Since the end of August this year, over 300 million people in China have been placed under severe lockdown over several months, including in Lhasa and Urumqi, where the lockdown exceeded continuously for over 100 days. This has caused immeasurable hardship as people faced extreme restrictions on movement, inadequate access …

4th Kagyu Monlam held at Phuntsok Deshe Community Hall in NY. New York: The Danang Foundation in New York headed by Lama Tsewang Rinpoche organised the 4th Kagyu Monlam. The inaugural of the two-day mass prayers held from 18-20 November in New York was attended by Tibetan Liaison Officer Kunga …

Dharamshala: Following the announcement of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s retirement from the leadership of the US House on Thursday, Sikyong Penpa Tsering wrote to Speaker Pelosi, who has served for two decades congratulating and expressing her gratitude for being a constant supporter and a friend of His Holiness the Dalai Lama …

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) released its annual report on 16 November 2022, which documented centralized political control in China, egregious abuse of human rights, brutal censorship, torture, and detention of activists for human rights, continuing genocides, accelerating “Sinicization”, and harsh measures enforcing the “Zero-COVID” policy enforcing draconian and …

Washington: Washington’s Tibetan Liaison Officer Kunga Tashi visited the NY and NJ-based Losel Kyetsel Tibetan language and culture school on Saturday. This is his first assessment visit to the school after assuming the responsibility of the Tibetan Liaison Officer. The visit’s main objective was to understand the school’s situation and …

New York: Four U.S-based Chinese federations jointly organised a seminar titled ‘China’s Trend After the CCP’s 20th Congress on 29 October. The  Federation for a Democratic China and All-China Women’s Federation led the seminar, which was participated by prominent Chinese activists, researchers and analysts like Wei Jingsheng, Chen Guangcheng, Chen Pokong, …