(TibetanReview.net, Aug25, 2017) – Communist party members have been appointed to run what was once the world’s largest Tibetan Buddhist learning centre located in Serta (Chinese: Seda) County of Karze Prefecture, Sichuan Province, said Dharamsala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Aug 23. China’s official Globaltimes.cn Aug 24 cited […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug17, 2017) – Despite strong protests and criticisms from Tibetans as well as international human rights organizations and governments, besides at the UN, China has resumed its massive demolition work at the Yachen Gar Buddhist Centre in Palyul (Chinese: Baiyu) County of Karze (Ganzi) Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The demolition […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug16, 2017) – China says it had relocated 77,000 poor people in the Tibet Autonomous Region last year and moved 150,000 rural residents out of poverty. China has been accused in the past of relocating Tibetan farmers against their wishes and to new homes which were not necessarily better […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug13, 2017) – The population of permanent residents in the urban area of Tibet’s capital Lhasa should be limited within 500,000 by 2020, according to a 2009-2020 overall urban plan for Lhasa approved by the State Council, China’s cabinet. It was released by the State Council on its website […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug13, 2017) – The death toll from the 7-manitude (6.5 magnitude according to the US Geological Survey) which struck a remote Tibetan area in what is now part of China’s Sichuan Province on Aug 8 has risen to 24, reported China’s official Xinhua news agency Aug 12. Five people […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug10, 2017) – Nineteen people were killed, 263 injured and some 60,000 people, mostly tourists, evacuated following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake which struck a remote Tibetan area in what is now part of China’s Sichuan Province on Aug 8. The dead include eight tourists and two locals while the identities […]