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Brutal death of social media star Lhamo has shone spotlight on domestic violence in the countryA Chinese man has been sentenced to death after a court found him guilty of killing his ex-wife while she was livestreaming on social media last year.The int…
Read MorePolitburo official makes remarks at Tibetan palace amid crackdown on practice of non-Han religionsAll Tibetans should embrace Communist party rule and share the “cultural symbols and images of the Chinese nation”, a senior Chinese official has said at …
Read MoreThe spiritual leader has mused that he may return as a woman. But his succession has turned into a political battleA couple of years ago, during a meeting of Tibetan leaders in Dharamshala in India, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was asked about h…
Read MoreVisit comes as China tightens control over region’s Buddhist culture and invests heavily in infrastructureThe Chinese leader has made his first visit to Tibet as president as authorities tighten controls over the Himalayan region’s traditional Buddhist…
Read MoreFour men were jailed for up to 20 years after violent raid on monastery in 2019, says Human Rights WatchFour Tibetan monks were sentenced to up to 20 years jail in secret trials with no apparent evidence of criminal wrongdoing after a violent raid on a…
Read MoreChinese rule in Tibet has been characterised by brutal repression and ethnic cleansing, writes Terry Philpot – and yet the rest of the world takes little interestYour otherwise excellent editorial on the centenary of the Chinese Communist party (29 Ju…
Read More28 May 1951: In return for help to raise the country’s living standards, China expects the Tibetan people to cooperate with its ‘liberation’ forcesHong Kong, 27 MayPeking radio confirmed to-night that an agreement for the “peaceful liberation” of Tibet…
Read MoreThe visit by Lobsang Sangay, president of the Central Tibetan administration, could further infuriate BeijingThe head of the Tibetan government in exile has visited the White House for the first time in six decades, a move that could further infuriate…
Read MoreExclusive: The Dalai Lama warns of terrible consequences of climate inactionThe Dalai Lama has appealed to world leaders to take urgent action against climate change, warning of ecological destruction affecting the lives of billions and ruining the pla…
Read MoreAn NYPD officer is accused of monitoring fellow Tibetan exiles on behalf of China in a case highlighted by Mike PompeoFor staff of the Tibetan community centre in the New York neighbourhood of Woodside, the alarm bells started ringing when a local poli…
Read MoreResearcher says 500,000 rural workers trained for factories this year in programme likened to Xinjiang operationsChinese authorities are dramatically expanding a mass labour programme in Tibet, which analysts have compared to alleged forced labour oper…
Read MoreFrom Tibet to Taiwan, China’s leader is intent on wielding absolute power. Instead he is fanning the flames of dissentIt’s often said that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely – but does it also induce leaders to act in foolhardy, hea…
Read MoreAuthor of Plain Tales from the Raj, and historian concerned with ’relearning’ the role of orientalists in south AsiaCharles Allen, who has died of cancer aged 80, interviewed the last generation of British administrators of India in 1974 for the BBC ra…
Read More‘Music has the potential to reach many more people,’ says the Tibetan spiritual leaderThe Dalai Lama, whose message of humanity, harmony and peace delivered with a smile has won millions of global followers, is releasing an album of mantras set to musi…
Read MoreAnimal’s unique adaptation to low-oxygen life can be basis for protection, say researchersWolves living in the Himalayas are to be recognised as a subspecies of the grey wolf, with researchers predicting that the animals will soon be declared a unique …
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