Skip to main content

Latest

politics
Targets of Chinese regime reject Johnston findings, call for public inquiry
David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, presents his first report in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
India launches villages programme in Arunachal, ignores angry China
In this picture taken on April 3, 2023, tourists visit Pankang Teng Tso lake in Tawang in northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Dalai Lama apologizes after asking boy to ‘suck my tongue’ at public event
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 5, 2022, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama gestures as revered by the "Ladakh dPal rNgam Dusdon 2022" award on the ocassion of union territory Ladakh declaration day, in Leh. (Photo by Mohd Arhaan ARCHER / AFP) (Photo by MOHD ARHAAN ARCHER/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Tibetan leader to testify before U.S. lawmakers over China repression
CTA President Penpa Tsering in his Tibetan Government in Exile office in Mcleodganj, India talks about his approach towards China and his welfare policies for the Tibetan community.
world
UN experts warn a million Tibetan children face ‘forced assimilation’ in Chinese residential schools
LHOKHA, CHINA - APRIL 26: Tibetan women and children in a village near the Yamdrok Lake on April 26, 2017 in Dongla County in the Lhokha Prefecture of Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Yamdrok Lake is one of the four largest sacred lakes in Tibet. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by numerous small streams. (Photo by Wang He/Getty Images)
world
More bodies found in Tibet avalanche, death toll rises to 28
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Rescuers search for survivors following an avalanche in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. More bodies were found Friday following an avalanche that buried vehicles outside a highway tunnel in Tibet, raising the death toll more than a dozen with several people still missing. (Sun Fei/Xinhua via AP)
world
For Tibetans, getting information past China’s barriers is harder than ever
Penthok is a former journalist with Voice of Tibet and currently works as research fellow of Tibet Poicy Institute in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India. She has expereince in getting information from TIbet.
world
Tibetans in India, dwindling in numbers, struggle to see a future beyond an aging Dalai Lama
Tsering Dawa exiled from TIbet as recently as March 2020 in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, India as he wanted to meet the Dalai Lama and members of the Tibetan government in exile. He used to work with Bank of China in Lhasa and is an advicate for the poor conditions of Tibetans inside tibet. The conflict between materialism and spirituality made him flee.
books
Longlist for Scotiabank Giller Prize features seven first timers
Griffin Poetry Prize winner Billy-Ray Belcourt is pictured in in Edmonton on Friday, August 16, 2019. Belcourt, Sheila Heti and Rawi Hage are among the notable names on the long list for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
books
Tibetan author Tsering Yangzom Lama opens up about immigrating to Canada
Tsering Yangzom Lama Q&A with author Tsering Yangzom Lama photo @Paige Critcher
soccer
At an alternative soccer world cup, Tibetan women get to showcase their culture
The first match on the 1st July 2022 of the CONIFA, the Confederation of Independent Football Associations saw the ost team Tibet defeated by Team Sapmi 1-13. .It was held in tibetian settlement at Paonta Sahib, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, some 150 kilometres from the Tibetan plateau. T
film
Chinese streaming platforms take down films starring Keanu Reeves after he participated in Tibet-related concert
Keanu Reeves arrives at the premiere of "The Matrix Resurrections" on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
opinion
The horrors of Canada’s residential schools are being repeated in Tibet
Tsering Yangzom Lama
world
A residential school system in China is stripping Tibetan children of their languages and culture, report claims
Students attend a Chinese language learning class at Nagqu No. 2 Senior High School, a public boarding school for students from northern Tibet, in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025. The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as Cantonese and Hokkien under even greater pressure, along with minority languages such as Tibetan, Mongolian and Uyghur. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
world
Dalai Lama says China’s leaders ‘don’t understand variety of cultures’
FILE PHOTO: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama attends a press meeting in Malmo, Sweden September 12, 2018. TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson via REUTERS
world
China marks Tibet anniversary with call to accept Communist Party rule
Wang Yang, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, arrives at an airport before the celebration marking the 70th anniversary of China's control over Tibet, in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China August 18, 2021. Picture taken August 18, 2021. cnsphoto via REUTERS
world
China’s Xi urges people in Tibet to ‘follow the party’ in first visit as president
FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony for Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos outside the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
world
Tibet exile leader hopes to resume China talks
FILE - In this May 27, 2021, file photo, Penpa Tsering, the newly elected President of the Central Tibetan Administration, poses for a photograph after taking oath of office in Dharmsala, India. The new president of the Tibetan exile government said on Thursday, June 17, he will do his best to resume a dialogue with China after more than a decade, and that a visit by the Dalai Lama to Tibet could be the best step forward. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)
world
U.S. condemns China at UN rights forum for abuse of Uyghurs, Tibetans
FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song
world
China rejects growing Western criticism at UN human-rights forum
A Chinese flag behind razor wire at a housing compound in Yangisar, China's western Xinjiang region, on June 4, 2019.
world
Tibetan leader welcomes U.S. bill that reaffirms rights to choose successor to Dalai Lama, angering China
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama addresses a seminar in Mumbai, on Dec. 12, 2018.
world
China sharply expands mass labour program in Tibet
A Chinese flag flutters in front of the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, on May 27, 2019.
opinion
China cracks down on ethnic minorities again – this time, in Mongolia and Tibet
Frank Ching
world
China threatens to impose visa restrictions on U.S. individuals over Tibet
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian takes a question during a media briefing in Beijing, on April 8, 2020.