World

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 5 Oct: A California woman has been arrested while attempting to depart to China on charges of acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and spying on the son of Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te. The case has renewed attention to Beijing’s documented efforts to extend its repressive reach beyond China’s borders and target Tibetans, Uyghurs and other exiled communities.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 30 Sept: A bipartisan US congressional delegation has seen no specific response from Beijing to Washington’s efforts to encourage dialogue between the Chinese government and representatives of the Tibetan people, Congressman Brian Mast said Wednesday.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 29 Sept: A Tibetan Canadian activist has petitioned Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, urging the Canadian government to raise the self-immolation of Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen at the United Nations and strengthen its support for human rights in Tibet.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 25 Sept: More than 2,000 Tibetans from across North America, along with Uyghurs, Southern Mongolians, Hong Kongers, Taiwanese and Chinese democracy activists, took to the streets of Washington, D.C., on Thursday to protest Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US capital.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 24 Sept: Tibetan activists staged multiple demonstrations in Washington, DC, on Wednesday against Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US, with pro-China demonstrators attempting to block Tibetan banners and flags along his motorcade route and confronting protesters outside the US Capitol.

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.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 25 August: High-stakes border negotiations are currently underway in Beijing between Indian and Chinese special representatives, with no official updates on the meeting’s contents yet as the discussions continue. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval arrived in the Chinese capital for the 25th round of the Special Representatives (SR) talks, co-chaired with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 24 August: India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are set to hold the 25th round of talks under the Special Representatives mechanism in Beijing on Tuesday, according to media reports, as New Delhi and Beijing seek to stabilise bilateral ties ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to New Delhi for the BRICS Summit in September.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 18 August: Chinese authorities in Chengdu are reportedly extending their scrutiny of religious belief into public institutions, with a public hospital requiring all employees to disclose their religious affiliations and schools collecting information on the religious backgrounds of students and their parents, according to leaked documents and accounts reported by The Epoch Times.

By Tenzin Chokyi

DHARAMSALA, 12 August: A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced legislation aimed at ensuring American support for Tibet continues beyond the lifetime of the 14th Dalai Lama, by strengthening Washington’s relationship with the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and its democratically elected leadership.