By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 15 Oct: Tibetan peace marcher Kalsang Tharchin was stopped by Himachal Pradesh Police about four kilometres from Sershu on Thursday over safety concerns as he made his way towards Baralacha La Pass amid heavy snowfall.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 14 Oct: A Taiwanese nurse who travelled to Tibet said Chinese state security personnel questioned him about his military background, political views and personal history, according to Taiwanese media reports, offering a glimpse into the security scrutiny faced by visitors to Tibet under Chinese rule.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 13 Oct: The executive committee of the 15th Regional Tibetan Women’s Association (RTWA) in Dharamsala has suspended all official operations and returned its uniforms and local office keys to the Central Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA), citing fundamental objections to an open letter welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of his visit to India for the BRICS summit.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 12 Oct: Lobsang Choedak, former Secretary of the Central Tibetan Administration’s Election Commission, has assumed office as the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Japan and East Asia, succeeding Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya after a six-year tenure.
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By Khedroob Thondup
Exile is sustained not only by resilience but also by the compassion of nations willing to shoulder the burdens of the displaced. For Tibetans, that nation has been India. In 1959, as tens of thousands of Tibetans fled across the Himalayas after the uprising in Lhasa, the Tibetan cabinet turned to Gyalo Thondup, the brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with a desperate request: to approach Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for help. What followed was the beginning of one of the most extraordinary acts of solidarity in modern history—a commitment that began with a modest budget of US$100,000 and today stands at US$11,100,000
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 12 Oct: The New York and New Jersey chapter of the Tibetan National Congress marched from the Chinese Consulate to Times Square on 10 October, marking 100 days since its former president, Pawo (Martyr) Lobga Rangzen, set himself on fire outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
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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).
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By Khedroob Thondup
Preparing for the CCP’s Eventual Transition. History teaches us that authoritarian regimes rarely collapse in a neat or predictable fashion. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), despite its formidable machinery of control, is not immune to the pressures of economic stagnation, demographic decline, internal factionalism, and external confrontation. The question is whether and when the CCP will face a moment of breakdown or transition, and whether the international community will be ready when it does.
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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.
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By Khedroob Thondup
The Tibetan struggle has always been defined by moral clarity. Yet within that moral compass lies a crucial distinction: passive resistance and non‑violence are not interchangeable. Tibetans inside Tibet, living under the weight of surveillance and repression, must understand why passive resistance is not only pragmatic but essential — while non‑violence remains the broader ethical creed guiding the spirit of the movement.
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