China Beyond bilingual education in Tibet March 11, 2020 0 Image credit: Looking-north-along-the-Rebgong-valley-on-the-northeast-Tibetan-Plateau-where-the-Manegacha-language-is-spoken/Gerald Roche. Written by Gerald Roche. On March 5th, 2020, Human Rights Watch released a report titled “China’s ‘Bilingual Education’ Policy in Tibet:…
China China looking beyond the Dalai Lama July 30, 2019 0 Written by David Scott. Image Credit: Dalai Lama by webted/Flickr, Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. On 9 June 2019 the Global Times, the populist outlet within the People’s Daily,…
China What Tibet tells us about China’s intentions towards Taiwan October 17, 2018 0 Written by Christopher MacDonald. Directly across from the Potala Palace, in Lhasa’s main square, there stands a triumphal, 120-foot-high slab of concrete commemorating Tibet’s 1951…
China What is China preparing for Tibet? September 27, 2018 0 Written by Tenzin Tseten. The 2008 protests in Tibet shocked Chinese leaders and policy-makers, leaving the notion of well-managed ethnic harmony in a state of…
China Tashi Wangchuk and the state of Tibetan language in China June 20, 2018 1 Written by Katia Buffetrille and Françoise Robin. The PRC is a multi-ethnic country in which citizens theoretically enjoy a number of rights guaranteed by the Constitution. More…
China Playing the Long Game? The Politics of Religious Revival in China and Tibet June 15, 2018 0 Written by Martin Mills. "Religion" in China has never fitted well into European conceptions of the topic. Certainly, getting any kind of statistical handle on…
China Is China Changing? Religious practices in Tibet June 14, 2018 0 Written by Claude Arpi. In October 1950, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) entered Eastern Tibet with the objective of ‘liberating’ the region. The Tibetans, who…
Asia China’s Water Footprint May 1, 2017 0 Written by Lauren Dickey. According to a 2015 United Nations report, the world will not have 60 percent of the water it requires in 2030, without significant…
Asia Amplifying Tibetan women's voices: A survey of contemporary literary works March 10, 2017 3 Written by Chelsea E. Hall. In honour of International Women’s Day, I would like to highlight the literary accomplishments of living Tibetan women. Modern Tibet…
