Flash floods devastate Nepal-Tibet border communities
The disaster also struck a major travel and trade route. Many of those missing were travelling toward Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred pilgrimage destination for Hindus. Nepal’s energy ministry said 430 megawatts of electricity supply more than 12% of the country’s 3.2-gigawatt hydropower capacity had been affected.
Tibetan Homes and Shops Reportedly Demolished in Nyingchi as Heavy Security Deployed
Chinese authorities in Nyingchi-Tibet are reportedly carrying out the demolition of dozens of Tibetan-owned homes and shops in Mirui, Bayi District, amid local opposition and a substantial deployment of security personnel.
A Railway Across the Roof of the World But at What Cost?
A railway is not merely two steel tracks. It requires roads, tunnels, bridges, worker settlements, electricity lines, quarries, spoil dumps and maintenance facilities. Temporary roads can become permanent scars. Excavated material can obstruct streams, while blasting destabilises slopes and construction traffic introduces dust, noise, waste and chemical pollution into an environment where recovery is exceptionally slow.
Nepal Cancels International Tibetan Studies Conference After Reported Chinese Pressure
Nepal has cancelled a major international conference on Tibetan studies that had been in preparation for four years, reportedly after sustained diplomatic pressure from China.
China Reportedly Pressures India to Restrict Tibetan and Independent Media at BRICS Summit
the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi urged India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to deny accreditation to Tibetan exile media, journalists covering Tibet, and media organizations associated with the Falun Gong movement for the summit scheduled on September 12–13.
China’s Secret Surveillance Machine Exposes the True Scale of Digital Authoritarianism
The leaked system, reportedly known as the Dynamic Management and Control Platform for Foreigners, was developed for a Public Security Bureau in Hebei Province. Cybersecurity researchers discovered the platform exposed online with real operational data instead of demonstration material.
U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern Joins Vigil Honouring Tibetan Self-Immolation at the United Nations
U.S. Representative Jim McGovern, Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and one of the longest-serving supporters of the Tibetan cause in the U.S. Congress, joined members of the Tibetan community at the United Nations headquarters in New York to honour the memory of Loga Sangpo following his self-immolation on July 26.
Beijing’s Long Shadow Reaches Kathmandu: China Seeks to Police Tibetan Scholarship Beyond Its Borders
As Nepal prepares to host one of the world's most important gatherings of Tibetan scholars, Beijing has once again demonstrated that, for the Chinese Communist Party, even the academic study of Tibet has become a political battlefield.
China’s Military Classrooms Come to Tibet: Children in Nyingtri Drawn Deeper into Beijing’s Machinery...
The children attending the Nyingtri Summer Youth Military Camp are too young to understand the larger political forces surrounding them. Yet the lessons they receive today through drills, patriotic ceremonies, revolutionary narratives and military symbolism may shape how they view themselves and their homeland for decades to come.
China’s Economy Stumbles to Its Weakest Growth Since 2022 as Structural Fault Lines Deepen
For years, the Chinese Communist Party has portrayed China as an unstoppable economic engine capable of weathering every global crisis. Yet the latest figures reveal a more fragile reality.