The Lincoln in the Bardo author is back with another metaphysical tale. He discusses Buddhism, partisan politics and the terrifying flight that changed his lifeLike his first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, which won the Booker prize in 2017,...

Can China capture Taiwan’s President as the U.S. did with Maduro? Maybe not, judging from Beijing’s “anti-terrorism” operation of 2015 in the Uyghur region. The post America’s Maduro Operation and China’s Aksu Cave Operation: A Uyghur View first appeared...

Click to expand Image Family members and neighbor (far right) of Alimnur Turganbay, a Kazakhstan citizen detained in China, outside their house in Uzynagash village, located outside Almaty, Kazakhstan on August 4, 2025. © 2025 Chris Rickleton (London, January...

Canada was one of the first Western countries to recognize communist China, establishing ties in 1970 under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

Approval shortly before Keir Starmer’s trip to Beijing would come despite widespread concern among Labour MPsA vast new Chinese embassy complex in east London is almost certain to be formally approved next week despite renewed worries among Labour MPs...

As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and videos, sensitive...

Tibetan directors, who all live outside Tibet, deliver a quartet of films that explore the pain of separation and migrationThe wrench of exile is the theme of this quartet of short films from Tibetan directors, who themselves all live...

After an international conference celebrating the wisdom and poetry of Tsangyang Gyatso, Beijing repeats its falsehoods about Tibetan history. The post Three Centuries After His Death, China Is Still Afraid of the Sixth Dalai Lama first appeared on Bitter...

The US operation in Venezuela did not feel so far away for Taiwan. As video footage and headlines showed US forces moving swiftly into Caracas — seizing now-deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro...

Contact: Lhadon Tethong  I  lhadon@tibetaction.net  I  +1 917 418 4181   Nearly One Million Tibetan Children Forcibly Separated from Families, Language, Culture Boston – As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares for his first official visit to China next week...

Contact: Lhadon Tethong  I  lhadon@tibetaction.net  I  +1 917 418 4181 Nearly One Million Tibetan Children Forcibly Separated from Families, Language, Culture Boston – As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares for his first official visit to China next week –...

As 2025 draws to a close, CDT editors are compiling a series of the most notable content (Chinese) from across the Chinese internet over the past year. Topics include this year’s most outstanding quotes, reports, podcasts and videos, sensitive...

Polar bear, Arctic fox, Emperor penguin, Snow leopard, Musk ox, Reindeer, Siberian tiger, Arctic hare and Weddell seal survive extreme cold with unique adaptations across polar and mountain regions.

A Taiwan contingency risks becoming Japan's security crisis, with Beijing focused on the Senkakus and a perilous historical rationale. The post China's Taiwan Ambitions Threaten the Senkaku Islands and Beyond  first appeared on JAPAN Forward.

(Ottawa) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney should make human rights a key focus of his visit to China from January 13 to 17, 2026, Human Rights Watch said today. Carney’s trip to China is the first by a Canadian prime minister in more than eight years.

The film 120 Bahadur tells the story of Indian soldiers who fought to defend the Rezang La pass in Ladakh.

In the 2010s, the Communist Party of China (CCP) began crack...

(New York) – Chinese authorities have detained half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Chengdu, Sichuan province, Human Rights Watch said today. This was the latest in a string of arrests of members of prominent unofficial “house churches” in China in the past year.

China’s Medog (墨脱) hydropower megaproject on the Yarlung Tsangpo (雅鲁藏布江) – located at one of the steepest gorges on Earth – has become one of the most geopolitically sensitive and ecologically alarming infrastructure projects… Source

The document released by the U.S. Congressional‑Executive Commission on China (quoting several “Bitter Winter” articles) insists on religious persecution. The post U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Social networks have become the primary venue for youngsters in Asia to reveal their characters, construct relationships and participate in international discussions. Nevertheless, the extent of liber...

China is still expanding its coal-fired power stations and depends on coal in its energy network.

The Atajurt volunteers on trial committed no crime. Theirs was a legitimate political protest. The post China, Kazakhstan, and the “Chinese Flag Burning” Trial first appeared on Bitter Winter.

Currently, only 11 of the 193 United Nations member states maintain full diplomatic relations with Taiwan

China’s decision to bring serious firepower to bear for military drills in the waters off Taiwan this week has deep roots both in the past several weeks and the past several decades