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Why China Built 162 Square Miles of Solar Panels on the World’s Highest Plateau
October 10, 2025 7:33 pm
On the Tibetan plateau, China is harnessing solar, wind, and hydropower on an unprecedented scale, generating clean energy for local use and powering data centers and industries across the country.
China This Week | Wang Yi visits India and Pakistan, Xi reaches Tibet for rare visit
August 22, 2025 10:17 pm
Every Friday, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, while President Xi Jinping made a trip to Tibet.
Why China plans to connect the restive Xinjiang to Tibet, at India’s doorstep
August 20, 2025 3:06 pm
Both autonomous regions are large, have unique demographics, and harsh terrain and climatic conditions that make the construction of infrastructure projects challenging. Increasing access, however, has been an important Chinese policy goal of late. The route will be close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Why India must rethink its Tibet policy
August 06, 2025 1:10 pm
As China asserts its right to select the next Dalai Lama, India must clarify where it stands
A ‘water bomb’ in Northeast India: China’s mega dam project in Tibet could deepen South Asia’s water crisis
July 24, 2025 12:29 pm
The Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project highlights the urgent need for cooperative water governance. While China pursues its clean energy ambitions, the risks of ecological devastation, economic disruption, and geopolitical escalation demand immediate action
Scholars condemn destruction of over 300 Buddhist stupas, sacred statues in Tibet
July 24, 2025 9:11 am
They have called for urgent intervention by the Indian government to address what they term as a systematic erasure of Tibetan—and by extension, Indian—cultural legacy under Chinese rule.
Why the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday this week matters for Tibetans, and beyond
June 30, 2025 8:11 pm
The Dalai Lama has previously said that he would discuss the future religious leadership of the Tibetan Buddhists on his 90th birthday, which falls on July 6. China, India, and the United States will be watching.
Dalai Lama hinted at his reincarnation in a 'free world' that most certainly be in India: Tibetologist Claude Arpi
June 29, 2025 11:51 am
The Buddhist spiritual leader turns 90 on July 6, and global attention is on Dharamshala, the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
Indian Army organises seminar on Indo-Tibetan ties in Shimla
June 28, 2025 9:43 pm
The event brought together scholars, strategists and senior military leaders to examine the deep civilisational ties between India and Tibet
China This Week | New US-China trade deal and a Xi-Panchen Lama meeting
June 14, 2025 7:37 pm
Every Friday, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, yet another attempt was made to ease US-China trade tensions. Taiwan flagged a case of damage to undersea cables, and President Xi Jinping met with China’s Panchen Lama.
TIBET PHOTOS
Powerful earthquake strikes Southern Tibet, tremors felt across Northern India
January 07, 2025 2:54 pm
According to China's state broadcaster CCTV, the epicenter was located at an altitude of 4,200 meters (13,800 feet) above sea level.
Tibetan refugees celebrate Tibetan Democracy Day in Dharamshala
September 03, 2022 9:02 am
Tibetan refugees in India celebrated the 62nd anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day on Friday under the photo of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. It was on this day, six decades ago that the inauguration of the Tibetan government-in-exile took place. (PTI)
Photography show brings to life the colourful 'history of geography' of the Kailash-Manasarovar region
August 05, 2022 10:26 am
The photo project titled 'Kailash Mansarovar - A Photographic Journey by Milan Moudgill' presents an interplay of archival material, contemporary pictures, and an in-depth examination of the debates that arose to trace the story of how our modern understanding of this area came to be
Attractive Tibetan couple's photos takes Chinese social media by a storm
April 21, 2015 10:13 am
A juxtaposition of the urban and modern, this photo shoot went viral in China.
Dalai Lama visits Dharmsala
March 11, 2014 3:59 pm
The Tibetan legislative body which has 44 members is democratically elected.
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