By Jamphel Shonu* In the history of Sino-Tibetan relations, two treaties stand out for their significance. The first was signed in 821-22 CE between Tibetan emperor Ralpachan and the Tang emperor Muzong. This treaty demarcated the borders between the two countries and demonstrated Tibet’s (...)
Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Authorities in a Tibetan-populated county of northwestern China’s Qinghai province have shut down a Tibetan-run private school, forcing some students to enroll in government schools but (...)
Rahul Kashyap, ABP. 14 September, 2021. In 1951, a tragedy was played out on the Roof of the World, on the most peaceful people on Earth. Irony died in shame as Tibet’s annexation by brute force, by one of the most ruthless regimes in the history of the planet, was termed a ‘peaceful liberation’. (...)
International Campaign for Tibet-September 14, 2021 Four independent UN human rights experts and bodies have raised the cases of the detained Tibetans Rinchen Tsultrim and Go Sherab Gyatso in a communication to the Chinese government that became public today. In the communication, the UN (...)
Dharamsala: Under the Mother and Child Health (MCH) desk, the department of health conducted a screening of Anaemia in three TCV schools constituting TCV Gopalpur, Upper TCV and Lower TCV. Anaemia is a health condition in which the blood does not have enough healthy Red Blood Cells. A total of (...)
Reported by Sutirtho Patranobis and edited by Amit Chanda for The Hindustan Times President Xi Jinping has paid glowing tributes to a border battalion of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deployed in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), which shares a long and disputed boundary with India. (...)
Dharamshala: Tenzin Gelek was sworn in as the new Settlement Officer of Tibetans in Odisha during a brief handing over ceremony held at the settlement on 9th September. The outgoing Settlement Officer, Mr Thupten handed over the charge to the newly appointed Officer in the presence of the (...)
Claude Arpi for The Weekend Leader Why are Members of the politburo of the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) Central Committee so attracted by Tibet these days? During the last two months, ten out of the twenty-five members of the politburo travelled to the Roof of the World. One remembers a (...)