Tibet

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 14 June: The harvest of the prized caterpillar fungus, locally known as Yartsa Gunbu (summer grass, winter worm) – found only in Tibet and its neighbouring Himalayan country of Nepal and Bhutan – has been declining continuously for years, reported Radio Free Asia(RFA) on Saturday.

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 14 June: Jeopardising the future of Tibetan students, China has imposed Mandarin as the medium for college entrance exams, reports Radio Free Asia (RFA).

By Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 3 June: Tibetan residents in Rebkong County in the Traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo have been ordered to move out by the Chinese authorities for the purpose of making the area clear for construction of a hydropower dam, Radio Free Asia reported on 30 May.

By: Tsering Choephel

DHARAMSALA, 05 May: A Tibetan secondary school teacher who had been detained incommunicado since 10th April has been released from detention but is being held under house arrest and terminated from his employment, reports Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy(TCHRD).

By Tsering Choephel
DHARAMSALA, 05 May: Despite criticisms from Tibetan scholars and educators “Chinese authorities quietly began enforcing an assimilationist education system in Tibetan primary schools across restive Ngaba region in the Traditional Tibetan Province of Amdo..”

DHARAMSALA, 20 April: Chinese authorities have detained a Tibetan schoolteacher from restive Ngaba county in the traditional Tibetan province of Amdo “for expressing joy on seeing the Dalai Lama’s video online,” Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a rights group based in Dharamsala said. 

DHARAMSALA, 15 April: The earliest evidence of dairy consumption on the Tibetan Plateau dates back to “3500 years ago and supported population expansion into its vast, non-farmable highlands,” new research has concluded. 

DHARAMSALA, 7 Feb: A Tibetan university student has been detained and fined by Chinese authorities for organising a ‘Losar’ (New Year) celebration where Buddhist flags were displayed as the backdrop on the stage instead of Chinese flags, Dharamsala-based Tibetan advocacy group Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) said.

DHARAMSALA, 3 Feb: A 56-year-old prominent Tibetan monk from Gyongpa village in Lithang County in the traditional Tibetan province of Kham who is serving life imprisonment has died in Chinese police custody, reported the CTA’s official website, Tibet.net.