EU calls on China to stop interfering in Dalai Lama’s succession, disclose 11th Panchen Lama’s fate, and release Tibetan prisoners of conscience.

Dharamsala: This morning, in the sultry pre-monsoon heat, His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove from his residence to the Tsuglagkhang, the main Tibetan Buddhist Temple, in a golfcart. Taking his seat before the throne, he joined several thousand people...

Speaking at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on May 13, former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said that democracies must remain united and that “Taiwan’s security is essential to regional stability and to defending democratic values amid mounting authoritarianism.”

From Tuesday to Wednesday last week, more than 142 participants, largely comprised of parliamentarians from 29 countries, took part in the World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT) in Tokyo. This was the ninth such convention, with the first one held in New Delhi in 1994.

Bhutan’s bold Gelephu project offers India a strategic opportunity—economic partnership, regional stability, and soft power near the sensitive China border. Most of the northeastern borders of India have been in focus due to the conflicts in Myanmar and the...

Allies must be found. Choices must be made. For dharma to act decisively, it must be an appropriate time too. MANIPAL: The question of why dharma, or righteousness, often seems slow to prevail has echoed through civilizations. For many,...

While Nehru’s vision of peaceful diplomacy was admirable, it failed to account for the ‘realpolitik’ of international relations. When Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, chose to recognize China’s sovereignty over Tibet in the 1950s, he likely believed he...

(TibetanReview.net, Jun14’25) – The Dalai Lama has on Jun 13 congratulated Mongolia’s new Prime Minister Zandanshatar Gombojav, recalling his several visits to the country since 1979 and the uniquely close historical ties the two sides shared. Zandanshatar was appointed...

(TibetanReview.net, Jun14’25) – As a part of its continuing campaign for the so-called Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism, China has kicked off on Jun 12 its 7th Tibetan Buddhism Doctrinal Interpretation Seminar in Tibet’s capital Lhasa. Given its objective, the...

During thorny human rights talks with China on Friday, the European Union voiced concerns about what it called a “deterioration of fundamental freedoms” in the country. The EU cited “government interference” in the succession plan for the Dalai Lama,...