(TibetanReview.net, Aug12’20) – In an apparent bid to browbeat India into succumbing on the Ladakh border issue, China said Aug 11 that it had recently held live-fire drills in a high-elevation region in the Himalayas, where some of the PLA’s latest tactical weapons for mountain warfare, including a new 122-millimeter […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug12’20) – China says it is stepping up efforts to relocate Tibetans to the border with India and Bhutan and developing infrastructure there to boost both national security and quality of life, reported China’s party mouthpiece globaltimes.cn Aug 11, citing residents and officials. It has called the resettlement voluntary, […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug07’20) – PEN America has expressed alarms over China’s domineering influence over the film industry in the USA, noting that Hollywood studios that once spotlighted the Tibetan cause now censor their movies to appease the Chinese government which holds major sway over their profitability. The report, Made in Hollywood, […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug07’20) – The Chinese government “systematically impeded travel to the [Tibet] Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan areas outside the TAR for US diplomats and officials, journalists, and tourists in 2019,” said the US State Department in its report for 2019 released on Aug 5. The report is mandated under […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug05’20) – The UN human rights system has, for the umpteenth time over the last more than 25 years, called on China to come clean on the 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Tibet’s second most prominent religious figure, whom it had disappeared in May 1995. Expressing concern over […]

(TibetanReview.net, Aug01’20) – A total of 5,800 people in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) had signed up for recruitment into the Chinese People’s Liberation Army as of Jul 29, reported China’s party mouthpiece globaltimes.cn Jul 30. The annual recruitment takes place around China’s Army Day of Aug 1. The report did […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’20) – Although restrained in its media and official comments on the ongoing Ladakh border faceoff with India, China has been conducting a series of military exercises in Tibet in recent times as its troops continue to stay put on the Indian side of the border in some areas […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’20) – Covid-19 cases in India have seen record sharp increases in recent days as the government further unlocked virus curbs in a bid to revive the economy while also working to increase testing. The country is to carry out a record 600,000 tests on Jul 31 and aims […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jul30’20) – In a rare incident of a Chinese cadre in Tibet being investigated for corruption, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported Jul 29 that a senior health official in Tibet Autonomous Region was under the scanner of the regional anti-graft authorities. Chinese or cadres of any ethnicity in […]

(TibetanReview.net, Jul28’20) – Despite ongoing military level talks over the Ladakh border faceoff, Indian satellite images as well as those procured from friendly countries show a large concentration of Chinese troops in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the use of possible tunnels to amass equipment, reported theprint.in Jul 27. The […]