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...
At 90, the Dalai Lama Remains the Voice Beijing Cannot Silence
OPINION
China’s continuous strengthening of its decades-long crackdown on monasteries, language, schools and public gatherings in Tibet means that its persistent, often murky and disturbing,...
Why I Oppose the Independence Route
OPINION
While it seems to make no difference to China whether Tibetans are seeking autonomy or campaigning for independence for their occupied homeland, Tseten Lhundup*...