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Tibetan Review is an editorially independent publication of news and features on Tibet.
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 7h
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.
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His Eminence Samdhong Rinpoche: An Educator Extraordinaire - Tibetan Review
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 educa...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 2d
#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, according to a Geneva-based non-profit group @ishr.ch
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China, Russia-led efforts to starve funding for UN rights works exposed - Tibetan Review
(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 Reute...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 3d
Chinese authorities conducted a surprise raid on Labrang Tashi Khyil Monastery and extended their search to nearby villages to confiscate images of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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China conducts Dalai Lama pictures-raid at top monastery outside Tibet Autonomous Region - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct22’25) – Chinese authorities recently launched a surprise raid in the biggest Tibetan Buddhist monastery and surrounding religious places and villages in Sangchu (Chinese: Xiahe...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 3d
China embellishes the significance of its Panchen’s Kalachakra empowerment ceremony
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China embellishes the significance of its Panchen’s Kalachakra empowerment ceremony - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct21’25) – A religious gathering on the scale of a Kalachakra empowerment ceremony is unthinkable in the grid-managed Chinese ruled Tibet these days. It is therefore noteworthy th...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 3d
Dalai Lama‘s annual mind & life dialogue focuses on Artificial Intelligence
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Dalai Lama‘s annual mind & life dialogue focuses on Artificial Intelligence - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct21’25) – More than 120 noted academics, scientists, Buddhist scholars, business leaders, and policymakers visited the Dalai Lama’s residence over Oct 14-16 to attend or take par...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 5d
Dr. Nyima Tenzing praises The Politics of Sorrow for amplifying marginal Tibetan voices but urges deeper analysis of key conflicts & stronger dialectical rigor to address contested histories & community insecurity.
#ThePoliticsofSorrow #BookReview #Tibet
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Navigating Contested Pasts: A Critical Engagement with Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s Marginal History - Tibetan Review
BOOK REVIEW Dr. Nyima Tenzing* reviews Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s The Politics of Sorrow, praising its sensitive depiction of marginal Tibetan exile narratives while critiquing areas requiring deeper ana...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 6d
No place for ethnic particularity in Xi Jinping’s unified China identity?
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#China #XiJinping #Tibet #EastTurkistan #InnerMongolia #Guangxi
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No place for ethnic particularity in Xi Jinping’s unified China identity? - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct19’25) – There is no place for ethnic particularity under President Jinping’s drive towards political homogenisation of the People’s Republic of China and the recent removal and...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 7d
#China expels nine top generals from party, military in biggest post-Mao era purge
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China expels nine top generals from party, military in biggest post-Mao era purge - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct18’25) – China has on Oct 17 announced that nine of the top generals of its People’s Liberation Army (PLA), including the person holding the number two rank and who is the third...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 8d
The #EuropeanParliament has called for the unconditional release of the 11th Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, disappeared since his 1995 abduction. The appeal came during the 42nd EU-China Inter-parliamentary Meeting in Brussels.
#Tibet #PanchenLama
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European parliament urges Panchen Lama whereabouts, release in resumed exchange with China - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct17’25) – The European Parliament has on Oct 16 called for unconditional release of the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima who has continued to remain disappeared since being...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 9d
Mr Tenzin Norbu presents his case for the re-election of Mr Penpa Tsering as the Sikyong in the 2026 Tibetan general elections, noting that if he wins over 60% of the votes in the preliminary round, he will not have to face the final poll.
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Elections’26: The Case for Sikyong Penpa Tsering’s re-election - Tibetan Review
OPINION Mr Tenzin Norbu* presents his case for the re-election of Mr Penpa Tsering as the Sikyong in the 2026 Tibetan general elections, noting that if he wins over 60% of the votes in the preliminary...
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High Peaks Pure Earth @hpeaks.bsky.social · 9d
China sacks officials over viral Arc'teryx fireworks show in Tibet

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China sacks officials over viral Arc'teryx fireworks in Tibet
Videos of fireworks resembling a
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ISDP Sweden @isdp-sweden.bsky.social · 9d
Tibet at the Edge of a Tipping Point: Stockholm Forum Calls on COP30 to Confront the Mounting Climate Emergency: Read more about the event organized by our Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs today! www.isdp.eu/publication/...
Tibet at the Edge of a Tipping Point: Stockholm Forum Calls on COP30 to Confront the Mounting Climate Emergency - Institute for Security and Development Policy
Second Stockholm Forum on Himalaya Calls for Greater Collaboration and Awareness in Combating the Climate Crisis in Tibet.
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 10d
China launches rare probe in #Tibet over “Rising Dragon” fireworks in Shigatse. Gyantse party secretary fired, governor under investigation.
#China #Environment #Shigatse #RisingDragon
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China to punish entities, local officials behind the ‘rising dragon’ fireworks in Himalayan Tibet in rare environmental action - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct15’25) – In a rare instance in Tibet of China taking action against perpetrators of serious environmental damage involving nationally prominent entities, as well as local party ...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 10d
Tibetan Sikyong Penpa Tsering, has met with senior European parliamentarians, former government leaders, representatives of civil society organisations and others. The Tibetan Sikyong was in #Prague mainly to attend the 29th Forum 2000 Conference.
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Tibetan Sikyong lobbies for Tibet at Forum 2000 Conference in Prague - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct15’25) – Sikyong Penpa Tsering, the executive head of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has over Oct 13-14 met with senior European parliamentarians, former government l...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 11d
Amid environmental concerns, China looks to mine lithium near Mt Everest from its third largest reserve
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#Tibet #China #MtEverest #Lithium #Mining #Environment #ClimateCrisis #TibetEnvironment
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Amid environmental concerns, China looks to mine lithium near Mt Everest from its third largest reserve - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct14’25) – China is actively exploring the potential for large-scale mining operations at a globally ranking lithium reserve it discovered recently in Tibet in the ecologically fr...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 12d
As Nepal’s interim PM considers appointing #TashiLhazom, as a minister, Gen Z Karnali leaders have demanded an investigation into her citizenship and alleged “Free Tibet” links, urging the government to verify her background before any appointment.
#Nepal
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‘Free Tibet’ bogeyman raised against naming Humla youth as Minister in Nepal’s interim government - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct13’25) – As Nepal’s interim Prime Minister considers appointing a woman, apparently of Tibetan Buddhist heritage, from the country’s border with Tibet as a minister, the Gen Z l...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 12d
China is set to begin construction next month on a highly costly but strategically vital railway line linking Hotan in #EastTurkestan with Tibet’s capital, Lhasa. It is one of China’s most ambitious infrastructure projects to date.
#Tibet #China
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China to begin building highly costly, strategically vital Hotan-Lhasa railway line next month - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct12’25) – China is to begin building next month a highly costly but strategically vital railway line linking Hotan in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) with Tibet’s capital Lhasa, report...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 14d
China has punished a young graduate for the rest of his life for failing to adapt to being posted in #Tibet after he joined the People’s Liberation Army. He was blacklisted for refusing to serve in what is seen in #China as a hardship posting.
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Chinese youth branded for life for failing to adapt to PLA posting in Tibet - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct11’25) – China has punished a young graduate for the rest of his life for failing to adapt to being posted in Tibet after he joined the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) earlier th...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 14d
Developing nations are repaying significantly more to #China than they receive in new loans. A Boston University report found that in 2022 & 2023, net debt transfers turned negative, with countries paying back $3.9 billion more annually than they borrowed.
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China now receiving much more in debt repayments than it lends to poor nations - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct11’25) – Developing nations are now repaying much more to China than they receive in new loans, showing a growing strain on economies already battling debt distress and underinv...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 16d
Four UN rights experts have urged #China & #Vietnam to explain the detention, disappearance & reported death of Tibetan leader #TulkuHungkarDorje in Vietnam. Their call comes after both governments failed to respond within 60 days. Global outcry continues.
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UN rights experts have asked China, Vietnam to account for Tibetan abbot’s tragic transborder death - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct09’25) – Four UN rights experts and expert groups have on Aug 8 asked China and Vietnam in separate joint communications to account for the questionable manner in which a locall...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 17d
Exile Tibetans to vote on Feb 1, Apr 26 to elect new leaders for next five years
#Tibet #TibetVote2026
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Exile Tibetans to vote on Feb 1, Apr 26 to elect new leaders for next five years - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced at a press conference in Dharamshala, India, Oct 7 morning that voting for the election of...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 17d
Nearly 900 hikers and local guides stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt. Everest County and 251 people trapped in the Dola Ringmo Mountains were safely evacuated.
#Tibet #MtEverest #Rescue
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All blizzard-stranded hikers, guides and porters at Mt Everest, Qilian Mountains rescued - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – All the nearly 900 hikers and local hiking service personnel stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt Everest County of Dingri County, Shigatse City, emerged safely by ...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 17d
Ahead of COP30, Stockholm paper raises alarm over lack of global climate diplomacy on environmental devastation in #Tibet
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Ahead of COP30, Stockholm paper raises alarm over lack of global climate diplomacy on environmental devastation in Tibet - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct07’25) – China has transformed the Tibetan Plateau, one of the world’s most fragile environments, into a zone of extreme ecological stress under its state‑centric model of infra...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 18d
On Oct 7, 1950, #China invaded #Tibet, reshaping Asia’s geopolitics. Today, Beijing enforces mass surveillance and cultural erasure. Yet the Tibetan spirit remains unyielding, writes Aritra Banerjee.
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October 7, 1950: The Day Tibet Lost Its Freedom - Tibetan Review
OPINION China’s Oct 7, 1950, start of the invasion of Tibet changed the geopolitics of Asia and Beijing has now turned the territory into a living laboratory of surveillance while seeking to raise an ...
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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 19d
Nearly 1,000 people have been trapped by a #blizzard at campsites on Tibet’s eastern slopes of #MtEverest, blocking roads. Around 350 people were guided to safety, with rescuers in contact with 200 others.
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One dead in Qinghai, hundreds still trapped on Mt Everest slopes in Tibet due to blizzard - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Oct06’25) – Nearly 1,000 people have been trapped by a blizzard at campsites on Tibet’s eastern slopes of Mount Everest, blocking roads, following snowfall that began on Oct 3 even...
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