New more restrictive regulations came into force this month.
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Tibet’s New College Admission Rules: No University for Dalai Lama Supporters
Candidates will be examined for their “ideological and political morality.” “Separatists” and those involved in “illegal” religion will be excluded.
Tibetan Self-Immolations: An Old Man, a Singer—and a Woman Is in Jail for Talking About the Incidents
After pop singer Tsewang Norbu, 81-year-old Taphun self-immolated. Nozin Wangmo was jailed for discussing the issue.
Tashi Wangchuk Interrogated and Threatened Again
Freed in 2021 after five years in jail, the Tibetan activist from Kham is again harassed and threatened by the police.
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche: Statue Removed, Relatives Arrested
Fifteen years after the suspicious death in jail of the charismatic Buddhist monk from Kham, the CCP is still afraid of him.
Megastatue of Buddha Destroyed in Sichuan
In Luhuo (Drakgo) a 30-meter-tall statue and its 45 prayer wheels were demolished, generating widespread protests.
Tibetan Dissident Dhi Lhaden Sentenced to 4 Years in Jail
Former monk and popular author from Amdo was accused of “disrupting social order.”
“Xizang”: China Is Stealing from Tibet Even Its Name
The first act of the new CCP boss in Tibet is to implement plans to refer to the region in English with a different denomination.
Wang Junzheng, “Butcher of Xinjiang,” Becomes Party Secretary of Tibet
The bureaucrat responsible for several re-education camps and Uyghur forced labor has been called to apply his repressive methods on Tibetans.
Puning Temple: Why Xi Jinping Celebrated a Genocide
The Chinese president visited the complex built by the Qianlong Emperor to commemorate his 18th-century extermination of 650,000 Dzungar Buddhists.
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