The #Nepal govt has cancelled an international #Tibetan studies conference that had been 4 years in the planning, overriding its own security agencies’ assessment that the event posed no threat kathmandupost.com/national/202...

Nepal overruled its own security agencies to cancel Tibetan studies conference under Chinese pressure, officials say

Days after the Home Minister said the seminar would proceed with security vetting, the government’s Chief Secretary personally ordered Kathmandu University to shut it down.

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In his last message, he urged Tibetan friends to keep dancing, to preserve their culture. But they were too sad to dance now. Moving article in @nytimes on the sacrifice of Lobga Rangzen: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/w...

Lobga Rangzen, the Tibetan Activist Who Set Himself on Fire in Manhattan

No one doubted the intensity of Lobga Rangzen’s commitment to a Tibet free of Chinese control. But they were not prepared for what he did next.

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China’s reported push to restrict #Tibetan media at the #BRICS summit is about more than press accreditation: it tests whether Beijing can export its censorship beyond its borders. Delhi’s response will signal how firmly it defends it's sovereignty & press freedom. theprint.in?p=3003392

Ahead of Xi visit to India for BRICS, China pushes for curbs on media houses linked to Falun Gong, Tibet

Several media outlets connected to Falun Gong & Tibet are blocked in China. Nation’s embassy now wants Ministry of External Affairs to curtail access to such outlets too during summit.

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A towering Buddha statue demolished by Chinese authorities and transformed into a horse-racing track named after the Red Army. A Buddhist school razed to the ground. Our latest report reveals how sacred places are being repurposed to erase memory and identity in Tibet: tibetwatch.org/tibetan-budd...

Tibetan Buddhist landmark transformed into racecourse

Once home to a 99-foot Buddha statue in Sengdeng Village, the sacred site has been converted since 2023 into a racecourse.

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CNN tells the rare story of a Tibetan's daring escape from #Tibet, including his imprisonment at the age of 8, the shuttering of private Tibetan schools and Xi Jinping's crackdown on religion and #Tibetan language education edition.cnn.com/2026/08/02/c...

A young Tibetan flees his homeland – and reveals how China is eroding his culture | CNN

Xi has mounted what critics say are intensified efforts to suppress dissent and tighten control of China’s ethnic minorities.

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China has unveiled another high-altitude #UAV research centre in #Tibet, but claims that it is the country’s first deserve scrutiny: Tibet University opened a similar lab in 2021, while a separate test base at #Ngari launched in 2025. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

New peak in US-China tech rivalry? Tibet drone hub launches on Mount Everest

Centre’s establishment represents Beijing’s first research and application platform dedicated to drones operating at high altitudes.

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#China has stepped up interference into the independent scholarly gathering of Tibetologists in #Kathmandu for the International Association of Tibetan Studies conference next month with the visit of CCP-aligned monk Yinshun to Nepal's capital this week kathmandupost.com/national/202...

Ahead of Tibetan conference, top Chinese monk is visiting Kathmandu

Around 700 delegates from 39 countries are expected to attend the event next month. The US will have the largest delegation, followed by China.

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Kathmandu’s first #IATS conference will bring 700+ scholars from 39 countries, but reported Chinese pressure has already prompted Tibet’s exile administration to withdraw formal participation. Scholarship meets geopolitics in Nepal’s delicate balancing act: english.nepalnews.com/s/explainers...

17th Tibetan Studies Seminar in Kathmandu: Academic gathering or geopolitical flashpoint?

KATHMANDU: Every few years, the International Association for Tibetan Studies brings together the world’s leading experts on Tibetan language, religion, history and culture for a week long academic ga...

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Manufacturing consent: Manila readout had India reaffirming its position on #Tibet and respect for Chinese sovereignty. Delhi says that's not what was said. The PRC routinely manufactures third-country endorsement of its claims on Tibet. Govts should correct the record, as India has.

India Denies Endorsing China’s Tibet Position After High-Level Talks

The Indian government angrily reacted to a Chinese read-out of last Wednesday's meeting between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Foreign Minister Wang Yi that claimed New Delhi accepted Bei...

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'Can the Tibetan freedom movement survive China's long game?' Cheng Lei — imprisoned by China for three years — travels to Dharamsala, meets the Dalai Lama and asks whether the world will simply stop paying attention. Her answer is a reason it shouldn't: www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/can...

Can the Tibetan Freedom Movement Survive China’s Long Game? – Central Tibetan Administration

– By Cheng Lei for THE AUSTRALIAN, 18 July 2026 Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen set himself on fire in front of UN headquarters in New York on July 2. His death came just a day after Beijing’s new Ethn...

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Chinese human rights defender Zhang Yi has reportedly been detained after displaying a photo of the Dalai Lama outside Lhasa’s Potala Palace on 1 July. His family says he is suspected of an “incitement” offence and fears he has become a target under China’s new Ethnic Unity Law.

Bhuchung K. Tsering@bhuchung.bsky.social · 3w ago

#Chinese online postings are reporting the detention in the #Tibetan capital #Lhasa of #ZhangYi (seen here with the #Potala Palace in the background) from #Wuhan for showing a photo of H.H. the #DalaiLama to a Tibetan in a public place on July 1. His whereabouts since is not known.

Happening in the middle of the night to avoid public documentation, more than 1000 homes of monks and nuns are being demolished at the famed Buddhist academy of Larung Gar in Serthar, eastern #Tibet, says @savetibet.bsky.social savetibet.org/famed-larung...

Famed Larung Gar Buddhist academy in eastern Tibet faces new round of demolitions

July 17, 2026 A new round of demolitions that will

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New research in Nature underlines how the Tibetan Plateau shapes the monsoon, rivers and biodiversity across Asia. What happens on the plateau matters to billions downstream — and it's why the world cannot look away from Beijing's policies there www.nature.com/articles/s41...

West versus Central Tibet exhumation difference influenced by Indian slab underthrusting - Nature Geoscience

The extent of Indian continental underthrusting beneath Western Tibet influences its moderate-to-rapid exhumation, relative to slow exhumation in Central Tibet, according to thermochronological data a...

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The self-immolation of Lobga Rangzen was not an expression of personal despair, but a bid to jolt the world out of its indifference to one of the most important international issues of our time: Tibet’s systematic erasure www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

China’s erasure of Tibet is accelerating

In recent years, the international community has stood idly by while China has systematically eradicated Tibetan culture and identity.

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China is refining its global propaganda on #Tibet through AI, audience profiling, & algorithm-driven distribution, according to Tenzin Dalha (TPI). The goal is not just to rebut criticism, but to shape how Tibet is understood worldwide & normalise Beijing’s policies bitterwinter.org/china-will-u...

China Will Use AI to Shape the International Narrative on Tibet

A “communication conference” on “Xizang” in Lhasa proposed using new technologies to influence Western perceptions of Tibet.

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Chinese geologists warn that an active faultline poses serious threat to Yarlung Tsangpo mega hydro project in #Tibet www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

Active fault line threatens world’s biggest hydropower project: Chinese geologists

New analysis brings call for slope reinforcement for massive mega-dam project in Tibet to mitigate risks of landslides and collapses.

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We are deeply moved by the global outpouring of support and condolences following the tragic loss of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen, who died after self-immolating outside the UN Headquarters in New York on July 2, one day after China’s new ethnic unity law took effect.

The atheist CCP claiming authority over reincarnation: @TIME on how Beijing is already manoeuvring to appoint the next Dalai Lama — and why the world's response will decide the future of the Tibetan movement time.com/article/2026...

China Is Already Trying to Control Who the Next Dalai Lama Will Be

The fight over the 91-year-old’s reincarnation is becoming a test of China’s power over Tibet—and whether his spiritual legacy can outlast him.

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In symbolic action, young #Tibetans from across the world tear up #China's new 'ethnic unity' law that endangers their culture and language www.youtube.com/watch?v=koAM...

'Those who are performing songs and dances [for the Dalai Lama's 91st birthday] should continue to do so, they should not mourn': Lobga Rangzen's final statement www.youtube.com/watch?v=odCr...

In his final statement before setting himself on fire in front of the UN in New York, Lobga Rangzen thanks #Tibetans in #Tibet who "have been working sincerely to preserve + revive our spoken language, script, religion and culture' www.youtube.com/watch?v=odCr...

Lobga Rangzen Self-Immolation Message

YouTube video by International Campaign for Tibet

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At the China in the World Summit, #Taiwan VP Hsiao Bi-khim put #Tibetan repression alongside AI surveillance, disinformation, transnational repression and Beijing’s new Ethnic Unity Law: a warning that China’s authoritarian toolkit is increasingly global… www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/6396...

Hsiao urges unity against rising Chinese influence at Taipei summit | Taiwan News | Jul. 7, 2026 15:21

Academics and NGOs gather for annual China in the World Summit | Jul. 7, 2026 15:21

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PRC authorities have forcibly shut Gangjong Sherig Academy in Gade County, Golog, after it refused to add CCP ideology to its curriculum. Founded by Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, it taught Tibetan language, culture, & art. Another blow to #Tibetan education en.tibettimes.net/2026/06/25/c...

Chinese Authorities Forcibly Shut Down Gangjong Sherig Academy

Reported By Palden Edited By Kelsang Jinpa Translated By TenGyal  The Chinese government has forced the sudden shutdown of the

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In one of her last posts before being detained in #China, Chinese international student Zhang Yadi, due to study @soasuni.bsky.social last Sept, wished the Dalai Lama a happy birthday. BBC's Laura Bicker on heightened oppression under #China's 'ethnic unity' law www.bbc.com/news/article...

Can China target critics abroad with its new 'ethnic unity' law?

Rights groups fear the new law gives Beijing legal authority to go after people beyond its borders.

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China's new 'Ethnic Unity + Progress Law' is a 'dangerous legal instrument that entrenches the Chinese govt's policy of forced assimilation', says the All Party Parliamentary Group on #Tibet @ChrisLawSNP @freetibetorg

In China's 2026 hit TV drama Tree of Life, Tibetan heroes who died protecting chiru antelopes are recast as agents of Party-state power with a Chinese policewoman taking centre stage. Fascinating reading from Gabriel Lafitte: rukor.org/rupture-to-rapture/

UN HCHR Volker Türk says he is 'v concerned' re #China's assimilation policies on Tibetans, Mongolians and Uyghurs, says new 'ethnic unity' law 'risks deepening restrictions on freedoms of language, education, practice of religion, culture, expression and assembly' www.ohchr.org/en/statement...

Türk says ultimate trajectory for human rights is larger freedom

Mr. President, Excellencies, distinguished delegates,The struggle for human rights is a story of enormous progress followed by regression.Of advances and losses.Of steps forwards, backwards, and sidew...

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US House China Committee Chair John Moolenaar has joined Reps. Chris Smith & Tom Suozzi in backing the Tibet Atrocities Determination Act, pressing the State Dept. to assess whether CCP abuses in #Tibet constitute genocide or crimes against humanity www.tibetanreview.net/us-house-com...

US House committee chair cosponsors Tibet genocide bill - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Jun17’26) – Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the Select Committee on China, US House of Representatives, has on Jun 15 cosponsored the Tibet Atrocities Determination Act introduce...

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In a letter to his family, the Dalai Lama said that Professor Bob Thurman "understood profoundly that the survival of Tibetan Buddhist culture is inseparably linked to the future of Tibet itself"

China has all but admitted the "Xizang" rebrand flatlined algorithmically: worldwide users still search #Tibet and get the real #Tibetan story. According to SCMP Xizang is now one layer of a deeper play: big data profiling, precision psychographic targeting, & #genAI content archive.is/JlMbo #认知域作战