Dalai Lama

The CCP’s religious and cultural repression on the Tibetan Plateau is also feeding an ecological crisis. The response from the world has been a deafening silence. 

“There is nothing like the Tibet card. And it would be deeply offensive to the Tibetans to think they are mere pawns on the diplomatic chessboard.”

The Panchen Lamas and Dalai Lamas consider themselves “spiritual friends,” but the relationship between the two figures and their communities has hardly been smooth. 

The meeting comes close on the heels of the U.S. Congress passing the Resolve Tibet Act.

The latest smear campaign succeeded beyond China’s wildest dreams by playing into Western ignorance about Tibetan culture – and self-righteous “cancel culture” on social media.

All eyes will be on the conference at New Delhi on April 20-21. Will the Dalai Lama attend?

His move, which adds a twist to the Tibetan power struggle with China, will have to be endorsed by the Mongolian clergy for broader acceptance.

Its charge d’affaires in Colombo raced to Kandy to warn a top Buddhist monk of damage to bilateral relations if the Tibetan leader visited the island.

Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a tense standoff along their disputed border in Ladakh since 2020.

This may impress his fans at home. But will it frighten the Chinese?

The CCP’s strategy for consolidating control over Tibet centers on “sinicizing” Tibetan Buddhism.

In addition to a U.S. under secretary of state, a former Japanese prime minister was also in attendance.

It is impossible to understand the transformation of a population into a political “card” without understanding Tibet’s early 20th century.

In 1995, Chinese authorities took a 6-year-old Tibetan child, identified as the Panchen Lama reincarnate, from his home. He hasn’t been seen since.

Dalai Lama says it is possible that his successor might be found in India.

Tibetan separatists may see a new wave of enthusiasm amid great power competition.

Takster tells a story of modern China: lingering poverty, resurgent Han nationalism, and persecuted minorities.

Scenes from Mcleodganj, also known as “Little Lhasa,” the Dalai Lama's home-in-exile.

Is India sacrificing Tibet to improve a frosty relationship with China?

Issues to consider while waiting for the Sino-Tibetan ‘Godot’.

A leaderless liberal West seems increasingly willing to defer to China, even if it compromises liberal values at home.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama just concluded a trip to China as well as to India and France.

Authoritarian rule in China poses a growing threat to democracy elsewhere.

The “roof of the world” spans not only the Tibetan Autonomous Region but parts of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan.