China’s $168 Billion Himalayan Hydropower Ambition: Engineering Marvel or Human Gamble?
High in the eastern Himalayas, where the Yarlung Tsangpo snakes through jagged mountains, China is building what could become the world’s largest hydropower system. Valued at $168 billion, it promises unprecedented energy output but behind the engineering ambition lies a story of communities uprooted, ecosystems threatened, and regional tension simmering.
Tibetan Businessman Dorjee Tashi Repeatedly Assaulted in Prison Amid Politically Motivated Imprisonment
Dorjee Tashi, a 51-year-old Tibetan businessman and philanthropist, has endured repeated assaults while serving a life sentence in Lhasa’s Drapchi Prison (Tibet Autonomous Region Prison #1). According to credible reports, Chinese authorities have failed to protect Dorjee from these attacks and have instead used them as pretexts to restrict his access to family and legal counsel. Legal experts have long criticized the trial and sentencing process as fundamentally flawed and politically motivated.
China’s Villages Push Back: Land, Debt, and a Rising Rural Revolt
In a small temple in Lingao County, Hainan, villagers armed with buckets of rice faced off against police carrying riot shields and batons. Drums pounded, tension crackled, and chaos erupted. Some hurled rice, a traditional ritual meant to ward off evil, while others carried sacred artifacts on their shoulders, marching past the authorities in a defiant display of faith and resilience.
Tibet Under Siege: How the Chinese Communist Party Is Crushing Nomadic Life and the...
Tibetan environmental resistance is not extremism - it is the defense of life, land, and future generations. Nomads are not standing in the way of progress; they are protecting one of the planet’s most vital ecosystems from irreversible harm.
Militarizing the Sacred: How CCP Crackdowns Turn Tibet’s Ganden Ngamchoe into a Scene of...
This year, the Ganden Ngamchoe festival in Lhasa, a sacred observance marking the passing of Je Tsongkhapa, the revered founder of the Gelug school...
A‑Sang’s Rearrest by the CCP Highlights Risks for Tibetan Youth Engaging in Cultural Expression
According to newly confirmed sources, Tibetan singer A‑Sang, a young artist in his 20s from Kashul village in Barma Township, Ngaba (Aba) County in Sichuan was rearrested in August 2025 shortly after an earlier release.
China Plays the Victim at the UN After Weeks of Threats to Japan
On 7 November, in the Japanese Diet, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was asked what Japan would do if China used force against Taiwan or tried to cut off the sea lanes around it. Calmly, she gave an answer grounded in existing Japanese law: such a scenario could amount to an “existential crisis” for Japan under its 2015 security legislation, opening the door to collective self-defense alongside allies. It wasn’t a war cry. It was a sober recognition of geography and reality—if Taiwan burns, Japan chokes.
The Global Rare Earth Rush Is Poisoning Asia’s Rivers And China’s Exploitation of Tibet’s...
Tibet, the source of Asia’s greatest rivers, is under unprecedented ecological strain. As the world races to secure rare earths and strategic minerals, the exploitation of Tibet’s environment threatens to destabilize water security far beyond its borders.
Arunachal Woman Alleges Harassment at Shanghai Airport, Says Officials Called Her Passport “Invalid”
A routine transit stop turned into an 18-hour nightmare for an Arunachal Pradesh–born Indian woman after Chinese immigration officers at Shanghai Pudong Airport allegedly declared her Indian passport “invalid”. India responds.
Chinese scientists have published simulation studies examining whether the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could disrupt or block Starlink communication signals over Taiwan. Conducted by a team at the Beijing Institute of Technology, the research focuses on the challenges posed by Starlink’s fast-moving satellites, which continuously shift their signals between ground receivers. According to the study, it is technically possible to interfere with Starlink across Taiwan, but doing so would require a massive effort.