By Khedroob Thondup
China’s expulsion of General Zhang Youxia on September 21, 2026, marks one of the most dramatic purges in Xi Jinping’s decade-long campaign to consolidate control over the military. Officially framed as punishment for “serious violations of discipline and law,” the move underscores how corruption charges are often intertwined with accusations of disloyalty to Xi and the Party.
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By Khedroob Thondup There are moments in life when history itself leans close, whispers in your ear, and then retreats,
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By Khedroob Thondup When Beijing marched into Tibet in 1950, it declared the move a “liberation.” Yet more than seven
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 18 Sept: A private member’s Bill calling for the continuation of the Tibetan independence struggle prompted heated debate in the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) on Friday over the constitutional and procedural basis for bringing the proposal before the House, before members voted 23-15 against admitting it to the discussion agenda.
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By Khedroob Thondup
When Tibet was engulfed by Chinese occupation in the 1950s, despair spread across the plateau. Villages were uprooted, monasteries destroyed, and a centuries-old way of life threatened with extinction. Out of this crisis rose the Chushi Gangdruk, the “Four Rivers, Six Ranges” resistance force, a grassroots army of Khampa fighters who refused to surrender their homeland. For 18 years, they became the backbone of Tibetan armed resistance — and their struggle was sustained by a powerful, if complex, ally: the Central Intelligence Agency.
By Khedroob Thondup
When the Republic of China (ROC) government fled to Taiwan in 1949, it carried with it the constitutional claim to rule all of China—including Tibet and Mongolia. For decades, this claim was not only symbolic but institutionalised through agencies like the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, which managed policies toward regions the ROC no longer controlled. Yet in 2017, Taipei dissolved that commission, a move that signalled the practical abandonment of its historic claims.
By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 17 Sept: Unverified claims that Chinese President Xi Jinping suffered a stroke during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi have circulated on popular social media platform X, with Wanjun Xie, chairman of the China Democracy Party, claiming that Xi received emergency treatment before returning to China for surgery.
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By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 16 Sept: The second session of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) opened in Dharamshala on Wednesday, launching nine days of departmental oversight and deliberations on Beijing’s escalating assimilation policies in occupied Tibet. Scheduled to run through 25 September, the assembly will review the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) administrative and financial performance for the 2025–2026 fiscal year.
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By Khedroob Thondup
For decades, Tibetans in exile have lived with the knowledge that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks not only to control our homeland but also to police our voices abroad. I have experienced this firsthand. In one of the more cynical manoeuvres, the Chinese government attempted to enlist His Holiness the Dalai Lama to rein in my public advocacy for Tibetan independence. Their request was not only misguided—it revealed the CCP’s fundamental misunderstanding of democracy and freedom of thought.
By Khedroob Thondup
Sixty-seven years of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule in Tibet has produced not trust, but alienation. The CCP’s occupation has been marked by broken promises, suppression of culture, and systematic efforts to erase Tibetan identity. For Tibetans, the experience of living under Beijing’s control has been one of coercion rather than consent.