Tag Archives: Tibet

• Tibetans mark 62nd Uprising Day against China 10 March 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 5 comments

  Tibetans around the world marked the 1959 Tibetan revolt against the Chinese invasion, renewing their pledge to fight until Tibet is free. Close to a thousand exile Tibetans with local Indian supporters gathered near the Dalai Lama temple. ...

• Tibet infrastructure plan: China to invest nearly $30 billion in five years 9 March 2021 | Sutirtho Patranobis This post has no comments yet

  Beijing will pump in nearly $30 billion in expanding infrastructure projects across Tibet - the Chinese province with the longest section of the border with India - over the next five years, according to government announcement in Lhasa. ...

• Taiwan urged to boycott Beijing Games | Jonathan Chin / Staff writer, with CNA This post has no comments yet

  Tibetan exile Khedroop Thondop yesterday urged Taiwanese to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over the suppression of religious freedoms in Tibet. ...

• Tibet official urges China to start construction on Brahmaputra dam within year 8 March 2021 | Reuters Staff This post has no comments yet

  China should aim to begin construction of a controversial hydropower project on the Brahmaputra river within the year, a senior Tibetan Communist Party official said in comments published on Monday. ...

• China continues to tighten its grip in Tibet, tries to eradicate Dalai Lama from Tibetan lives 16 February 2021 This post has 3 comments

  In the latest attempt to tighten its grip in Tibet, China is forcing the Tibetans to pay less attention to their religion and show more enthusiasm for president Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party, according to The Economist. ...

• Legendary batsman Vivian Richards backs Tibet’s freedom movement in latest tweet 13 February 2021 This post has no comments yet

  Legendary West Indies batsman Sir Vivian Richards posted a tweet on Saturday lending support to Tibet's freedom movement, #FreedomforTibet. The tweet has generated quite a lot of buzz online. ...

• China planning to build world’s biggest dam on Brahmaputra in Tibet: Report 11 February 2021 This post has no comments yet

  In yet another example where China has run into rough waters with its neighbours, the country has planned to build the world's biggest dam on River Brahmaputra -- a 60-gigawatt mega-dam in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). ...

• Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk released after five years in prison 29 January 2021 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has one comment

  Tibetan-language advocate Tashi Wangchuk has been released after five years in prison, according to a press release by Free Tibet, a Tibet Support Group in the UK. Wangchuk was freed on Thursday, and was brought to his family in Kham. ...

• Tibetan history lessons for Indian army officers to counter China 28 January 2021 | Rajat Pandit This post has 3 comments

  India undertakes a rebalance of military forces and fire power to the northern borders with China amid the continuing troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh, the Army has a new target on its radar screen: Tibetology. ...

• Exile Tibetans mourn teenager’s death in Kardze 25 January 2021 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

  Exile Tibetans in McLeod Ganj marched in a candlelight vigil to mourn and protest the death of 19-year-old Tibetan monk Tenzin Nyima in Tibet after being severely beaten and tortured for a peaceful protest against Chinese rule in Tibet. ...