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US imposes new China visa curbs over alleged ‘forced assimilation’ in Tibet

Experts have said about 1 million Tibetan children were being separated from their families at state boarding schools.

Al Jazeera

Satellite data sheds light on China’s detention facilities in Tibet

Exclusive: China appears to have expanded use of high-security prisons as tool of repression in Tibet, researchers say

The Guardian - UK

China protests Dalai Lama meeting with visiting U.S. officials

Last week, Ms. Zeya attended birthday celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 88th birthday, organised by the “Office of Tibet in Washington” as well. Read more on The Hindu

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‘I wanted vengeance’: Tibet’s last resistance fighter

Tibet was communist China’s first conquest and now, Tibetans are working to tell the story of how they resisted Beijing.

Al Jazeera

Tibet’s Dalai Lama marks 88th birthday, prays for world peace

Birthday celebration held in India’s Dharamsala where the Dalai Lama has lived in exile for decades after fleeing Tibet.

Al Jazeera

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama celebrates 88th birthday

The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, is celebrating his 88th birthday at his hillside Indian headquarters in Dharamsala

The Independent UK

India, China ramp up infra on north bank of Pangong Tso lake

Three years after the violent clash between Indian and Chinese forces in Galwan followed by tanks facing each other around the Pangong Tso — a lake spanning eastern Ladakh and western Tibet — there is hectic activity in the area from both sides. While China is rushing to complete a…

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Asia’s tallest known tree found hidden in Tibet

335-foot-tall tree found in region with one of the highest height and distribution density of giant trees

The Independent UK

'Stolen generation': Tibet's fight to preserve culture

Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering says the situation there resembles George Orwell's 1984 where citizens have been surveilled and culture has been suppressed.

AAP

Politicians dress up for Canberra’s night of nights – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

A cruise on the mighty Brahmaputra river in India

From its source in Tibet, the Brahmaputra river flows through northeast India to Bangladesh, merging there with its equally mighty sister, the Ganges, and draining into the Bay of Bengal. A cruise along its Indian stretch on the “elegant” 18-cabin river boat Charaidew II is a delight, says Sophy Roberts…

The Week

Succession on the Tibetan plateau: what's at stake in the battle over the Dalai Lama's reincarnation?

In China, a group of atheists (the Chinese Communist Party) has long dictated how the country’s religious groups should practice their faiths.

The Conversation

China's Xi calls for 'new socialist Tibet' - Xinhua

China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on Tibet to build a prosperous, harmonious and "new socialist Tibet" underpinned by unity and civility, days after Group of Seven (G7) nations expressed concern over human rights in the region.

Reuters

With the Death of Pema Tseden, Tibetan Cinema Just Lost Its Most Iconic Director

With his death, Tibet has lost a voice that spoke with great humanity through images and words about the challenges and hardships of being Tibetan in 21st-century China.

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No visible encroachment by China since 1962: Arunachal Pradesh BJP team

The Arunachal Pradesh stretch of the LAC separating India from the Tibetan region controlled by China is 1,129 km. Beijing disputes the border, claiming some 90,000 sq. km of Arunachal Pradesh as its territory.

Newslaundry

Hafta letters: Gender, pronunciations, Dalai Lama, Karnataka election coverage

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WEKU

A Seattle professor died during a climb up Mount Everest

The U.S. citizen did not die from a climbing-related accident or inclement weather, his group said. Mount Everest, located across Nepal and Tibet, is the world's highest point above sea level.

The Week

Trip of the week: a road trip through Pakistan’s high peaks

Located at the western end of the Himalayas and the northern tip of Pakistan, the region of Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the world’s most impenetrable natural citadels. It also has “an extraordinarily rich cultural landscape”, says Sam Dalrymple in Condé Nast Traveller, having often resisted conquest by neighbouring empires, while…

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The Guardian - UK

Never Forget Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Untold Story review – soft-focus documentary on spiritual leader

The Dalai Lama recalls his escape from Tibet in this rare but rambling interview

Reuters

Dalai Lama 'unfairly labelled' over tongue video - Tibet govt-in-exile

The head of Tibet's government-in-exile on Thursday defended the Dalai Lama over footage of him asking a boy to suck his tongue, saying the incident had demonstrated the country's spiritual leader's innocent and affectionate side.

The Week

Dalai Lama tongue controversy: playful joke or ‘abusive’?

Viral footage showing the Dalai Lama kissing a boy on the lips and asking him to “suck my tongue” has triggered a war of words between outraged critics and the Tibetan spiritual leader’s supporters.

The Conversation

How milk tamed the Third Pole: research reveals a 3,500-year history of dairy consumption on the Tibetan Plateau

It’s not called the Third Pole for nothing. The Tibetan Plateau forms the major portion of a vast upland area of ice and glaciers that covers some 100,000 square kilometres of Earth’s surface.

Inverse

This Ancient Beverage Helped Tibetans Thrive On The “Roof of The World”

A new study has found that dairy farming on the Tibetan Plateau dates back to 3,500 years ago, helping ancient humans thrive in the most harshest environments.

The Independent UK

Dalai Lama apologizes after video shows him kissing boy

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has apologized after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered criticism

Daily Mirror

Dalai Lama apologises after viral video shows him asking little boy to 'suck my tongue'

The strange video shows the most senior spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism asking a boy to "suck my tongue" during an event in northern India's hillside city of Dharamshala back in February

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