Dickey Kundol

Nov 13, 2024 | rfa.org | Tenzin Dickyi |Dickey Kundol

Prominent Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk was detained for 15 days on charges of ‘disrupting social order’ and allegedly spreading false information on social media and is now under strict surveillance, RFA Tibetan has learned. Wangchuk’s detention comes as China intensifies its policies to suppress — or even eradicate — Tibetan and other ethnic languages and cultures and replace them with Mandarin and Han Chinese customs.

Sep 5, 2024 | rfa.org | Dickey Kundol |Tenzin Dickyi

Read RFA’s coverage of this topic in Tibetan. China will host a global Buddhist conference in October that experts and rights activists outside the country say is aimed at boosting its soft power in Asia and build on its narrative that it has greater influence over Buddhist-majority nations than India, the birthplace of Buddhism.

Aug 7, 2024 | rfa.org | Jeff Wang |Dickey Kundol |Tashi Wangchuk

Choeying Kyi and her partner in the race walk mixed relay marathon finished well outside of medal contention on Wednesday, a result she immediately described as “not good, not good, not good!” But after having a moment to catch her breath, the lone Tibetan athlete at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the only Tibetan ever to win gold said that ultimately she had accomplished something of greater consequence.

Jul 16, 2024 | rfa.org | Lobe Socktsang |Tenzin Dickyi |Dickey Kundol

The Chinese government has shut down a prominent vocational high school in a Tibetan-populated prefecture in Qinghai province, making it the latest in a slew of Tibetan private schools that have been forcibly closed in recent years. The Gangjong Sherig Norling school in Golog county, or Guoluo in Chinese, is in the historical Amdo region of Tibet.