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  • US to Boycott Beijing Olympics 2022

    US to Boycott Beijing Olympics 2022

    The United States has launched a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, a decision that Beijing has slammed. Because of worries over China’s human rights record, the White House announced that no official delegation will be sent to the Games. However, it stated that US athletes would be welcome to compete and…

  • Officials from the NBA pleaded Enes Kanter to take off his ‘Free Tibet’ sneakers.

    Officials from the NBA pleaded Enes Kanter to take off his ‘Free Tibet’ sneakers.

    Enes Kanter Freedom alleged that just moments before a game, two “gentlemen from the NBA” pleaded with him to take off his “Free Tibet” sneakers.

  • Tibet Bureau Geneva urges on China to address Tibetans’ fundamental issues

    Tibet Bureau Geneva urges on China to address Tibetans’ fundamental issues

    At the 14th Session of the UN Forum on Minority Issues in Geneva, the Tibet Bureau urged China to address Tibetans’ underlying grievances by respecting Tibetan people’s historical, social, and cultural roots. Tibetan people are suffering the results of China’s imposition of social structural and demographic change, said Advocacy Officer Kalden Tsomo, speaking at the…

  • Tibet’s Prominent Historical Figures: The First Symposium

    Tibet’s Prominent Historical Figures: The First Symposium

    The first symposium on Tibet’s Prominent Historical Figures was held at Sarah College for Higher Tibetan Studies in Dharamshala on the morning of November 20th. The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) of the Central Tibetan Administration hosted a conference that drew a large number of Tibetan researchers, historians, writers, and others.

  • Sikyong expresses gratitude to NBA player Enes Kanter for his support of the Tibetan freedom movement.

    Sikyong expresses gratitude to NBA player Enes Kanter for his support of the Tibetan freedom movement.

    In an official letter dated November 23, 2021, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration congratulated NBA player Enes Kanter for expressing his solidarity with the Tibetan people inside Tibet under Chinese authority.

  • TCHRD introduces a new search engine that decodes CCP jargon.

    TCHRD introduces a new search engine that decodes CCP jargon.

    We are all influenced by China’s rise, terrified by threatening language, and unsure about our future. The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) on Thursday unveiled Decoding CCP, a new bilingual (English and Tibetan) website that strives to explain and decipher the meaning and connotations of important official jargon and slogans used by…

  • India has put a stop to China’s new debt trap with Sri Lanka.

    India has put a stop to China’s new debt trap with Sri Lanka.

    According to a report in the Sri Lankan media, China has chosen to halt work on a project to build Hybrid Energy Systems in Sri Lanka by Sino Soar Hybrid Technology. These systems were supposed to be built on three northern islands near India.

  • Hong Kong’s new film censorship law bans even cartoons over Tibet, Tiananmen Square

    Hong Kong’s new film censorship law bans even cartoons over Tibet, Tiananmen Square

    The Disney+ streaming service in Hong Kong is missing an episode(episode 12 of season 16) of “The Simpsons” in which the cartoon American family makes witty humorous remarks regarding Tibet, the Tiananmen Square, Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution. This raises concerns about the mainland China-style censorship in the city. 

  • Impact of Confucius at American universities is coming to an end?

    Impact of Confucius at American universities is coming to an end?

    The University of Akron stated in a university-wide email on Monday, Nov. 8, that the Confucius Institute will close in June 2022. The decision brings the Institute’s 13-year affiliation with Henan University, a public university in Kaifeng, China, to an end.

  • Chinese officials forcing local Tibetans to part with their land without any compensation

    Chinese officials forcing local Tibetans to part with their land without any compensation

    According to an anonymous video, persecution is taking place in Tibet and the Uyghur belt in Xinjiang, and there is widespread misery among the people in these areas. The video brought attention to the illegal seizure of Tibetan territory. “The authorities are forcing the local Tibetans to part with their land without any compensation,” a…