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In a closed-door meeting that reeked more of imperial theatre than spiritual dialogue, Xi Jinping met with Gyaltsen Norbu, the Chinese Communist Party’s handpicked "Panchen Lama" on June 6, 2025, inside the iron-clad walls of Zhongnanhai. The message was clear: Tibetan Buddhism will bow or it will break.

On June 16, 2025, Chinese authorities sentenced Sherab, the abbot of Yena Monastery, to four years in prison. Gonpo, the monastery’s chief administrator, received a three-year sentence. Both men were charged for leading peaceful protests against the construction of the massive Gangtuo hydropower dam project a part of China’s 13-dam cascade planned for the upper reaches of the Drichu.

In the early hours of January 27, residents on the eastern outskirts of Beijing shared videos showing substantial People’s Liberation Army formations moving along routes toward the capital, particularly from the Tongzhou direction.

In a deeply troubling escalation of China's campaign against Tibetan culture, authorities in the so-called Ngaba Prefecture have forcibly removed young monks from the Taktsang Lhamo Monastic School. These children, many of whom had dedicated themselves to studying Tibetan language, spirituality, and culture, are being transferred to state-run schools, where education is heavily filtered to promote loyalty to Beijing. This action highlights yet another stark assault on Tibet's linguistic and cultural heritage under the guise of “educational integration.”

A Tibetan source from inside Tibet revealed that following the dismantling of the school at Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery last year, the government appointed surveillance personnel to monitor monastic activities closely. Even the presence of small children within the monastery premises triggers immediate questioning and follow-ups to identify the #monks sheltering them. Individuals found harboring children face interrogation and detainment. Moreover, new #monk enrollments at Ngaba Kirti Monastery now require stringent approvals from both prefecture and county-level authorities, reflecting the intensifying suppression of Tibetan monastic education.

On June 20, 2024, 30 young activists from Tibetan, Uyghur, Taiwanese, and Hong Kong communities gathered in Taiwan to form a cross-movement alliance. Participants included Chemi Lhamo and Tsela Zoksang from Students for a Free Tibet (SFT), Athena Tong, a Hong Kong scholar, Jeffery Ngo from the Hong Kong Democracy Council, and Kavsar Kurbash, a Uyghur youth activist from Switzerland.

On November 12, 1944, the Second East Turkestan Republic (ETR) was proclaimed in the “Three Districts” of northern East Turkestan. A brief but powerful assertion of self-determination by the region’s Turkic peoples. Though its lifespan was short, it symbolized the enduring struggle of Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyz to exist as free nations on their own land. That hope was extinguished when the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) conquered and annexed East Turkestan in 1949. What followed was not modernization but a colonial occupation, systematically eroding the region’s cultures, ecosystems, and autonomy. The CCP’s so-called “development” has amounted to a slow-motion annihilation of people, environment, and identity hidden behind slogans of prosperity and unity.

In a decisive message delivered to the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama affirmed that the sacred institution of the Dalai Lama will continue. In a pre-recorded video, the spiritual leader declared that the recognition of his next reincarnation will be carried out exclusively by the Gaden Phodrang Trust, the spiritual office he established. With this announcement, His Holiness has laid to rest years of speculation and firmly placed the future of the Dalai Lama lineage in the hands of Tibetans, untainted by political interference.

Recent developments have intensified tensions between Panama and China, primarily due to Panama's decision to distance itself from China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) under U.S. pressure. The move signals a significant shift in Panama’s foreign policy, aligning more closely with American interests and raising concerns about the broader geopolitical implications in the region.