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Dalai Lama chronicles 70-year struggle with China in new book

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.
Tibetan language rights advocate under surveillance after release from detention

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.
French museum blasted for using 'Xizang' in Tibet exhibits

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.
Satellite Photos Show Chinese Heliport In Tibet Near Disputed Border With India

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.
Satellite photos show Chinese heliport in Tibet near disputed border with India

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.
China’s World Buddhist Forum aimed at boosting soft power: experts

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.
US coordinator highlights Tibet’s role as regional freshwater source

Aug 27, 2024 | rfa.org | Tenzin Dickyi |Tenzin Pema

A U.S. official who handles Tibetan issues has called for information sharing about environmental changes taking place in Tibetan areas of China to help scientists prepare for climate change. Uzra Zeya, the U.S. special coordinator for Tibetan issues, emphasized the critical role of the Tibetan Plateau in advancing global water security in virtual remarks given on Saturday to the World Water Week 2024 conference in Stockholm.
China shuts renowned Tibetan private school, sparking outcry

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.
Thousands welcome Dalai Lama’s arrival in US for knee surgery

Jun 23, 2024 | rfa.org | Tenzin Dickyi

The Dalai Lama was greeted by a large crowd of chanting and flag-waving Tibetans and other supporters upon his arrival Sunday in the United States for knee surgery. It was the first trip to the United States for the 88-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader in seven years and his first overseas trip since November 2018, before the coronavirus pandemic He lives in exile in Dharamsala, northern India.
Exiled Tibetan political leader honored with democracy medal

Jun 14, 2024 | rfa.org | Tenzin Dickyi |Tashi Wangchuk

The leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile on Thursday won the Democracy Service Medal from the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy, recognizing Sikyong Penpa Tsering’s commitment to advancing democracy and promoting the dignity of the Tibetan people. In his acceptance speech, Tsering dedicated the award to Tibetans inside Tibet and in exile, and to the Dalai Lama, acknowledging the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader’s role in defending democracy and human rights for all Tibetans.