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1 month ago | 
rfa.org | Tashi Wangchuk |Tenzin Pema
Tibet’s struggle for autonomy in China is “one of the frontlines” in America’s battle with the Chinese Communist Party, a senior State Department official said at a Tibetan New Year celebration. Albert Gombis, the acting under secretary of state for civilian security, democracy and human rights, made the remark at an event marking Losar, or Tibetan New Year, at the State Department on Tuesday.
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2 months ago | 
rfa.org | Tashi Wangchuk |Tenzin Pema |Boer Deng
Gyalo Thondup, an elder brother of the Dalai Lama who played a crucial role in the history of modern Tibetan, has died at his home in Kalimpong in northeast India aged 97. One of six siblings to the Tibetan spiritual leader, he leaves behind a legacy built on a lifetime of advocating against Chinese rule in Tibet.
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2 months ago | 
rfa.org | Tashi Wangchuk |Tenzin Dickyi
Read RFA coverage of this story in Tibetan. A new book by the Dalai Lama documents for the first time in detail the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader’s 70-year struggle with China to secure a future for the Tibetan people. “Voice for the Voiceless: Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for My Land and My People,” will be released on March 11.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
rfa.org | Tashi Wangchuk |Tenzin Pema |Taejun Kang
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Dozens of people were killed on Tuesday and many buildings destroyed when a powerful earthquake struck Tibet in western China, according to U.S. and Chinese agencies. Tremors were felt hundreds of kilometres away in neighboring Nepal and India.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Alim Seytoff |Tashi Wangchuk
Fifteen Western countries have signed a public statement calling for China to release all “arbitrarily detained” Tibetans and Uyghurs and allow human rights observers to visit the regions in which they live. The statement was delivered in a speech on Tuesday to the U.N. Humans Rights Committee by Australia’s ambassador there, James Larsen, who drew a strong rebuke from his Chinese counterpart.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Tashi Wangchuk |Alim Seytoff
Fifteen Western countries have signed a public statement calling for China to release all “arbitrarily detained” Tibetans and Uyghurs and allow human rights observers to visit the regions in which they live. The statement was delivered in a speech on Tuesday to the U.N. Humans Rights Committee by Australia’s ambassador there, James Larsen, who drew a strong rebuke from his Chinese counterpart.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Tenzin Dickyi |Tashi Wangchuk |Rigdhen Dolma
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Tibetan here, here and here. A French museum that replaced “Tibet”' with “Xizang” — a term promoted by the Chinese government but opposed by Tibetan advocates — said it would undo the change in its exhibits, following protests and petitions by Tibetans. Last year, China decided to adopt the term “Xizang” in all its official documents to refer to “Tibet” — an example, activists say, of Beijing’s attempts to erase their linguistic and cultural heritage.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Tashi Wangchuk |Tenzin Dickyi
China16 hours agoSubscriberWrites: India and China gravitating towards wartheprint.in - Jay Desai • 16hAs US intel warns of potential India-China war in 2024, building conventional missile arsenal can help India deter conflict as China resists …China1 day agoNo, Lord Mandelson, we don't need to cosy up to Xi's Chinacapx.co - Benedict Rogers • 1dPeter Mandelson’s intervention on China policy this week is profoundly wrong – and potentially very dangerous.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Tashi Wangchuk |Tenzin Dickyi
China has built a new heliport in Tibet near the Indian border, satellite photos show, a move that experts say would allow Beijing to rapidly deploy troops to remote areas during an armed clash with India. According to satellite imagery and geospatial intelligence experts, China has quickly constructed a heliport that features a 600-meter runway and multiple hangars in Nyingchi, just 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the disputed border with India.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
rfa.org | Chen Zifei |Tashi Wangchuk |Pan Jiaqing |Alice Yam
Read coverage of this topic by RFA Mandarin, RFA Tibetan or RFA Cantonese. Authorities in Hong Kong have interrogated and denied entry to a German rights activist amid warnings from the United States of growing personal and business risks for those traveling to the city. Immigration officers turned away rights activist David Missal, deputy managing director & press officer for the Berlin-based Tibet Initiative Germany, after he arrived at Hong Kong International Airport on Sept.
