Private lessons to improve the students’ skills in Tibetan have now been forbidden in favor of vacation homework in Mandarin and the study of Xi Jinping’s thought.
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibet, Sera Monastery Monk Persecuted to Death in Detention
38-year-old Losel was charged with sharing information about Tibet with foreigners, detained, and brutally beaten.
Tibet, Monk Sentenced to 18 Months for Sharing Dalai Lama Teachings on WeChat
Xiangba Qupei was punished for “divulging sensitive information”—in fact, thoughts of His Holiness.
Securing the Legacy: The Future of the Dalai Lama and Tibet. A Tibetan Point of View
To avoid Chinese maneuvers, the 14th Dalai Lama may consider self-emanating when he is still alive, i.e., appointing a successor and recognizing him as his “emanation.”
For Tibetans, There Is Now a “Xi Jinping Thought on Reincarnation”
Beijing insists it will not abandon its claim that, although officially atheistic, the Communist Party is entitled to control reincarnation of Tibetan Living Buddhas.
False Panchen Lama Mobilized to Promote “Three Consciousness” in Nagqu
The CCP-controlled Buddhist bureaucrat presided a symposium organized to support the campaign against the Dalai Lama and Xi Jinping’s notion of the “rule of law.”
China’s Anti-Religious-Freedom Policy: A Threat to World Peace and Stability
An analysis of the brutal repression of religion in Tibet and beyond, based on the author’s panel speech at the July 22 Tokyo’s International Religious Freedom Summit Asia.
“Strict Governance of Religion” Extends to Hui Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists
The United Front Work Department brings the campaign promoted among Christians to other religions.
Golog, Qinghai: After 30 Years, a Prestigious Tibetan School Is Liquidated
The Jigme Gyaltsen Nationalities Vocational High School was praised even by Communist authorities. But that it preserved Tibetan culture could not be tolerated.
Kora in New York: What the American Welcome to the Dalai Lama Means
Manhattan’s Park Hyatt, where His Holiness stayed until July 8, became a site of pilgrimage. There were political implications, too.