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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 13h

Exile Tibetans to vote on Feb 1, Apr 26 to elect new leaders for next five years
#Tibet #TibetVote2026
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Exile Tibetans to vote on Feb 1, Apr 26 to elect new leaders for next five years - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – The Election Commission of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) announced at a press conference in Dharamshala, India, Oct 7 morning that voting for the election of...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 13h

Nearly 900 hikers and local guides stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt. Everest County and 251 people trapped in the Dola Ringmo Mountains were safely evacuated.
#Tibet #MtEverest #Rescue
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All blizzard-stranded hikers, guides and porters at Mt Everest, Qilian Mountains rescued - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct08’25) – All the nearly 900 hikers and local hiking service personnel stranded by heavy snowfall in Tibet’s Mt Everest County of Dingri County, Shigatse City, emerged safely by ...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 1d

Ahead of COP30, Stockholm paper raises alarm over lack of global climate diplomacy on environmental devastation in #Tibet
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Ahead of COP30, Stockholm paper raises alarm over lack of global climate diplomacy on environmental devastation in Tibet - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct07’25) – China has transformed the Tibetan Plateau, one of the world’s most fragile environments, into a zone of extreme ecological stress under its state‑centric model of infra...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 1d

On Oct 7, 1950, #China invaded #Tibet, reshaping Asia’s geopolitics. Today, Beijing enforces mass surveillance and cultural erasure. Yet the Tibetan spirit remains unyielding, writes Aritra Banerjee.
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October 7, 1950: The Day Tibet Lost Its Freedom - Tibetan Review

OPINION China’s Oct 7, 1950, start of the invasion of Tibet changed the geopolitics of Asia and Beijing has now turned the territory into a living laboratory of surveillance while seeking to raise an ...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 2d

Nearly 1,000 people have been trapped by a #blizzard at campsites on Tibet’s eastern slopes of #MtEverest, blocking roads. Around 350 people were guided to safety, with rescuers in contact with 200 others.
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One dead in Qinghai, hundreds still trapped on Mt Everest slopes in Tibet due to blizzard - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct06’25) – Nearly 1,000 people have been trapped by a blizzard at campsites on Tibet’s eastern slopes of Mount Everest, blocking roads, following snowfall that began on Oct 3 even...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 4d

China’s communist party is avowedly atheist; but this has not stopped it from issuing a notice saying the “11th Panchen Lama” it has foisted on the Tibetan people will confer a Kalachakra empowerment for, among other purposes, the prosperity of the CCP.
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China’s Panchen to confer Kalachakra empowerment for prosperity of the party-state - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct04’25) – China’s communist party regime is avowedly atheist; but this has not stopped it from issuing a notice saying the “11th Panchen Lama” it has foisted on the Tibetan peopl...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 5d

China has launched a high-altitude UAV testing base in Tibet, citing civilian use—but its military edge is unmistakable amid ongoing border tensions with India.
#China #India #UAV #Geopolitics
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China opens new high altitude testing facility for enhanced UAV capabilities in Tibet - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct03’25) – Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a significant component of the weaponry in the arsenal of any country’s modern warfare, as could be seen in the recent and ongoing a...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 6d

As a record 12.2 million new college graduates compete for jobs in a tough economy & as youth #unemployment hovers close to 19%, #China is facing an online backlash for the new “K-visa” program to attract global talent to its workforce.
#KVISA
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China’s new ‘K-visa’ program seen as snub to its sea of graduate jobless youth - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct02’25) – As a record 12.2 million new college graduates compete for jobs in a tough economy and as youth unemployment hovers close to 19%, China is facing an online backlash for...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 7d

Landlocked #Bhutan wedged between #India and Chinese occupied #Tibet is to be connected by railway transport system for the first time following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with New Delhi.
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MoU signed for Bhutan-India railway network - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct01’25) – Landlocked Bhutan wedged between India and Chinese occupied Tibet is to be connected by railway transport system for the first time following the signing of a Memorandu...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 7d

India to counter China’s ‘water bomb’ dam in occupied Tibet with mega dam of its own
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India to counter China’s ‘water bomb’ dam in occupied Tibet with mega dam of its own - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Oct01’25) – India is to build in Arunachal Pradesh what would be its largest dam with a design to absorb any possible weaponized release of water from the world’s largest and poten...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 8d

Replacing the ‘Tibet’ terminology with those more acceptable to Chinese authorities undermines the rights of Tibetans to access & enjoy their cultural heritage and compromises their right to self-determination.
- Alexandra Xanthaki, UN cultural rights expert
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UN rights expert sees Paris museums’ censoring of ‘Tibet’ as violation of cultural rights, self-determination - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep30’25) – The move by two well-known museums in Paris last year to censor the name ‘Tibet’ by replacing it with terms preferred by or agreeable to China, was criticized earlier t...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 8d

China faces barrage of calls to improve its record in #Tibet etc at UN rights forum
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China faces barrage of calls to improve its record in Tibet etc at UN rights forum - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep30’25) – Statements delivered at the ongoing, 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, by a number of democratic countries reflect a broad and unified call from the ...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 8d

President Xi sees religious crackdown as only way for ethnic, social harmony
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President Xi sees religious crackdown as only way for ethnic, social harmony - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep30’25) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has on Sep 29 called for further enactment of law and regulation, as well as stricter law enforcement for religious affairs in a push to si...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 9d

China begins #lithium production from two Salt Lake mines in #Tibet, sparking scrutiny over its environmental stance—especially after Arc’teryx and artist Cai Guoqiang launched a 3,000m ‘rising dragon’ fireworks display over the Himalayas.
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China begins producing lithium from two major Tibet mines - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep29’25) – China said Sep 28 that it had commenced producing lithium from two major salt lake mines in Tibet as questions about the genuineness of its claimed commitment to enviro...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 10d

Challenging the Chinese art of manufacturing history of convenience, a book that convincingly exposes all those narratives which #China is using as a weapon to make world accept its colonial occupation of #Tibet as it ‘internal matters.’
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DEMOLISHING CHINESE NARRATIVES ON TIBET– BRICK BY BRICK - Tibetan Review

BOOK REVIEW Challenging the Chinese art of manufacturing history of convenience, a book that convincingly exposes all those narratives which China is using as a weapon to make world accept its colonia...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 11d

Shongka blames China’s double standard in enforcing laws for the now much-criticized ‘Rising Dragon’ fireworks publicity stunt that has created a possibly irreversible environmental mess in Tibetan Himalayas’ #Gyantse county.
#Tibet #CaiGuoQiang #ArcTeryx
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Mt Everest ‘Rising Dragon’ Ad-stunt mocks China’s environment protection claims - Tibetan Review

OPINION Shongka* blames China’s double standard in enforcing laws for the now much-criticized ‘Rising Dragon’ fireworks publicity stunt that has created a possibly irreversible environmental mess in T...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 13d

#Australia has expressed concern over continuing reports of #humanrights violations in #Tibet including China’s interference in the recognition of reincarnation of His Holiness the #DalaiLama at the ongoing UN human rights forum in Geneva.
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Australia criticizes China at UN forum for its Dalai Lama succession meddling - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep25’25) – Australia has on Sep 23 expressed concern over continuing reports of human rights violations in Tibet including China’s interference in the recognition of reincarnation...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 13d

For Tibetans, this spectacle was not beautiful. It was desecration.
— Tenzin Jigmey
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#Tibet #CaiGuoQiang #ArcTeryx #Himalayas #Fireworks #Gyantse
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Fireworks of Occupation: Arc’teryx and Cai Guo-Qiang’s Desecration of Tibet - Tibetan Review

LETTER TO THE EDITOR (TibetanReview.net, Sep23’25) Last week, the Canadian outdoor brand Arc’teryx, now owned by Chinese sportswear giant Anta, joined hands with Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang to stage ...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 14d

Wangpo Tethong, in his review of The Politics of Sorrow, urges Tibetan youth to confront the regionally rooted tensions in exile politics with open minds—reminding us that unity can't replace honest reckoning with our shared past.
#ThePoliticsOfSorrow
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Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Politics of Sorrow: Unity and Allegiance Across Tibetan Exile, New York, 2025 - Tibetan Review

Reviewing Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s ‘The Politics of Sorrow’, Wangpo Tethong* asks the Tibetan youth to adopt an open mind in making sense of the bitter, regionally rooted disputes that continue to shap...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 15d

Arc’teryx’s Gyantse fireworks seen as devastating to Tibetan Himalayas’ wildlife
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Arc'teryx’s Gyantse fireworks seen as devastating to Tibetan Himalayas’ wildlife - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep23’25) – In deepening trouble for the Chinese-owned Canadian outdoor brand Arc’teryx and the famed visual artist Cai Guoqiang, the China Small Animal Protection Association has ...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 15d

#ZhangYadi, a Chinese student who studied in #France & advocated for Tibetan rights, was detained by Chinese authorities for promoting dialogue to address the #Tibet issue. According to @hrw.org, she now faces potential charges of separatism.
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Rights group fears overseas Chinese student advocating Tibet dialogue held for separatism - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep23’25) – For advocating dialogue to resolve the issue of Tibet, China has detained an overseas Chinese student while visiting home in July this year and she may now be convicted...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 16d

“Ascending Dragon” fireworks lit up #Tibet at 5,500m—Arc’teryx & Cai Guo-Qiang’s stunt sparked online fury over environmental damage. After backlash, #China launches probe into the Shigatse spectacle.
#ArcTeryx #CaiGuoQiang #Himalayas
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Online backlash prompts investigation of massive Shigatse fireworks publicity stunt due to environmental fears - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep22’25) – Preparations for the environmentally destructive fireworks took more than a week, encompassed a mountainous path of 3,000 metres over a 5,000-meter altitude, involved e...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 17d

Asian #Buddhist leaders & followers declared Dalai Lama “The Universal Supreme Patriarch of the Buddhist World” during a long-life prayer ceremony marking his 90th birthday. Over 1,000 devotees from Korea, Southeast Asia, and Tibet attended.
#DalaiLama90
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Devotees from 11 Asian countries offer long-life prayers, cultural show tributes to Dalai Lama - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep21’25) – An Assembly of Asian Buddhist Leaders and followers that took place in Dharamshala on Sep 20 unanimously declared His Holiness the Dalai Lama ‘The Universal Supreme Pat...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 18d

Aritra Banerjee examines how Tibetans have made #democracy and non-violence central to their identity and resistance, contrasting the repression inside #Tibet with the democratic institutions established in exile.
#NonViolence #AritraBanerjee
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In Occupation’s Shadow, Democracy Becomes Tibet’s Weapon - Tibetan Review

OPINION Aritra Banerjee* examines how Tibetans have made democracy and non-violence central to their identity and resistance, contrasting the repression inside Tibet with the democratic institutions e...

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Tibetan Review @tibetanreview.bsky.social · 18d

China began building a UHV power line to send clean energy from controversial projects in occupied Tibet to the booming Greater Bay Area. It is not clear how much Tibet or Tibetans are going to benefit from it all.
#Tibet #China #Energy #UHV
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$7.5 billion Tibet-China powerline to replace 12 million tons of coal consumption - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Sep20’25) – It is not clear how much Tibet or Tibetans are going to benefit from it all, if at all, in real terms, but China has started building on Sep 16 an ultra-high voltage (U...

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