Author: Tibet Express Newsdesk

By Khedroob Thondup

In the high grasslands of Golog, where nomadic families have long relied on community schools to preserve their language and culture, three doors have been slammed shut. The Golok Tadrak Orphan School, the Ra‑Gya Jigme Gyaltsen Grassland Girls’ School and a small village school in Jasag have all been forcibly closed by Chinese authorities. These closures are not isolated administrative decisions; they are part of a deliberate campaign to erode Tibetan identity by dismantling the very institutions that nurture it.

By Khedroob Thondup
For sixty-seven years, Tibet has endured the heavy hand of Communist China’s occupation. If Tibetans were ever given a genuine choice, the majority would not choose to remain under Beijing’s rule. The lived experience of generations—marked by broken promises, cultural suppression, and political disenfranchisement—has forged a collective conviction: independence is not optional; it is essential. For me personally, the idea of accepting Chinese rule is unthinkable.

By Khedroob Thondup

The petrol bomb attack on the Central Tibetan Administration’s office in Pretoria is not random violence—it bears the unmistakable fingerprints of Beijing’s transnational repression strategy, aimed at silencing Tibetan voices even beyond Asia. The timing, method, and target align with China’s broader campaign to intimidate diaspora communities and undermine institutions linked to the Dalai Lama.

By Khedroob Thondup

The question of whether Tibetan lamas living in exile should return to Tibet on invitations orchestrated by Beijing’s United Front Work Department (UFWD) is not a matter of mere travel. It is a test of political integrity, spiritual responsibility, and communal survival. The stakes are profound: a visit risks transforming revered spiritual leaders into instruments of propaganda, undermining both the exile community and Tibetans inside Tibet.

By Khedroob Thondup

Tibet today is one of the most monitored societies on earth. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has transformed the plateau into a laboratory of surveillance, combining military presence, digital monitoring, and intrusive policing. What Beijing calls “stability maintenance” is, in reality, a system designed to erase dissent, control identity, and suffocate freedom.

By Khedroob Thondup
China’s ruling Communist Party does not believe in universal human rights or the rule of law as understood internationally. Instead, it substitutes “development rights” and Party supremacy for individual freedoms, while systematically repressing dissent, minorities, and civil society.