Tibet news
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No news of Tibetan detainee’s release after serving a 20-year sentence in China
A Tibetan instructor who was jailed by Beijing on grounds of separatism has served his 20-year sentence, but there has been no word about his release. Bangri Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist instructor, was sentenced to life in prison on September 26, 2000, with his sentence set to expire on July 31, but no word on…
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Tibet sympathizers to lodge protest against China’s aggression
Guwahati: Bharat Tibbat Sahyog Manch, an umbrella body of Indians supporting the Tibet Mukti Sadhana (Tibetan freedom movement) has decided to observe forthcoming 20 October as a protest day against the Communist regime in Beijing as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) attacked simultaneously on Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh (then North East Frontier Agency) on this date in 1962.
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Dalai Lama’s former interpreter: Dalai Lama is China’s greatest threat
China views the Dalai Lama as the greatest of their opponents, whom they cannot defeat, according to Geshe Dorji Damdul, the Dalai Lama’s former interpreter, who visited US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his tour to India. As part of a civil society delegation, Geshe Dorji Damdul met Antony Blinken in New Delhi. After…
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Panchen Lama has warned Tibetan Buddhists to keep away from separatist forces.
Beijing-appointed Buddhist leader have instructed Tibetan Buddhists to stay away from separatist tendencies and to adapt their faith to socialism and Chinese conditions, according to state-run media. Gyaincain Norbu, the Panchen Lama selected by Beijing, offered the remarks on a tour of Tibetan communities in Sichuan and Gansu provinces earlier this month, according to the…
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Geographical Overview of Chinese Airfields in and around Tibet
The Tibetan plateau is ringed by seventeen Chinese airfields in the region. Five of them are in Xinjiang province’s Tarim Pendi, north of the plateau. One, Golmud, is in Qinghai province’s Tsaidam Basin, immediately to the northeast of the plateau; and the other, Yushu, is east-centrally on the plateau, in a valley opposite the Yangtse…
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Xi Jinping pays a visit to the Tibetan border region.
On Friday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Mr. Xi(China’s President Xi Jinping) landed in Tibet on Wednesday, landing in Nyingchi, a town near the Arunachal Pradesh border in India. According to the Xinhua story, Mr. Xi traveled to the Nyang river bridge to view the Yarlung Zangbo River, whose Nyang tributary is the second…
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Chinese authorities’ true attitude toward minority languages: they are second-class languages
Despite enacting legislation to safeguard Tibetans, China forced the Chinese language on people inside Tibet. The Chinese government has long produced laws and comments expressing its support for minority languages, including regulations requiring bilingualism on all public signs in minority areas. However, the recent data from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) reveals the Chinese authorities’…
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Galwan Anniversary: A time for formal recognition of Tibetan Frontier Force
It has been one year since the Galwan incident when the Chinese PLA troops set their feet on the lands which are contiguous with Tibetan Cultural region. The PLA was embarrassed by its comfort loving soldiers who were beaten comprehensively by the Special Corps comprising of many Tibetan soldiers. Martyr Nyiema Tenzin of Special Frontier…
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Tibetan monks have been charged with unknown offences in secret Chinese tribunals
China’s persecution of ethnic minorities has been thrown back into the spotlight, this time in Tibet when a new investigation revealed for the first time that four monks were sentenced to up to 20 years in prison on unknown allegations. According to a 61-page report by Human Rights Watch, Choegyal Wangpo, Lobsang Jinpa, Norbu Dondrup,…
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Dalai Lama is greeted by Ministers, artists and educators on his birthday.
Many Indian leaders and celebrities honored Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his 85th birthday on Monday. The Tibetan Journal has produced a list of Twitter welcomes from well-known Tibetans. His Holiness’ birthday is one of the most important dates on his followers’ calendars, particularly among Tibetans.