Tibet news
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Tibet’s Buddhists are being pressured by Beijing to translate classroom texts into Mandarin.
According to RFA, Chinese authorities have urged Buddhist monasteries in Tibet to translate classroom texts from Tibetan into Mandarin, China’s “common language,” in order to strengthen control over TAR(Tibet Autonomous Region). Beijing has also told monks and nuns to communicate in Chinese rather than their native tongue(Tibetan), according to Radio Free Asia. The goal of…
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Sikyong Penpa Tsering urges for greater ties between Taiwan and Tibet
Sikyong Penpa Tsering expressed hope on Monday that Taiwan and Tibet’s ties may be strengthened. He expressed the hope that Taipei will provide Tibetan students with scholarships and encourage increased exchanges between the two countries. He said Taiwan is a wonderful site for Tibetans to learn Chinese and study international relations, and that studying there…
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Speaker and Deputy Speaker elected by 17th Tibetan Parliament in Exile.
Under the supervision of the Tibetan Election Commission, the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile elected its Speaker and Deputy Speaker on the afternoon of October 8th. The Chief Election Commissioner, Pesur Wangdu Tsering, outlined the voting procedures and regulations prior to the actual voting.
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Members of 17th Tibetan Parliament in exile takes Oath
At a ceremony held at the Tibetan Parliamentary secretariat today, the elected members of the 17th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile were sworn in in accordance with the Tibetan exiles’ charter. The Central Tibetan Administration’s Sikyong Penpa Tsering was present at the swearing-in ceremony.
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Dalai Lama Advises Tibetan Parliamentarians To Take Oath As the Charter
The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has advised the Tibetan parliamentarians to swear in as per the charter. As the elected members of the 17th members of the Tibetan parliament in exile are stuck in a deadlock, in response to a request for guidance from His Holiness, the parliamentarians have been advised…
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TIBETAN TEENAGERS BEGIN THEIR SCHOOL YEAR WITH MILITARY TRAINING.
A six-day training on national defense education was held at a newly opened camp in Nagchu City. The opening ceremony of China’s third military training summer camp for teenage kids in Nagchu City has been announced by Chinese authorities in the central Tibetan region of U-Tsang.
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Tibet’s chairman will take on a new responsibility.
According to a SCMP, Qizhala, the chairman of the Tibet autonomous region has departed Lhasa to take up a new role in Beijing. In a reorganisation ahead of the five-yearly Communist Party meeting next autumn, Lhasa Communist Party president Yan Jinhai is anticipated to fill his vacancy. President Xi Jinping is likely to begin his…
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Tibetan monk’s health has deteriorated since his early release from a 15-year prison sentence.
Thabgey Gyatso was sentenced to 12 years in prison for leading protests in Lhasa in 2008, during which time he was subjected to physical torture. Gyatso, a Sangchu county citizen, was detained during protests in Lhasa in 2008 and convicted to 15 years in prison on May 21, 2009, for leading demonstrators and contacting India-based…
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Tibetan youngsters must now learn Mandarin as a result of a new Chinese policy.
Beginning in the fall semester of 2021, all kindergartens in ethnic areas and rural areas that have not employed the national standard language for childcare and education activities will do so in order to provide a proper Mandarin education environment for children, according to a new Chinese law.
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Tibetan writer dies after eight years of failing health following his release from prison.
According to RFA, a Tibetan writer who was imprisoned for three years for criticizing Chinese government policies in Tibet died this week in Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital, after suffering ill health for eight years after his release. Ra Tsering Dhondup, also known as Shinglo Marpo, was a monk at the Rongtha monastery in Khyungchu county, Sichuan’s…