Tibet

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 13 May: Grief has claimed the life of a prominent Tibetan religious figure, late Tulku Hungkar Dorjee’s mother, after her son died under suspicious circumstances in Vietnam while escaping Chinese persecution in late March. 

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 12 May: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck Lhaze County in Shigatse City in the traditional Tibetan province of U-Tsang at 2:41 AM on Monday, according to the China Earthquake Administration (CEA).

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 17 April: Almost a year after its forced closure, Ragya Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School, a prominent Tibetan educational institute in Golok, occupied Tibet, has been granted permission to reopen by the Chinese government to run only its vocational courses.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA, 3 April: After disappearing without a trace for 8 months, Tulku Hungkar Dorjee of Lung Ngon Monastery in Golok, in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo, has been announced dead without further details by the Chinese authorities.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 22 March: Owing to illegal mining projects, Tibetans in Zhongri village in Markham, in the traditional Tibetan Province of Kham, continue to face significant challenges that threaten their lives, livestock and the ecology of the Tibetan plateau.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 17, Feb: Heavy state surveillance coupled with China’s authoritarian rule have effectively eradicated every space for dissent in occupied Tibet,  the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said in its latest report asserting that China has transformed occupied Tibet into a “panopticon”, where individuals are constantly conscious of being monitored, regardless of whether an actual observer is present.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 7 Feb: Some major forest fires have ravaged various parts of occupied Tibet in the last two weeks, with the Kamda forest fire in Dzamthang County in Ngaba in the traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo being the most recent one. Notably, the fire breakouts have largely gone unreported by Chinese state-owned media.

By Tenzin Chokyi
DHARAMSALA 24, Jan: Former Top Tibetan official of Tibet Autonomous (TAR), Mr Che Dalha (Qi Zhala), is being investigated by China’s top anti-corruption watchdogs over suspected violation of Party disciplines and National laws, reported China’s state-run media Xinhua News Agency on 23 January.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA 15, Jan: China has become the world’s second-largest lithium reserve holder following its breakthrough in lithium extraction amidst the growing concern to sustain China’s supply chain to leverage its position as the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles(EVs).

DHARAMSALA, Jan 7: An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Tingri(Chinese: Dingri) County in Shigatse City in the traditional Tibetan province of U-Tsang earlier this morning, killing 95 people and injuring 130 others, according to reports from Chinese state-run media.