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Fear of China: French venues refuse to host Former CTA Sikyong
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSHALA 17 Oct: After months of rejections from dozens of venues, organisers in France were forced to hold a talk by Dr Lobsang Sangay on 15 October at an undisclosed location, highlighting the prevsasive influence of Chinese soft power on French institutions.
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China’s New Tibet Report Masks Forced Relocations of 93,000 Rural Tibetans
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 16 Oct: China has released a new think tank report portraying its rural development policies in occupied Tibet as “a harmonious blend of tradition and modernity,” a model it contrasts with Western modernisation, which it claims erodes culture and heritage at the expense of development. But for Tibetans, beneath this new packaging lies the old mechanism of assimilation, control, and the systematic remaking of a civilisation and its culture under the twin project of modernity and colonialism.
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Richard Gere to Receive Inaugural Visionary Award for Tibet Advocacy
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 3 Oct: Human Rights First, a US-based human rights advocacy group, has announced that Oscar-nominated actor and longtime Tibet advocate Richard Gere will receive its inaugural Visionary Award. The honour recognises his lifelong commitment to defending the rights and dignity of oppressed people around the world.
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Universities bordering Tibet, set up to train new gen cadres to run Tibet for China, now ordered to escalate assimilation, promote Han Chinese racist chauvinism, cancel Tibetan identity, says Gabriel Lafitte, Gabriel Lafitte who is an environmental researcher, writer, and activist who has specialised in Tibet and China-Tibet relations
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TPI Holds 7th Young Indian Scholars Conference on Tibetan Studies
DHARAMSALA, 9 Oct: The Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile inaugurated the 7th Young Indian Scholars Conference on Tibetan Studies today at the Administrative and Welfare Society in Dharamshala. The conference brings together 30 participants, including four experts in Tibetan studies, 23 young Indian scholars, and three co-authors.
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Through Her Mother’s Ears: Tsering Wangmo Dhompa on Exile, Memory and Tibetan Stories
A trailblazer whose writing spans fluidly between poetry and prose, nonfiction and memoir, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa needs no introduction.
Born in exile and having lived across multiple countries, she is a memory keeper. She says her mother is her “guiding star” and that she often “listens with her mother’s ears” as she explores themes of exile, diaspora, and cultural memory.
Currently, an Associate Professor at Villanova University, her notable literary works include the poetry collections Rules of the House (2002), In the Absent Everyday (2005), My Rice Tastes Like the Lake (2011) and Revolute (2021). Beyond poetry, she has authored the nonfiction book A Home in Tibet (2014) and, more recently, The Politics of Sorrow: Unity and Allegiance Across Tibetan Exile.