Tibetan Review

09/10/2025

Four UN human rights experts and expert groups have called on China and Vietnam, in separate joint communications, to account for the questionable circumstances surrounding the detention, disappearance, and reported death of Tulku Hungkar Dorje—a locally prominent religious leader from Tibet—in Vietnam in March this year. His case has sparked outcries among his followers and others around the world. The experts released their communications following the expiry of the 60-day period allotted for the two governments to respond to these serious allegations.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/un-rights-experts-have-asked-china-vietnam-to-account-for-tibetan-abbots-tragic-transborder-death/

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08/10/2025

The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced at a press conference in Dharamshala, India, that voting for the election of the Sikyong, the executive head of the CTA, and the 45-member, 18th Tibetan Parliament in Exile (TPiE) will take place on Feb 1 and Apr 26.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/exile-tibetans-to-vote-on-feb-1-apr-26-to-elect-new-leaders-for-next-five-years/
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08/10/2025

China has transformed the Tibetan Plateau, one of the world’s most fragile environments, into a zone of extreme ecological stress under its state‑centric model of infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction, reported the IANS new service, citing Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs at the Institute for Security and Development Policy. The centre has accused of engaging in ‘extractive colonialism’ in , with forced relocation of close to one million Tibetans.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/ahead-of-cop30-stockholm-paper-raises-alarm-over-lack-of-global-climate-diplomacy-on-environmental-devastation-in-tibet/

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07/10/2025

China’s Oct 7, 1950, start of the invasion of Tibet changed the geopolitics of Asia and Beijing has now turned the territory into a living laboratory of surveillance while seeking to raise an entire generation of Tibetans who would think of themselves as Chinese first and Tibetan never; but the Tibetan struggle has endured and their spirit remains resilient, writes Aritra Banerjee.

Follow the link to continue reading: https://www.tibetanreview.net/october-7-1950-the-day-tibet-lost-its-freedom/

[Photo: A 1963 brochure created by Ken Knaus and Tibetan trainees portrays Chinese leader Mao Zedong leading the destruction to Tibetan way of life. (STCIRCUS Archive of Tibetan Resistance via Hoover Institution Library & Archives)]
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06/10/2025

Nearly 1,000 people have been trapped by a at campsites on ’s eastern slopes of , blocking roads, following snowfall that began on Oct 3 evening and continued throughout the following day, according to ’s state media and other reports. Around 350 people were guided to safety, with rescuers in contact with 200 others, who were expected to be safely returned.

(TibetanReview.net, Oct06’25) – Nearly 1,000 people have been trapped by a blizzard at campsites on Tibet’s eastern slopes of Mount Everest, blocking roads, following snowfall that began on Oct 3 evening and continued throughout the following day, according to China’s state media and other r...

05/10/2025

“Sincere practice of involves disciplining the mind and taming your emotions. As followers of Shakyamuni , we should respect all religious traditions because they all have the potential to subdue their followers’ minds. This is why it’s important to admire them”
— His Holiness the Dalai Lama said during a ceremony for cultivating the awakening mind of bodhichitta at the Tsuglakhang in Dharamshala on October 4.

05/10/2025

Mr Tseten Phuntsok has a profound understanding of the three pillars of Tibetan democracy, unwavering commitment to the CTA, has consistently demonstrated fearless dedication to the unity of all Tibetans through his many years of service and activism, writes Nawang Phuntsog while urging his election to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile from North America in the 2026 elections.

OPINION Mr Tseten Phuntsok has a profound understanding of the three pillars of Tibetan democracy, unwavering commitment to the CTA, has consistently demonstrated fearless dedication to the unity of all Tibetans through his many years of service and activism, writes Nawang Phuntsog* while urging his...

05/10/2025

The Sunday Funnies
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04/10/2025

China’s communist party regime is avowedly atheist; but this has not stopped it from issuing a notice saying the “11th Panchen Lama” it has foisted on the Tibetan people will confer in the coming days a Kalachakra empowerment for, among other purposes, the prosperity of the Communist Party of China-state.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/chinas-panchen-to-confer-kalachakra-empowerment-for-prosperity-of-the-party-state/

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03/10/2025

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a significant component of the weaponry in the arsenal of any country’s modern warfare, as could be seen in the recent and ongoing armed conflicts, and China has opened a new, high-altitude testing base for it in Tibet as its border dispute with India remains far from being resolved amicably any time soon. Although the facility is touted as being meant for civilian purposes, its military applicability is all too obvious.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/china-opens-new-high-altitude-testing-facility-for-enhanced-uav-capabilities-in-tibet/

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02/10/2025

As a record 12.2 million new college graduates compete for jobs in a tough economy and as youth unemployment hovers close to 19%, China is facing an online backlash for the new “K-visa” program it launched on Oct 1 to attract global talent to its workforce.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/chinas-new-k-visa-program-seen-as-snub-to-its-sea-of-graduate-jobless-youth/

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01/10/2025

is to build in what would be its largest with a design to absorb any possible weaponized release of water from the world’s largest and potentially most dangerous dam is building just across the border in occupied .

(TibetanReview.net, Oct01’25) – India is to build in Arunachal Pradesh what would be its largest dam with a design to absorb any possible weaponized release of water from the world’s largest and potentially most dangerous dam China is building just across the border in occupied Tibet, accordin...