Transforming Tibetan Schooling in Exile from Within
OPINION
Professor Nawang Phuntsog* laments what he sees as the Central Tibetan Administration’s (CTA) seemingly lukewarm commitment to Tibetan schooling in exile and proposes a...
China’s New “Ethnic Unity” Regulations and the Future of Tibetan Identity: A Critical Examination of Cultural Assimilation, Language Policy, and State Power in Tibet
OPINION
Gyaltsen Choedak* says China’s Regulations on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which came into force on Jul 1, symbolize an ongoing struggle over language,...
Erasing Uyghur, Tibetan and Mongolian Languages and Cultures and Mandarin Supremacy
OPINION
Since language is inseparable from cultural and religious identity to the Uyghur, Tibetan, and Mongolian communities, China's requirement that they adopt Mandarin in school...
From Ama Drime to Artificial Intelligence: Tibet’s High-Purity Quartz Discovery and the New Global Resource Frontier
OPINION
Tenzin Jigmey* makes the point that while the recent discovery of potentially vast reserves of rare top quality quartz from southern Tibet is great...
‘This Land is My Land’ – Remembering Lhasang Tsering
Wangpo Tethong* remembers Lhasang Tsering, who passed away just recently, for the remarkably cool-headed manner in which he steered the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC)...
Free Tibet’s Classrooms: End Patriotic Drills, Restore Native Language Learning
OPINION
As the future of Tibet's cultural identity is increasingly being shaped not in monasteries or family homes, but inside classrooms where political indoctrination is...