Tibetan Review

07/06/2026

The Sunday Funnies
A Chinese and a Tibetan worker were digging a ditch. After a few hours of hard work, the Tibetan guy’s shovel hits something hard in the ground.

They work hard to dig the object out and discover that it’s a chest filled with gold and jewels. The man becomes wild with happiness and start dancing around madly.

After calming down a little, the Chinese guy takes the Tibetan guy’s hand and says, “Oh friend, we will share this just like Chinese Tibetan comrades.”

The Tibetan thinks for a minute and then says, “Oh no, we’re going 50/50.”

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06/06/2026

Che Zhala, the former Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, has been sentenced to life in prison by a Chongqing court for taking over 158 million yuan (about $23.35 million) in bribes across 26 years.

(TibetanReview.net, Jun06’26) – The days of impunity from consequences for corruption for at least some leaders in Tibet, whether Tibetan or Chinese, no longer remains under President Xi Jinping as former Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) government Chairman Che Zhala (also written as Qi Zhala and i...

06/06/2026

Latvia’s Parliament, the Saeima, hosted a conference with Richard Gere as keynote speaker. Hosted by MP Juris Viļums, the event brought together politicians, civil society groups, and Tibet advocates in a show of Baltic solidarity.
click to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/richard-gere-gives-keynote-speech-at-latvian-lawmakers-tibet-group-conference/

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05/06/2026

Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is headed for an extended stay in Ladakh after spending a period of time in New Delhi for medical treatment on his left knee.
Click to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/dalai-lama-headed-for-ladakh-after-knee-treatment-in-new-delhi/

05/06/2026

His Holiness the Dalai Lama received the Grammy Award at his residence in Dharamsala on June 3, 2026, where the honor was formally presented by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, joined by Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash, and Kabir Gill Sehgal. The award recognized the album Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which won in the Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording category. The project blends His Holiness’ reflections on compassion, peace, and the oneness of humanity with Indian classical music, creating a distinctive and contemplative collaboration.
(Photo courtesy: OHHDL/Tenzin Choejor)

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04/06/2026

China is continuing into the 15th year of a campaign to embed its cadres in each village of Tibet in a long‑running effort to strengthen political control and accelerate forced assimilation policies, said ICT. The campaign is stated to involve over 22,000 cadres being deployed on a yearly rotational basis to villages across the TAR, at an average of four cadres per village.
Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/chinas-program-for-cadres-to-form-pairs-make-friends-in-tibetan-villages-continuing-for-15th-year/

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04/06/2026

A House companion resolution has been introduced in the US Congress, requiring the State Department to compile and submit a comprehensive report to Congress on whether the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has committed acts of genocide and/or crimes against humanity against Tibetans in Tibet.
Click to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/companion-house-bill-asks-us-to-investigate-chinas-crime-against-humanity-atrocities-in-tibet/

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(TibetanReview.net, Jun03’26) –A House companion resolution has been introduced in the US Congress on Jun 2, requiring the State Department to compile and submit a comprehensive report to Congress on whether the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has committed acts of genocide and/or crimes agai...

02/06/2026

The first session of the 18th Tibetan Parliament‑in‑Exile opened today with the formal confirmation of all six Kalon (minister) nominees presented by Sikyong Penpa Tsering for the 17th Kashag, the executive cabinet of the Central Tibetan Administration. One nominee secured unanimous approval, while the remaining five were endorsed by majority vote of the 45‑member Parliament.
Click to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/exile-parliament-confirms-six-central-tibetan-administration-ministers-proposed-by-sikyong/

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01/06/2026

has built a vast AI‑powered system that tracks citizens and scores their behavior, a kind of Mao‑era policing supercharged by technology. That model is now being exported to other authoritarian governments and fragile democracies.

(TibetanReview.net, Jun01’26) – China, which tracks its citizens with surveillance cameras and also ranks them according to a set of political and social criteria set by the Communist Party, has become the world’s superpower of surveillance, much of it augmented by artificial intelligence. Cal...

31/05/2026

Newly elected members of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile were sworn in this morning after the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission declined to halt the ceremony. They then chose Dolma Tsering Teykhang as Speaker and Khenpo Sonam Tenphel as Deputy Speaker.
Click to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/dolma-tsering-teykhang-is-first-woman-speaker-of-tibetan-parliament-in-exile/

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