US Secretary of State Blinken meets with representative of Dalai Lama in New Delhi
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 28: The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday met with the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dongchup Ngodup in New Delhi, according to an anonymous State Department official. The brief meeting between the officials in Delhi is the latest high profile contact between the US and […]
Tibetan nomads in Ladakh suffer as livestock die of infectious disease
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 28: Eight Tibetan families and one Ladakhi family in Duchik, Ladakh have suffered huge losses to their livelihood as their livestock, over 1000 sheep, have died due to the infectious disease called the foot-and-mouth-disease (FMD), also known as the Serotype O. A Tibetan vlogger from Ladakh Dolma Lhamo started a […]
Tibetan news portal Tibetan-Rooster shuts down
By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, July 28: A Tibetan language news portal in exile with considerable readership inside Tibet has shut down amid concerns of Chinese government clampdown on readers inside Tibet, as well as financial and resource woes. Tibet Rooster (Bhod ki de pho) in a statement issued July 22 said it is shutting down […]
Tibetan groups in Switzerland file complaint against the IOC
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 26: Four Tibetan organizations based in Switzerland on Friday filed a complaint against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with National Contact Point in Bern over violating OECD Guidelines by awarding China to be the host of Beijing Winter Olympics scheduled in February next year. The OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises […]
China President Xi visits Tibet after a decade, CTA urges dialogue
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 24: The Chinese President Xi Jinping made a rare, surprise visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), primarily to inaugurate Nyingtri- Lhasa railway line near the border with Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday. Xi’s last visit to the occupied region was as the Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) […]
Dalai Lama’s close circle named in potential list by Indian Govt: Pegasus Project
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 23: The closest circle of trusted individuals around the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama and staff advisors were selected as targets of potential surveillance, revealed a recent report from investigations in The Wire. A leaked database of phone numbers by an Indian client of the Israeli spyware firm NSO […]
Chinese officials shut down Tibetan school in Golog
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 22: The Chinese government officials ordered the closure of Sengdruk Taktse middle school in Darlak County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on July 8 without giving any reason for the shutdown. The students have been advised to enroll themselves in government-affiliated schools in the region, revealed a report published by Tibet […]
Crack down on mobile contents for ‘sensitive’ materials, four Tibetans arrested
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 21: The Chinese authorities reportedly arrested four Tibetans after they confiscated their phones to search for photos of the Dalai Lama and checked for records with exiled Tibetans through mobile phones, according to the Tibet Watch. The report published Tuesday said that on July 4, the Public Security Bureau (PSB) […]
Opinion: Was Lal Bahadur Shastri’s mysterious death linked to his move on Tibet?
By Vijay Kranti “There are many theories about the mysterious death of former Prime Minister of Bharat, Lal Bhadur Shastri. The recent biography of HH the Dalai Lama indicates that there may be a Chinese angle to the Shastri Ji’s death, which is still an unresolved puzzle” New information, coming out of the latest biography […]
German Education minister warns against Confucius Institutes
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 20: The Germany education and research minister issued a statement earlier this month decrying the country’s dependence on Chinese state backed Confucius Institutes (CIs), in the latest turn against the controversial institutes. The minister Anja Maria-Antonia Karliczek announced an extra €5 million (£4.3 million) on July 2 to support independent expertise […]