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China denies accusations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom in Tibet

A government official from China’s Tibetan region has rejected allegations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom, while stressing that Tibetan Buddhism should adapt to the Chinese context

The Independent UK

From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage

Many people see death as a rite of a passage: a journey to some new place, or a threshold between two kinds of being. Zoroastrians believe that there is a bridge of judgment that each person who dies must cross; depending on deeds done during life, the bridge takes the…

The Conversation

China shows off a Tibetan boarding school that's part of a system some see as forced assimilation

Village schools have been shuttered across China's Tibet and replaced with centralized boarding schools that critics say represents forced assimilation

The Independent UK

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Watch | The dilemma over the next Dalai Lama

Who will succeed the 14th Dalai Lama? How will it impact the future of the Tibetan movement?

The Hindu

From Nepal to Tibet: Eight warming dishes from the coldest places on earth

Where better to seek inspiration for autumn cooking than some of the coldest places on the planet, from Nepal to Tibet? Hannah Twiggs shares eight recipes to keep you warm as the weather cools

The Independent UK

US mountaineer and guide killed in avalanche in Tibet

Another American remains missing after the horror avalanche hit

The Independent UK

American mountaineer, local guide dead after avalanches hit Tibetan mountain. Two others are missing

Chinese media reports have confirmed American mountaineer Anna Gutu and a Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa died after avalanches struck the slopes of the Tibetan mountain Shishapangma while two others remain missing

The Independent UK

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Back-channel talks with China exist, but there is little progress: Tibetan leader

In an interview to The Hindu, Sikyong Penpa Tsering said that the CTA backs the Dalai Lama’s call for the “Middle Way” that demands more autonomy from China, but not independence

The Hindu

Tibetans want more autonomy, not freedom or political separation from China: Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama reiterates call for autonomy, not separation from China. Wishes to revisit Lhasa but prefers to live in Dharamshala. China rejects remarks, accuses him of being a “splittist”. Dalai Lama open to talks with China, but wants to remain in India. He will travel to Sikkim, Karnataka, Bodh Gaya…

The Hindu

Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo Sets EV Altitude Record At 17,569 Feet

A Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo has set a new altitude record for an electric vehicle by climbing one of the world's highest highways in Tibet.

InsideEVs

How hole in ozone layer affected summer rainfall in Tibet

Study shows increase and decrease in rain linked to changes in ozone levels in upper atmosphere

The Guardian - UK

Australia to roll out new south-east Asia trade strategy to hedge against China

Anthony Albanese is expected to announce the new economic blueprint during his trip to the Indonesian capital Jakarta

The Guardian - AU

Trade negotiations are appallingly opaque

Discussions with India are into their 12th round and neither the public nor parliament has seen a word of the conclusions

The Guardian - UK

China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?

The US has taken a public stand over China’s crimes against humanity. In Beijing this week, the UK foreign secretary should do the same and shame his hosts

The Guardian - UK

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US imposes new China visa curbs over alleged ‘forced assimilation’ in Tibet

Experts have said about 1 million Tibetan children were being separated from their families at state boarding schools.

The Guardian - UK

Satellite data sheds light on China’s detention facilities in Tibet

Exclusive: China appears to have expanded use of high-security prisons as tool of repression in Tibet, researchers say

The Hindu

China protests Dalai Lama meeting with visiting U.S. officials

Last week, Ms. Zeya attended birthday celebrations for the Dalai Lama’s 88th birthday, organised by the “Office of Tibet in Washington” as well. Read more on The Hindu

Al Jazeera

‘I wanted vengeance’: Tibet’s last resistance fighter

Tibet was communist China’s first conquest and now, Tibetans are working to tell the story of how they resisted Beijing.

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Tibet’s Dalai Lama marks 88th birthday, prays for world peace

Birthday celebration held in India’s Dharamsala where the Dalai Lama has lived in exile for decades after fleeing Tibet.

The Independent UK

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama celebrates 88th birthday

The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, is celebrating his 88th birthday at his hillside Indian headquarters in Dharamsala

The Hindu

India, China ramp up infra on north bank of Pangong Tso lake

Three years after the violent clash between Indian and Chinese forces in Galwan followed by tanks facing each other around the Pangong Tso — a lake spanning eastern Ladakh and western Tibet — there is hectic activity in the area from both sides. While China is rushing to complete a…

The Independent UK

Asia’s tallest known tree found hidden in Tibet

335-foot-tall tree found in region with one of the highest height and distribution density of giant trees

AAP

'Stolen generation': Tibet's fight to preserve culture

Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering says the situation there resembles George Orwell's 1984 where citizens have been surveilled and culture has been suppressed.

The Guardian - AU

Politicians dress up for Canberra’s night of nights – as it happened

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The Week

A cruise on the mighty Brahmaputra river in India

From its source in Tibet, the Brahmaputra river flows through northeast India to Bangladesh, merging there with its equally mighty sister, the Ganges, and draining into the Bay of Bengal. A cruise along its Indian stretch on the “elegant” 18-cabin river boat Charaidew II is a delight, says Sophy Roberts…

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