net, Nov24’23) – Academics in China derive their relevance and, indeed, legitimacy from the fact that they paint a glorious picture of the situation in the country, as mandated by its Communist Party dictators, no matter how far removed their doctored discourses – embe...

21/11/2023

In an apparent suggestion that he is back in robust health, the Dalai Lama is to give his previously postponed or cancelled teachings in and next month before his scheduled Bodh Gaya teachings, according to his upcoming list of schedules seen posted on his official website today.
https://www.tibetanreview.net/dalai-lamas-sikkim-salugara-teachings-back-on-schedule/
(Photo courtesy: Olivier Adam)

(TibetanReview.net, Nov21’23) – In an apparent suggestion that he is back in robust health, the Dalai Lama is to give his previously postponed or cancelled teachings in Sikkim and Salugara next month before his scheduled Bodh Gaya teachings, according to his upcoming list of schedules seen poste...

20/11/2023

As continues its propaganda drive to dismiss well-documented reports, including by the United Nations, that it is carrying out an acculturation schooling system for Tibetan children in their occupied homeland, the parliament has issued a statement, condemning the practice.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov20’23) – As China continues its propaganda drive to dismiss well-documented reports, including by the United Nations, that it is carrying out an acculturation schooling system for Tibetan children in their occupied homeland, the Belgian parliament has issued a statement on...

18/11/2023

China has condemned US president Joe Biden’s reiteration of his position that its virtually life-time President Xi Jinping is a “dictator”, although this does not appear to have soured Beijing’s portrayal of the two leaders’ meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ summit in San Francisco as a breakthrough in ties between the two countries.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov18’23) – China has condemned US president Joe Biden’s reiteration of his position that its virtually life-time President Xi Jinping is a “dictator”, although this does not appear to have soured Beijing’s portrayal of the two leaders’ Nov 15 meeting on the sidelin...

17/11/2023

US President Joe Biden has included among issues of human rights he raised in his meeting with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, he has been urged to go further to push China for dialogue on the settlement of the decades-long Tibet issue, as mandated by relevant US laws.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov17’23) – US President Joe Biden has included Tibet among issues of human rights he raised in his meeting Nov 16 with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, he has been urged to go further to push China for dialogue on the settlement of the decades-long Tibet issue...

17/11/2023

Chinese supporters had clashed with protesters outside the Hyatt Regency hotel in San Francisco as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived for the Nov 15-17 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference of 21 member-countries.
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17/11/2023

Chinese president Xi Jinping's claim that his country had “not provoked a conflict or war, or occupied a single inch of foreign land” has been received with derision in which had suffered an invasion, numerous incursions, and continuing territorial occupations amid ongoing border disputes resulting from its illegal annexation of over half a century ago.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov17’23) – Chinese president Xi Jinping claim Nov 16 that his country had “not provoked a conflict or war, or occupied a single inch of foreign land” has been received with derision in India which had suffered an invasion, numerous incursions, and continuing territorial ...

16/11/2023

Tibetans with their Snowlion national flags – some being waved about or held up, others draped around them, yet others being held from or planted on strategic high spots – were a marked presence among hundreds of protesters who were reported to have marched, waved signs and flags and occasionally scuffled in San Francisco where President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping were attending an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit of 21 world leaders after holding talks down the road at a Woodside estate.
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15/11/2023

Mass protest held against Xi Jinping's visit to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. , , and joined forces in San Francisco to protest against his visit.

15/11/2023

As hundreds of Chinese nationals, including students from local San Francisco universities like UC Berkeley and Stanford, gathered with massive Chinese Communist Party flags to welcome their dictatorial leader Xi Jinping for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, some 30 Uyghur, Hong Kong nationals and Tibetan staged a protest to counter them to make their presence known to the visiting Chinese leader and their disapproval of his policies.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov15’23) – As hundreds of Chinese nationals, including students from local San Francisco universities like UC Berkeley and Stanford, gathered with massive Chinese Communist Party flags to welcome their dictatorial leader Xi Jinping for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (...

15/11/2023

Banned in as a threat to national security and in at least 34 US states for federal and state employees amid criticisms from Beijing, China’s had been delivered the same fate in on Nov 13 but for a different reason. The country said social harmony and goodwill were being disturbed by “misuse” of the popular video app and there was rising demand to control it.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov14’23) – Banned in India as a threat to national security and in at least 34 US states for federal and state employees amid criticisms from Beijing, China’s TikTok had been delivered the same fate in Nepal on Nov 13 but for a different reason. The country said social har...

12/11/2023

Tibet’s exile spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is to visit next month to take part in a high-profile international Buddhist conference, report the PTI news agency, citing India’s union minister Mr Ramdas Athawale.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov12’23) – Tibet’s exile spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is to visit Mumbai next month to take part in a high-profile international Buddhist conference, report the PTI news agency Nov 12, citing India’s union minister Mr Ramdas Athawale. Those attending the dhamma diks...

11/11/2023

Martin Scorsese's film Kundun, tackling the true story of ’s 14th Dalai Lama until China occupation and annexation of his homeland. Now, Disney has banned it in all its formats because it wanted to do business in which was infuriated by it.
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10/11/2023

The publicity section of the cabinet of the Chinese government has today issued its 19th White Paper on since 1992, with its most distinctive feature being the use of the term “Xizang” or “Xizang Autonomous Region” for “Tibet Autonomous Region” throughout the text.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov10’23) – The publicity section of the cabinet of the Chinese government has today issued its 19th White Paper on Tibet since 1992, with its most distinctive feature being the use of the term “Xizang” or “Xizang Autonomous Region” for “Tibet Autonomous Region” t...

09/11/2023

As the exile Tibetan administration holds its fifth strategic meeting since 2021 towards the resolution of the issue and the exile Tibetan civil society holds a fourth conference since 2022 on Tibet’s future, both at Dharamshala, India, has announced that it will release a white paper on “Xizang” in a one-sentence news report.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov09’23) – As the exile Tibetan administration holds its fifth strategic meeting since 2021 towards the resolution of the Tibet issue and the exile Tibetan civil society holds a fourth conference since 2022 on Tibet’s future, both at Dharamshala, India, China has announced...

08/11/2023

An ethnic Middle School in Yushu (Tibetan: Yulshul) prefecture in Qinghai Province, most of which constitutes the bulk of the historical Tibetan province of Amdo (or Domey), has told parents and teachers that they have a legal duty to teach and educate their wards not to believe in religion. They were told that this was necessary for the realization of the dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov08’23) – An ethnic Middle School in Yushu (Tibetan: Yulshul) prefecture in Qinghai Province, most of which constitutes the bulk of the historical Tibetan province of Amdo (or Domey), has told parents and teachers in Sep 2023 that they have a legal duty to teach and educate...

07/11/2023

Avoid religion, oppose Dalai Lama, Chinese authorities in ’s westernmost prefecture of Ngari have told its teachers and students to vow allegiance to the communist party.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov07’23) – Chinese authorities in Tibet’s westernmost prefecture of Ngari have told its teachers and students to vow allegiance to the communist party-run People’s Republic of China (PRC) and denounce the Dalai Lama in its latest so-called anti-separatism drive, accordin...

06/11/2023

China’s top officials on women have downplayed gender equality and focused, instead, on President Xi Jinping’s goal for Chinese women: Get married and have babies.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov06’23) – China’s top officials on women have on Oct 30 downplayed gender equality and focused, instead, on President Xi Jinping’s goal for Chinese women: Get married and have babies, reported the New York Times Nov 3. The National Women’s Congress, held every five ye...

04/11/2023

The film Snow Leopard, directed by late Tibetan writer-director Pema Tseden, has won the Tokyo Grand Prix at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 01) as his son Jigme Trinley’s debut film was released to domestic acclaim.

Snow Leopard was Pema Tseden’s last film before he passed away suddenly due to an illness while shooting in central Tibet in May this year.

Born in Dec 1969 in Guide (Tibetan: Trika) County of Hainan (Tsolho) Prefecture, Qinghai province, Pema Tseden is recognized as a pioneer of Tibetan-language films. Several of films have won fame and recognition, including the 2018 film Jinpa and the 2019 film Balloon.

Tap to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/late-tibetan-writer-director-wins-at-tokyo-film-festival-as-his-sons-film-debuts-to-domestic-acclaim/

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03/11/2023

Almost all of the China-funded in the US have closed, reported the Bloomberg Nov 2, citing a new report. It said all but five of the institutes, which were created in 2004 to promote Chinese language and culture, are now closed, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) was cited as saying. However, the US has been warned that the institutes could be reappearing in different names.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov03’23) – Almost all of the China-funded Confucius Institutes in the US have closed, reported the bloomberg.com Nov 2, citing a new report. It said all but five of the institutes, which were created in 2004 to promote Chinese language and culture, are now closed, the US Gov...

02/11/2023

It requires creativity and seizing the moment when an opportunity, rare as it is, presents itself for Chinese citizens to poke fun at their dictatorial leaders and the Halloween Day on Oct 31 was such an occasion for the people of China’s megacity of . Revellers in the city poked fun at the authorities with their costumes, dressing up as Covid prevention workers, surveillance cameras and ’s falling stock market, or even Winnie-the-Pooh.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov02’23) – It requires creativity and seizing the moment when an opportunity, rare as it is, presents itself for Chinese citizens to poke fun at their dictatorial leaders and the Halloween Day on Oct 31 was such an occasion for the people of China’s megacity of Shanghai. R...

01/11/2023

The Tibetan Plateau’s vast currently known deposits constitute around 85% of the total lithium reserves of the People’s Republic of China and Beijing’s rush to exploit it in the face of booming demands for the scarce mineral risks damaging the troubled region’s fragile ecology and deepening rights violations.

(TibetanReview.net, Nov01’23) – The Tibetan Plateau’s vast currently known deposits constitute around 85% of the total lithium reserves of the People’s Republic of China and Beijing’s rush to exploit it in the face of booming demands for the scarce mineral risks damaging the troubled regio...

31/10/2023

As the Chinese public mourn with fondness for its former premier Li Keqiang who passed away, aged 68, as a moderate whose key focus was on the country and people’s economic wellbeing, all the more because he was overshadowed and sidelined by a domineering President Xi Jinping, the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and the Tibetan public have no love lost for him.

(TibetanReview.net, Oct31’23) – As the Chinese public mourn with fondness for its former premier Li Keqiang who passed away early in the morning of Oct 27, aged 68, as a moderate whose key focus was on the country and people’s economic wellbeing, all the more because he was overshadowed and si...

30/10/2023

China has censored all references to the suddenness of the death of its former premier on Oct 27 and the offering of praises of him on social media while universities have banned mourning activities for him.

(TibetanReview.net, Oct29’23) – China has censored all references to the suddenness of the death of its former premier Li Keqiang on Oct 27 and the offering of praises of him on social media while universities have banned mourning activities for him, reported nytimes.com Oct 27 and the scmp.c...