DHARAMSALA, 8 Oct: The 8th Young Indian Scholars’ Conference on Tibetan Studies officially opened in Dharamsala on Thursday, bringing together emerging researchers, university faculty, and academic experts from across the country to deepen Indian scholarship and understanding of Tibet.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 9 Oct: China’s development of DeepZang, a Tibetan-language artificial intelligence model, has taken an explicitly political turn, with its founder pledging to advance the technology to promote state-directed ethnic integration. The announcement has brought into sharper focus concerns over how artificial intelligence could extend Chinese colonial control over Tibet into the digital sphere.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 5 Oct: A California woman has been arrested while attempting to depart to China on charges of acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and spying on the son of Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te. The case has renewed attention to Beijing’s documented efforts to extend its repressive reach beyond China’s borders and target Tibetans, Uyghurs and other exiled communities.

By Khedroob Thondup

History often turns on moments when warnings are dismissed. In 1952, Gyalo Thondup—brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama—visited Tibet and returned with a stark message: China’s intentions were not benign. He warned the Tibetan Government that Beijing was preparing to consolidate its control and strip Tibet of its autonomy. Instead of heeding his words, officials laughed. Within a few years, Tibet’s independence was extinguished, its culture suppressed, and its people subjected to the iron grip of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).