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Tilda Swinton Discusses the ‘Ancient One’ Casting Controversy
Kevin Feige’s criticism of Tilda Swinton’s casting as the Ancient One in ‘Doctor Strange’ has made her “grateful.” The 60-year-old actress portrayed the Tibetan guru in the 2016 Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), but the studio’s president has said that picking her as the character was a mistake and that they could have avoided clichés if…
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TSJC has appointed Yeshi Wangmo as its new Secretary
Yeshi Wangmo, Secretary of the Department of Finance, takes over as the new Secretary of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission at a brief handover ceremony held this afternoon at the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission’s office. Secretary Tashi Gyatso Shadrong, who is stepping down, is succeeded by Secretary Yeshi Wangmo. The oath of office was administered…
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Tibetan Youth Congress protest CCP centenary celebrations
Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) members demonstrated against the Chinese Communist Party’s centenary celebrations in New Delhi’s Chinese Embassy on Thursday. Hundreds of Tibetans gathered in front of the Chinese Embassy to criticize the CCP’s harshness and brutality and show their opposition’s solidarity.
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China’s second-largest hydropower dam is now operational.
Despite environmental harm expectations, China started to operate on Monday the world’s second-largest hydropower station, a milestone in Beijing’s ambitions to carbon neutrality. According to state media, Monday morning the Baihetan Hydroelectric Power Station in South Western China ranks second in the world in electricity generation to the country’s Three Gorges Dam. According to CCTV,…
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India shifts 50,000 troops to the Chinese border
India, which modified its position in China for the first time in 70 years, now catering for military options to strike back and has reoriented its military appropriately, contrary to its prior defensive stance that put a focus on fighting Chinese aggression. In a historic move to an offensive militant posture against the world’s second-largest…
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Tibetan rap’s Godfather churns forth karmic rhymes
Without the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and rhyme-dropping about karma, MC Tenzin would appear like any other rapper in his tracksuit, silver chain, and gleaming trainers. The self-proclaimed “Godfather” of Tibetan rap is a key figure in the region’s hip-hop scene, where strict societal restrictions clash with the outspoken art form.…
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Tibetans demand that the UN intervene to stop China’s genocide.
The Tibetan community of Switzerland and Liechtenstein has submitted a five-point appeal to the United Nations (UN) in response to international condemnation of China’s various human rights violations, including calls to end China’s cultural genocide in Tibet and its interference in Tibetan religious beliefs and traditions, among other things. According to the Central Tibetan Administration,…
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Worldwide protest against Olympics in Beijing 2022
People all over the world, particularly Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, Hong Kongers, and Taiwanese, are protesting the forthcoming 2022 Beijing Olympics. China has been accused by the United States and other countries of committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Muslim Uyghurs, including forced sterilization, rape, forced labor, and torture in detention camps in the Xinjiang…
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The discovery of a ‘Dragon Man’ skull in China could lead to the discovery of a new species in the human family tree.
Scientists reported on Friday that a gigantic fossilized skull dating back at least 140,000 years has been identified as a new species of ancient human, a discovery that could redefine how — and even where — our species, Homo sapiens, originated. The skull of an adult guy with a large brain, gigantic brow ridges, deep-set…
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A new hominid group has been discovered in Israel.
Excavations in an Israeli sinkhole have uncovered a previously undiscovered Stone Age hominid tribe that played a role in the evolution of the Homo genus. Researchers suggest that people who lived around 140,000 to 120,000 years ago at a site named Nesher Ramla joined Neandertals and Denisovans as a third Eurasian Homo community that culturally…