Story Archive
2019-04-23
The community leaders had mobilized village support to demand the return of land taken for use by three brick companies.
2019-04-19
Walls and checkpoints meanwhile block unauthorized entry as China restricts growth at the popular Tibetan Buddhist study center in Sichuan.
2019-04-16
Sonam had written about declining opportunities for Tibetans in his civil service exam.
2019-04-12
Meanwhile, Sogkar Lodroe, another former prisoner, is sentenced to a further 18 years in jail for staging a video protest calling for world peace.
2019-04-11
China claims the right to choose the next Dalai Lama, but he says he will be born again outside Beijing's control.
2019-04-09
Tibetan officials working for China's ruling Communist Party tell them this is the best way to practice their faith.
2019-04-04
Twelve families resisting orders to relocate are evicted and taken away in a buses by Chinese police.
2019-03-26
China dismisses the report as ‘full of bias,’ and an interference in its internal affairs.
2019-03-25
Rongwo monastery on full lockdown as police take precautions against potential protests during the ‘sensitive month of March.’
2019-03-14
Buskers are banned from performing in the streets and hotel guests are under strict surveillance.
2019-03-13
Tibetan villagers must memorize Chinese leaders' names, defend Chinese policies to receive poverty relief.
2019-03-07
Police are deployed in the villages and towns to watch residents' movements in advance of a politically sensitive anniversary.
2019-03-06
Social media chat groups are watched, and travel in one county is banned, with residents ordered to remain in their homes on March 10.
2019-03-04
March 10 and 14 mark the dates of Tibetan uprisings against rule by Beijing, leaving Chinese authorities wary of protests.
2019-02-22
The trend affects not just Tibet but other Tibetan areas of China, sources in the region say.
2019-02-14
Run under paramilitary supervision, the camp will train cadres sent out across Tibet to monitor Tibetans' loyalty to Beijing.
2019-02-08
Government speeches, travel restrictions, and heavy police presence create an atmosphere of intimidation, sources say.
2019-01-30
Chinese authorities fear reinforcement of Tibetan national and cultural identity in the younger generation, sources say.
2019-01-28
Tashi Wangchuk was given a five-year prison term for peacefully promoting the use of his native language in Tibetan areas of China.
2019-01-28
But Chinese fishermen caught fishing illegally in the lake are usually released, local sources say.
2019-01-23
They are lured by promises of government help, but find life difficult in their new homes, local sources say.
2019-01-10
Even courses in Tibetan medicine and ethnic studies are now taught only in Chinese, sources at the school say.
2019-01-04
The order issued in Lhoka Tsethang city bans enrollment in workshops and religious classes, sources say.
