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Indian Continental Plate potentially splitting in two, reveals new study

A new study reveals that the Indian Continental Plate could be splitting, leading to the formation of the Tibetan Plateau. Scientists are surprised by this...

Indian Tectonic Plate Breaking Into Two Beneath Tibet

This is the first time that the researchers have seen such behaviour in continental plates.

International Business Times UK · Jan 24, 2024

China’s human rights record criticised at UN as it faces rare scrutiny of policies

UK, US and others use universal periodic review to speak out over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

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Indian Continental Plate potentially splitting in two, study suggests

A new study suggests that the Indian Continental Plate could be splitting in two, leading to changes in the formation of the Tibetan Plateau.

Activists Decry Tibet 'Cultural Genocide' Ahead Of China Rights Review

Activists accused China of seeking to "erase" Tibetan cultural and religious identities, urging a review of Beijing's rights record at the UN on Tuesday to focus on its "cultural genocide" in the region.

International Business Times · Jan 22, 2024

Massive tectonic collision causing Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet apart

The Indian plate may be peeling into two as it slides under the Eurasian plate, tearing Tibet apart in the process.

LiveScience · Jan 16, 2024

The Big Flaws in That Study Suggesting That China Manipulates TikTok Topics

The errors are so glaring that it's hard not to suspect an underlying agenda at work here.

Reason · Jan 8, 2024

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What is Mahayana New Year and what happens on the day?

China, Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, and China are few of the countries where Mahayana Buddhism is practised

Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2024

Thermo Fisher stops sale of DNA kits in Tibet after activists raised fears of rights abuses

Campaigners say testing is among methods used to surveil people in the tightly controlled region

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2024

US biotech company halts sales of DNA kits in Tibet, as lawmakers mull more export controls on China

Thermo Fisher, an American biotech company, has halted sales of its DNA testing products in Tibet, amid concerns that its products might have assisted the Chinese government in a surveillance campaign in the ethnic region

The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2024

Tibetan collection by traveller historian Rahul Sankrityayan to stay at old Patna museum

Family and scholars demand physical and scientific cataloguing of Rahul Sankrityayan's invaluable collection of manuscripts and paintings from Tibet.

The Hindu · Dec 31, 2023

Tibet’s exiled leaders visit Paris as Chinese repression continues

Exiled Tibetan leaders have been travelling to Paris to meet with members of the diaspora as Beijing steps up its forceful integration policies of ethnic minorities. RFI spoke to one of them, exiled foreign minister “Kalon” Norzin Dolma.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 23, 2023

Tibet is ‘dying a slow death’, warns head of Tibetan government-in-exile

In an interview with FRANCE 24, the president of the Tibetan government-in-exile warned that Tibet is "dying a slow death". Penpa Tsering said that Chinese government policies are aimed at the "eradication" of Tibetan identity. Among them, Tsering cited the policy of forcible schooling of some 1 million Tibetan children…

France 24 · Dec 14, 2023

Dalai Lama arrives at Siliguri's Sed-Gyued Monastery to deliver teachings to his devotees

Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama on December 14 arrived at Siliguri’s Sed-Gyued Monastery to deliver teachings to his devotees.

The Hindu · Dec 14, 2023

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The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2023

Tibetans in exile accuse China of destroying their identity in Tibet under its rule

The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile has accused China of denying the most fundamental human rights to people in Tibet and vigorously carrying out the extermination of the Tibetan identity

Radio France Internationale · Dec 4, 2023

Leader of Tibetan government in exile warns France over China's policies

Penpa Tsering, the political leader of Tibet's government in exile, was in Paris this week to raise awareness about the increased repression faced by Tibetans living in Chinese-controlled areas. He spoke to RFI about issues such as intense surveillance and the destruction of Tibetan cultural identity.

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

China spending massively on surveillance in Tibet, say scholars

The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2023

Tibet’s government-in-exile urges Australia not to ‘compromise’ on China’s human rights record

Norzin Dolma says government should sanction Chinese officials for ‘threatening the very existence … of Tibetan identity’

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The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023

China denies accusations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom in Tibet

A government official from China’s Tibetan region has rejected allegations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom, while stressing that Tibetan Buddhism should adapt to the Chinese context

The Conversation · Oct 31, 2023

From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage

Many people see death as a rite of a passage: a journey to some new place, or a threshold between two kinds of being. Zoroastrians believe that there is a bridge of judgment that each person who dies must cross; depending on deeds done during life, the bridge takes the…

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

China shows off a Tibetan boarding school that's part of a system some see as forced assimilation

Village schools have been shuttered across China's Tibet and replaced with centralized boarding schools that critics say represents forced assimilation

The Hindu · Oct 18, 2023

Watch | The dilemma over the next Dalai Lama

Who will succeed the 14th Dalai Lama? How will it impact the future of the Tibetan movement?

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023

From Nepal to Tibet: Eight warming dishes from the coldest places on earth

Where better to seek inspiration for autumn cooking than some of the coldest places on the planet, from Nepal to Tibet? Hannah Twiggs shares eight recipes to keep you warm as the weather cools

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

US mountaineer and guide killed in avalanche in Tibet

Another American remains missing after the horror avalanche hit

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2023

American mountaineer, local guide dead after avalanches hit Tibetan mountain. Two others are missing

Chinese media reports have confirmed American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa died after avalanches struck the slopes of the Tibetan mountain Shishapangma while two others remain missing

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