Rudroneel Ghosh, The Times of India. August 5, 2021. The 12th round of corps commander-level talks between the militaries of India and China recently concluded with a joint statement carrying the usual homilies about enhancing mutual understanding and resolving the remaining disputes along the (...)
Moscow, Russia: A Tibetan student in Russia raised the national flag of Tibet on the western summit of Mt Elbrus at the height of 5642 meters. Tenzin Thinley who is currently in his final year of obtaining MBBS, MD degree at the Orenburg State Medical University had embarked on this high-risk (...)
Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering, accompanied by Kashag Secretary Tsegyal Chukya Dranyi, paid an official visit to the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives (LTWA) this morning. He was welcomed by LTWA Director Ven. Geshe Lhakdor and General Secretary Ngawang Yeshi along with the staff of the (...)
Dharamshala: Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) will conduct a crash course training program for 9 MIPA artists (Monpa Institute of Performing Arts) for the next three months. A customary reception was hosted for the trainees on 4th August 2021 in the main shrine in the presence of the (...)
Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Tenzin Dickyi. Written in English by Richard Finney. Schoolchildren in Tibet are being forced by Chinese authorities into programs of military training during summer vacation in a move aimed at weakening their ties to their own (...)
Konmay, a 45-year-old monk of Trotsik Monastery in Ngaba County, northeastern Tibet (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province) was arrested by Chinese authorities on 20 July, according to Dharamshala-based Kirti monks Lobsang Yeshe and Kanyag Tsering on 3 August. The reason for Konmay’s arrest (...)
Hindustan Times, Published 4 August 2021 The newly opened Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway carried new recruits of a combined arms brigade affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command to an exercise field at an elevation of 4,500 meters. China’s recently launched high-speed (...)
Rep. Chris Smith, a 21-term Republican congressman from New Jersey and co-chair of the Congressional Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, is a long-time critic of the Chinese Communist Party’s human rights record. He spoke to Tashi Wangchuk of RFA’s Tibetan Service Friday about increasingly (...)
By Kelsang Dolma, published in Foreign Policy on 1 August 2021 As the Tokyo Olympics wrap up, thanks to the COVID-19 delay, the Beijing Winter Olympics are just a year away. There is no way to sugarcoat this: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic athletes will be de facto (...)