Book Review: Harnessing the Dragon’s Fume
By Jason Morgan Review of Dr. Tsewang Gyalpo Arya`s, Harnessing the Dragon’s Fume: Challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s Distorted Tibet Narratives, Published by CTA’s Department of Information and International Relations, Narthang Press, Dharamsala, India, 2021. Many people around the world have come to understand that the much-touted “rise” of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) […]
Dalai Lama expresses condolence for former Pope’s death
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 2: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has expressed sadness over the death of former Pope Benedict XVI who passed away on Saturday aged 95. He passed away at a monastery in Vatican City, according to a statement from the Vatican. In a letter to the Apostolic Nunciature […]
Chinese woman suspected of spying on Dalai Lama detained in Bodh Gaya
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 29: Following an extensive 24-hour manhunt for a suspected Chinese spy, the Bihar police ADG J.S. Gangwar on Thursday confirmed that the accused is under custody and is being interrogated, according to ANI. A security alert was issued by the police in Bodh Gaya for a suspected Chinese spy named […]
Former political prisoner Agyal Tsering dies at 71
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 27: Former political prisoner and monk Agyal Tsering passed away on December 18 around 8.15 am local time in Tibet, according to Tibet.net. Tsering was born in 1952 to Samten and Yangkyi in the village of Rongpa Tsajori (རོང་པ་ཚ་ཇོ་རི།) in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Kham. The 71-year-old was first […]
Opinion: Freedom from China
By Phuntsog Wangyal Let me begin with a note from our traditional cultural background in which I was brought up in the early 1950s. We were all taught to respect and obey our lamas, leaders, teachers, and our parents. We don’t argue with them, let alone disagree with their opinions. Thus, we don’t talk with […]
No government has the right to interfere in Dalai Lama’s reincarnation: IHCNBT
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 23: The Indian Himalayan Council of the Nalanda Buddhist Tradition (IHCNBT) on Tuesday passed a resolution at their 2nd governing council meeting, which said that the people of the Himalayas will categorically reject any candidate appointed by the Beijing government to meet “political ends”. The Ladakh Buddhist Association backed the statement […]
Opinion: Genuine autonomy or Independence?
By John Billington The Tibet Museum is an impressive addition to the CTA’s headquarters at Gangchen Kyishong. Nga popa yin ང་བོད་པ་ཡིན། (I am a Tibetan) or Ngan-tso popa yin ང་ཚོ་བོད་པ་ཡིན། (we are Tibetan) greets the visitor, with the addition: Di ngan-tso-i lo-gyu re འདི་ང་ཚོ་ཡི་ལོ་རྒྱུས་རེད། (this is our story). Although familiar with the unjust sufferings inflicted […]
Tibetan monk sentenced to three years in Chinese prison
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 21: The Chinese authorities have reportedly sentenced a Tibetan writer and teacher Monlam Gyatso from Serta County in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Octpber 2022 following his disappearance last year, according to a report published by Radio Free Asia on Tuesday. The Tibetan monk was charged for his participation in a campaign […]
Tibetan philanthropist blames Covid policy for his grandson’s death
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 21: Renowned Tibetan philanthropist Nangchen Tashi has accused the China’s zero-covid policy for his two-year-old grandson’s untimely death, according to WeChat messages cited by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. According to the report, Tashi and his family members from Kyegudo (Ch: Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture were taken […]
CTA President calls border clashes “unprovoked belligerence” by China
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Dec. 18: The President of the Central Tibetan Administration, known also as the Tibetan government-in-exile, Penpa Tsering in an interview with Republic said that one of the reasons for such unprovoked aggression at the Line of Actual Control in Tawang could be the recent protests across China. “We fail to understand why China […]