28th GCM Gold Cup Kicks off in Dharamsala
DHARAMSALA, 1 June: The 28th edition of Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup (GCMGC/GCM) football tournament, the biggest sporting event in the Tibetan Community, kicked off at Upper TCV School today.
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Tsering Wangmo: It takes a lot of thinking and being vulnerable to make personal films like ‘boundaries’
The inspiration for this film stems from the experiences of refugees and exiles, particularly Tibetans born in Tibet, who are in the diaspora, far from their families and the lands where they took their first steps. Where they have so many memories and established their earliest connections to nature. My partner, Tenzin Jigme and his friends who are from Tibet has inspired me greatly for this project. I plan to expand upon the concepts explored in this film and develop a more extensive version in the future.
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China’s “Sinicization” of historic mosque met with protest
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 30 May: Hui Muslim residents of Najiaying Village in Yunnan province in China have clashed with police on Saturday, May 27 when trucks, cranes and bulldozers were seen entering the centuries-old mosque’s courtyard to demolish a part of the mosque, thechinaproject.com reported.
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Dalai Lama begins two-day annual teaching for Tibetan youth
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 30 May: June: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s annual Buddhist teaching for the Tibetan youth from schools and colleges began today at Tsug-lag-Khang, the main temple in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala.
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TYC’s month-long Tibet Matters March ends in Tezpur
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 25 May: Tibetan Youth Congress,(TYC) the largest Tibetan NGO in exile concluded its month-long Tibet Matters March at Tezpur on Tuesday having covered over 600 kilometres traversing through Sikkim, West Bengal and Assam.
Comedy firm in China fined $2 Million for military banter
By: Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 19 May: China has slapped a heavy fine on a comedy firm over a banter for a joke that drew a similarity between China’s military to stray dogs, spotlighting Beijing’s sensitivity and its increasing control of expressions.
Sister of imprisoned Tibetan businessman dragged away by Chinese police as she continues campaign against unfair trial
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 12 May: Defying the threat of arrest by the Chinese police, Gonpo Kyi, has yet again staged a protest appealing for the retrial of her brother Dorjee Tashi.
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US Secretary of State expresses concern on China’s rampant DNA collection from Tibetans
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 11 May: US Secretary of the State, Anthony Blinken has publicly expressed his concerns over the extend of mass collection of DNA from Tibetans by China “as an additional form of control and surveillance over the Tibetan population” in Tibet.
New rules sour excitement of tour agents, pilgrims alike to visit Kailash
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 10 May: The border between Nepal and Tibet has been reopened after three years, albeit with new rules introduced by Beijing.
China plays tit-for-tat after Canada expels its diplomat
By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 09 May: Canada has expelled a Chinese diplomat for being involved in a campaign to intimidate a Canadian opposition legislator critical of Beijing on Monday.