Tibet

Shutting down the U.S.-funded broadcaster will silence voices that are already suppressed by Asia's authoritarian regimes.

There is a veritable cottage industry of cultural production related to the Gesar epic.

Over-picking and climate change threaten the future of yartsa gunbu and the communities that have come to rely on income generated by the lucrative fungus.

New Delhi’s plan to rename sites in Tibet – a response to China’s own renaming blitz in Arunachal Pradesh – is “tantamount to India reopening the Tibetan question.”

The eastern Tibetan plateau, once largely untouched by industrial development, has been overtaken by dams, mining, and security forces.

The lack of knowledge and certainty surrounding Zhangzhung makes it ripe for exploitation and distortion, a revisionist’s dream.

For years, Chinese officials have attempted to rewrite history. Now 2 Congressmen say the U.S. should push back on the CCP’s distortion of history rather than abetting it. 

Religious diplomacy might be a sophisticated Kremlin foreign policy tactic, but it will never trump basic Russian foreign policy needs. 

Beijing should adopt a “middle way approach" that gives Tibetans autonomy, Penpa Tsering says.

When should we use the word “India,” and when should we use “South Asia”?

Talk of a “Tibet card” in India’s hands is not new, but is New Delhi likely to play it?

There are many strains of American thinking about China today.

History casts a long shadow in the Himalayas.

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima went missing at age 6, among with his family, shortly after being named the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995. 

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.

Or will the Tibet card remain buried in the deck?

How can Asian countries survive without Tibetan glaciers and water?

The Himalayas are a global center for linguistic diversity. But that diversity is at risk.

Modi plans to visit Arunachal Pradesh soon to send a signal to China to stop testing India over the northeastern state.

Mysterious murders, corruption, and the ghosts of history haunt the fictional Tibetan town of Yangkar.

Perhaps this is New Delhi’s way of holding its own against China.

Will the Tibetan leader's visit to Arunachal Pradesh escalate border tensions between India and China?

China's attempts to export its censorship and authoritarianism raise serious questions for all European countries.

In 1967, Choje Akong Rinpoche helped found the first Tibetan temple in the West.