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Tibetans Face Up To Uncertain Future As Dalai Lama Turns 90

Tibetans in exile celebrate the 90th birthday of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama next week, an occasion overshadowed by uncertainty about the future of the role and what it means for their movement.

International Business Times

China’s Everest obsession: following Mallory’s footsteps a century on, I saw how tourism and climate change are transforming the mountain

To the discerning eye, other mountains are visible – giants between 23,000 and 26,000 feet high. Not one of their slenderer heads even reaches their chief’s shoulder. Beside Everest they escape notice, such is the pre-eminence of the greatest. (George Mallory, 1922)

The Conversation

Hong Kong bans mobile game about overthrowing communist regime

Game lets players pledge allegiance to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Tibet, or Uyghurs

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China's Panchen Lama pledges loyalty to the Communist Party in a meeting with Xi

State media in China says that the man picked by Beijing as the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism has pledged adherence to the ruling Communist Party during a rare face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

The Independent UK

Ancient DNA fills ‘critical gap’ in genetic history of Tibetans

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The Independent UK

Archaeologists finally crack origin mystery of Tibet’s ‘ghost ancestors’

Study confirms China’s Yunnan province as key crossroads of human migration

The Independent UK

China accused of ‘indoctrinating’ Tibetan children from age of four with state-run boarding schools

Group says lives of Tibetan children are ‘irrevocably altered to serve the purposes of the Chinese government’

The Independent UK

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Disaster authoritarianism: how autocratic regimes deal with earthquakes

An earthquake that struck south-east Asia in late March is thought to have killed more than 3,000 people in Myanmar, a country ruled by a military junta that has blocked humanitarian aid and continued waging war on quake-ravaged rebel territory.

The Conversation

Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes southwest Tibet

No casualties have been reported so far

The Independent UK

At The Doorstep Of Tibet: I Traveled And Photographed The Uncharted Part Of Western Sichuan (25 Pics)

I travel from Seda to Yaqing and Dzongsar - Western Sichuan neighbors Tibet on its western edge and most parts of this region are historically connected with Tibet.

Bored Panda

As Dalai Lama Approaches 90, Tibetans Weigh Future

When the Dalai Lama turns 90 in July, the Buddhist monk, who for many exiled Tibetans personifies dreams of a free homeland, will ask if they want a successor.

International Business Times

China retaliates with travel restrictions on US officials after Tibet visa curbs

Beijing lashes out at Washington’s ‘arbitrary visa restrictions on Chinese officials’

The Independent UK

China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream?

China recently approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world’s largest power plant – by some distance.

The Conversation

Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer meets the Dalai Lama

SCOTTISH Greens MSP Ross Greer travelled to India to meet exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama.

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Dalai Lama says his successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside China

Dalai Lama warns any Beijing-appointed figure will lack legitimacy

Al Jazeera

Dalai Lama says successor will be born in ‘free world’ outside of China

Tibetan spiritual leader says in a new book that his people’s aspiration for freedom cannot be indefinitely delayed.

International Business Times

Dalai Lama Book Offers 'Framework' For After His Death

The Dalai Lama published a book Tuesday he says is a "framework for the future of Tibet", to guide compatriots in relations with Beijing after his death.

The Independent UK

Tibetans scuffle with police outside the Chinese Embassy in India as they mark uprising anniversary

Dozens of Tibetan protesters have clashed with police outside the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi as Tibetans living in exile mark the 66th anniversary of their uprising against China

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At least 4 construction workers are killed in an avalanche in northern India

The Indian army says at least 4 workers have died a day after an avalanche swept away a large construction crew working on a highway near India’s mountainous border with Tibet

Dynamite News

US Secretary extends wishes on 'Tibetan New Year', says committed to protect human rights of Tibetans

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has extended wishes to Tibetans on Losar, also known as the Tibetan New Year and expressed US'Read further on Dynamite News:

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AP PHOTOS: Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India

Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying a bowl of blood and the legendary weapon Vajra.

Al Jazeera

More than 20 people missing in India’s Uttarakhand after avalanche

Authorities say at least 25 people remain trapped after avalanche hits a work camp, burying dozens under the snow.

The Independent UK

At least 41 workers are trapped after being swept away by an avalanche in northern India

Officials say at least 41 construction workers are trapped after a large group of them was swept away by an avalanche near India’s border with Tibet

The Conversation

Tibet is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world. This is in danger of extinction

Three days after he was released from prison in December, a Tibetan village leader named Gonpo Namgyal died. As his body was being prepared for traditional Tibetan funeral rites, marks were found indicating he had been brutally tortured in jail.

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The world’s greatest unclimbed mountains: virgin summits that have yet to be conquered

We take a look at the world’s greatest unclimbed mountains – remote, revered giants that remain out of our reach to this day

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