CE Malley, Organisation for Peace President Xi Jinping, along with several other high-level government and military officials from China, made a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region on July 23rd. This visit, the first Xi has made to Tibet since assuming office, coincides with the 70th (...)
By David Brown, BBC – 9 August 2021 China’s carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China’s emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. China’s President Xi Jinping has said his country will aim for (...)
Dharamshala: Swiftly after assuming the role of the executive head of CTA, Sikyong Penpa Tsering had prioritized his commitment to tackling the Covid-19 situation in the Tibetan community. As such, the first step taken by him toward the mission was revamping the CTA’s Covid-19 Emergency Task (...)
Dharamshala: One of Tibet’s wealthiest businessmen, serving life imprisonment in Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison falsely accused for donation to the exile Tibetan community, is reportedly in serious health condition. Dorje Tashi, the owner of the famous Yak Hotel in Lhasa, was detained after the 2008 (...)
Leh: At the request of the Chief Representative’s Office based in Leh, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) has decided to renovate Gepheling Phodang at Shiwa Tsel (Ladakhi: Jive Tsal), the official dedicated residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Ladakh. Shri Tashi (...)
India Today, published 7 August 2021 China has reportedly opened the world’s largest “plateau human genetic resources biological sample bank” in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for medical researchers to study “plateau diseases” and improve the country’s health support capabilities in the region. According (...)
By International Campaign for Tibet|August 6, 2021. Chinese authorities in the Tibetan capital have announced the cancellation of all activities connected to the annual “Shoton” festival, citing the risk posed by the surge in COVID-19 cases in China. Shoton, or the “Yogurt festival,” which was (...)