Tibetan Review

19/07/2025

As Tibetans across the free world commemorate the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama on July 6 with a year-long series of events, has imposed heightened security measures to prevent any festive displays across the Tibetan Plateau—even as it continues to assert its claimed right to appoint his future reincarnation. Amid the crackdown, several arrests have been reported, including that of a young singer, Asang, who was detained in Ngawa (Aba) for performing a tribute song in honor of this historic milestone.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/china-nets-young-tibetan-singer-in-dalai-lama-birthday-crackdown/
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18/07/2025

Aritra Banerjee notes that while officially seeks to present its state-run boarding school system in as pathways to , to Tibetans it is a crisis that stands at the heart of Beijing’s assault on their culture, threatening their language, tradition, and identity through systemic policies of forced assimilation. He urges the international community to take concrete, collective action to halt China’s systematic erasure of Tibetan identity, or risk complicity by remaining silent.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/chinas-quiet-war-on-tibetan-identity-the-boarding-school-crisis/

17/07/2025

The US Senate has unanimously approved a resolution, declaring the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a “Day of Compassion”. A House version of the resolution is expected to come up for vote soon as it continues to gain more co-sponsors, said Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet.
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(TibetanReview.net, Jul16’25) – The US Senate has on Jul 14 unanimously approved a resolution, declaring the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama as a “Day of Compassion”. A House version of the resolution is expected to come up for vote soon as it continues to gain more co-sponsors,...

16/07/2025

Veteran Indian Journalist Vijay Kranti, whose association with the Tibet issue and the Dalai Lama began in 1972, has paid a richly reminiscing visual tribute to the exile spiritual leader of Tibet on his 90th birthday, which is being globally marked as “Year of Compassion” by the Central Tibetan Administration.

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15/07/2025

A day after Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mr Pema Khandu said India does not share any historical boundary with China, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar has doubled down on the issue, saying India should stop referring to India-Tibet border as India-China border.
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(TibetanReview.net, Jul13’25) – A day after Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mr Pema Khandu said India does not share any historical boundary with China, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sujeet Kumar has doubled down on the issue on Jul 11, saying India should stop referring to India-Tibet border as India...

14/07/2025

The Dalai Lama has spoken of having received many invitations to visit but declined because of lack of freedom to give teachings there, according to the Hindustan Times Jul 13. The exile spiritual leader of has made his remark while speaking at his Shewatsel Phodrang residence in ’s capital Leh where he had arrived the day before for a month-long sojourn in the Union Territory.
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(TibetanReview.net, Jul14’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Jul 13 spoken of having received many invitations to visit China but declined because of lack of freedom to give Buddhist teachings there, according to the hindustantimes.com Jul 13. The exile spiritual leader of Tibet has made his remark whi...

13/07/2025

The Sunday Funnies

https://www.tibetanreview.net/the-sunday-funnies-55/

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12/07/2025

The Dalai Lama was today accorded a grand ceremonial welcome at Leh, the capital of India’s Union Territory of Ladakh, where he is expected to spend the next one month to rest, give religious teachings, and interact with youth and religious communities.

Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/dalai-lama-lands-in-ladakh-for-a-month-long-stay/

11/07/2025

While taking note of the fact that some experts see the recent surge of removal from office for corruption etc of some of President Xi Jinping’s known close associates and loyalists as his loss of grip on power, Ashu Maan argues that the purges may indicate that Xi’s paranoia about potential challenges to his authority has intensified as China faces economic challenges and international isolation, adding that the prioritization of political loyalty over professional competence may compromise the PLA’s effectiveness as a fighting force.

Follow this link to access the complete article: https://www.tibetanreview.net/the-purge-deepens-xi-jinpings-military-reshuffling-reveals-broader-vulnerabilities/

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10/07/2025

The deadly flood in Nepal’s Bhote Koshi River that killed at least nine people and left more than two dozen missing this week was triggered by the draining of a supraglacial lake in Tibet.

Click the link to read the full story: https://www.tibetanreview.net/update-glacial-lake-burst-in-tibet-led-to-devastating-tibet-nepal-flood/

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09/07/2025

Eleven people are missing and 350 displaced on the Tibetan side while at least nine have died and 19 remain missing in after flash floods hit Kyirong Port area on Jul 8 early morning, sweeping away the Friendship Bridge between the two sides and destroying hydropower dams downstream.
Click the link to read more: https://www.tibetanreview.net/permafrost-collapse-triggered-devastating-flood-at-tibet-nepal-border-no-info-sharing/
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09/07/2025

Ashu Maan sees China’s narrative behind its plan to appoint its own “reincarnation” of the 14th Dalai Lama – as in the case of the Panchen Lama before him – as a perfect synthesis of imperial control and modern authoritarianism. He contends that with the world’s second-largest economy systematically destroying a religious tradition while maintaining normal international relations, calls for respect for human rights have become mere platitudes.
https://www.tibetanreview.net/the-panchen-lamas-disappearance-and-chinas-assault-on-religious-freedom/

OPINION Ashu Maan* sees China’s narrative behind its plan to appoint its own “reincarnation” of the 14th Dalai Lama – as in the case of the Panchen Lama before him – as a perfect synthesis of imperial control and modern authoritarianism. He contends that with the world’s second-largest e...