Veteran Tibetan Communist Phunwang dies, Dalai Lama expresses grief
Phuntsog Wangyal or known popularly as Phunwang was born in Bathang in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham in January 1922. He founded the Tibetan Communist Party which later merged with Mao’s Communist Pa
Two Tibetans including Theurang released from prison
A young Tibetan writer and university student, Tashi Rabten (pen-name Theu rang), has been released on Saturday. He was held at Mianyang prison in Sichuan, and is expected to arrive at his native village in Zoege
Tibetan nun immolates self in Kham Bathang
A Tibetan nun immolated herself in Tibet’s Bathang County in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham today around 3PM (Local Time), sources said
U.S. First Lady Eats in a Chinese State-owned Tibetan Restaurant
I spoke to a manager at the hotel on the phone and she confirmed the Obamas ate at the restaurant called Zangxiang Renjia 藏乡人家 (Tibetan Village Home) inside the hotel on March 26. “The restaurant has stopped service since they