Tibetan Review

03/11/2025

China carried out a campaign of threats and intimidation lasting more than two years in an attempt to pressure Sheffield Hallam University into shutting down sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses. The university is accused of initially succumbing to China’s pressure to maintain access to the Chinese student market.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/pressuring-uk-university-ultimately-fails-to-stop-research-on-rights-abuses-in-china/

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02/11/2025

Sikyong Penpa Tsering says China’s claim to appoint the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is based on distorted history. He has vowed to hold a global conference to debunk the 1793 Qing-era “golden urn decree.”

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/tibetan-sikyong-questions-chinas-golden-urn-decree-trick-in-claiming-dalai-lama-reincarnation-right/
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02/11/2025

The Sunday Funnies
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01/11/2025

Czech President Petr Pavel is to copatron in capital Prague on Nov 11 a special gala evening to honour the Dalai Lama for his 90th birthday, along with commemorating the country’s late first President Václav Havel who would have turned 89 this year.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/czech-president-to-copatron-dalai-lama-90th-birthday-gala-this-month/

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31/10/2025

The full extent of death and destruction from the 6.8-magnitude that struck Dingri, , on Jan 7 remains unclear due to ’s restricted access and tight information control. However, official media reports on post-quake housing reconstruction hint at the disaster’s scale.

(TibetanReview.net, Oct31’25) – The true scales of the death and destruction caused by the devastating 6.8-manitude earthquake which hit Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri on Jan 7 remains unknown due to China’s denial of access and tight control on information. However, figures reported by...

30/10/2025

Tibetan leader Sikyong Penpa Tsering has urged the restoration of funding for Radio Free Asia and Voice of America, stating that their absence is creating an information void in Tibet. Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., he praised the stations for promoting American values and countering Beijing’s narrative.
Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/tibetan-sikyong-bemoans-information-void-in-tibet-as-voa-rfa-defunding-bites/
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28/10/2025

called the resumption of direct flights with a “positive step” for bilateral ties, while former Indian foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal warned that Beijing still hasn’t acknowledged its history of hostility toward India.

(TibetanReview.net, Oct28’25) – China has described the resumption of direct flight services between it and India on Oct 26 after a gap of more than five years as a ‘positive step’ and a ‘very important day’ for bilateral relations, marking normalisation and progress in diplomatic ties. ...

26/10/2025

Aritra Banerjee examines Beijing’s cognitive-warfare strategy in Tibet through the lens of strategic communication, drawing on Dr Neville Bolt’s formulation of “the continual calibration of persuasion and coercion, of friendship and force.” It traces how boarding schools, relocation policy, propaganda, and digital surveillance form a single narrative architecture—and then sets out a practical doctrine for what Tibetans can do now: build a global verification network, invest in pre-bunking and media literacy, speak in the languages of power, own the visual narrative, and institutionalise strategic communication within the CTA.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/the-war-for-tibets-story-reclaiming-identity-in-an-age-of-algorithmic-occupation/
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25/10/2025

Professor Nawang Phuntsog firmly believes that celebrating November 5th as Tibetan National Teacher’s Day is one way to honor His Eminence Samdhong Rinpoche’s exceptional lifelong dedication to education, service, and the promotion of truth and non-violence.
Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/his-eminence-samdhong-rinpoche-an-educator-extraordinaire/
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25/10/2025

Tenzin Jigmey dwells on the role the Dalai Lama has played as a global mediator, guiding both scientists and contemplatives toward a more holistic vision of knowledge which unites the outer science of matter with the inner one of mind.

Tenzin Jigmey* dwells on the role the Dalai Lama has played as a global mediator, guiding both scientists and contemplatives toward a more holistic vision of knowledge which unites the outer science of matter with the inner one of mind.  “When science and spirituality recognize their common purp...

23/10/2025

and have, for years, led repeated efforts to block funding for human rights-related initiatives at the UN during closed-door meetings of the world body, according to the Geneva-based non-profit group International Service for Human Rights.

(TibetanReview.net, Oct23’25) – China and Russia have for years led repeated efforts to block funding for human rights-related works at the UN in closed-door meetings of the world body, reported Reuters Oct 22, citing Geneva-based non-profit group International Service for Human Rights (ISHR). L...