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India rejects China's attempt to rename disputed places

In this week's show we see how Indian officials are furious after China renamed 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh. It is a disputed Himalayan border region under Indian control, which Beijing considers part of southern Tibet. Next, we head to Nepal, which is home to the "most dangerous runway in…

France 24

Dalai Lama names Mongolian boy as third highest Buddhist spiritual leader

A Mongolian boy born in the United Staes has been named by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism.

Radio France Internationale

Dalai Lama identifies the reincarnation of Mongolia's spiritual leader – a preview of tensions around finding his own replacement

More than 5,600 people had gathered for a March 2023 ceremony in Dharamsala, India, when the Dalai Lama indicated toward a young child beside him.

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China denounces U.S. Congress for hosting Tibet's leader-in-exile

China accused the U.S. Congress of interfering in its internal affairs on Wednesday by virtually hosting the head of an India-based organization known as Tibet's government-in-exile to speak at a hearing earlier this week.

Reuters

The Dalai Lama, reincarnation and China’s mounting Tibet problem

An American-Mongolian boy has been identified as the tenth incarnation of the Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoché, the third highest-ranking spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism.

The Week

Tibet dying a ‘slow death’ under Chinese rule, says exiled leader

Exiled Tibetan leader addresses US Congress for first time, says Tibet’s language, culture and religion facing erasure.

Al Jazeera

Exiled leader tells US Congress Tibet faces 'slow death' under China

Tibet is dying a "slow death" under Chinese rule, the head of the India-based organization known as Tibet's government in-exile said on Tuesday in a first address to the U.S. Congress.

Reuters

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China warned against choosing new Dalai Lama

DHARAMSALA, India: The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile has warned China not to interfere in selecting the successor to the Dalai Lama, the current spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.

Bangkok Post

US recognises Arunachal Pradesh as part of India and condemns China’s attempts ‘to change status quo’

China claims the northeastern state as its own and calls it ‘Zangnan’ or ‘South Tibet’

The Independent UK

Lawmaker blasts China on human rights in front of embassy

The Republican chairman of a special House committee dedicated to countering China is pulling no punches in his criticism of its communist government

The Independent UK

Protesters march on Chinese Consulate again months after ugly diplomatic incident

Today's demonstration was for Tibet

Manchester Evening News

Lack of cross-border flood alerts adds to disaster fears in Nepal

Amid threat of glacial lake floods, analysts rue a lack of information sharing among China, India and Nepal.

Al Jazeera

The Scottish Tibetan monastery where David Bowie almost became a monk

Nestled in our countryside is the impressive Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre, which counted David Bowie and Leonard Cohen among its students.

Daily Record

Why India’s Ladakh region is now fighting for full statehood

Three years after Ladakh was separated from Indian-administered Kashmir, residents say they want more safeguards.

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China says U.S. balloons flew over Xinjiang, Tibet, warns of countermeasures

Diplomatic friction festered between the United States and China on Wednesday as Beijing charged that U.S. high altitude balloons flew over its Xinjiang and Tibet regions and said it would take measures against U.S. entities that undermine Chinese sovereignty.

Daily Mirror

Tibet avalanche: Death toll hits 28 after drivers buried alive in deep snow

Chinese state media reported late on Friday that rescue workers had been digging by hand when they uncovered eight more bodies which bought the search to an end in Nyingchi, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region

The Independent UK

More bodies found in Tibet avalanche; death toll rises to 28

More bodies have been found following an avalanche that buried vehicles outside a highway tunnel in Tibet, raising the death toll to 28

Evening Standard

Twenty killed and 8 missing after Tibet avalanche

Local authorities said the snow trapped people in their vehicles in the Nyingchi region, located 3,040 metres above sea level

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Daily Mirror

Tibet avalanche: At least 20 dead and eight buried alive after disaster hits motorway

The majority of the victims of the crushing avalanche were Tibetans heading back to their mountain homes ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations in China, which are set to begin on Sunday

Al Jazeera

Death toll in Tibet tunnel avalanche rises to 20, eight missing

Vehicles were crushed under tonnes of snow and ice that collapsed on a highway tunnel.

Reuters

Death toll from Tibet avalanche rises to 28

At least 28 people were killed in an avalanche in the city of Nyingchi in the southwestern region of Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency reported late on Friday.

Tribune News Service

Spy charges dismissed against NYPD officer accused of giving China intelligence on NYC Tibetan community

NEW YORK — An New York Police Department officer accused of spying on the city’s Tibetan communities for the Chinese government was “innocent from the very beginning,” his lawyer said Thursday after a judge dismissed the charges in the case.

The Independent UK

US drops case against NYC cop accused of spying for China

Charges against a New York City police officer accused of spying on behalf of China have been formally dropped after U.S. prosecutors said they uncovered new information that warranted the dismissal

Reuters

At least 8 killed in Tibet avalanche, Chinese govt sends team to help search for survivors

At least eight people were killed following an avalanche in the city of Nyingchi in the southwestern region of Tibet, state media reported, and the Chinese government has sent a team to oversee help in recovering bodies and the missing.

The Independent UK

China sanctions US individuals over action on Tibet

China has sanctioned two U.S. individuals in retaliation for action taken by Washington over human rights abuses in Tibet

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