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Shapeshifting 'braided river' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstable — Earth from space

A 2025 satellite photo shows a particularly complex section of the Yarlung Zangbo River as it twists its way through the Tibetan Plateau. This part of the "braided" waterway has experienced drastic visual changes over recent decades, which could soon be accentuated by climate change.

LiveScience

Non-stop snow, instant noodles and yaks: tales of being trapped on Everest

More than 1,000 people were stuck in mountain hiking areas for days, sparking extensive rescue efforts by local authorities and villagers

The Guardian - AU

Snowstorm traps hundreds of hikers on Mount Everest during China's national holiday

Rescue workers are helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at a tourist camp on Mount Everest in Tibet

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‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support

Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama

The Guardian - UK

India Plans Mega-dam To Counter China Water Fears

On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam -- India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water.

International Business Times

Tibetan Buddhist nuns are getting advanced degrees − and the Dalai Lama played a major role in that shift

In August 2025, 161 Tibetan Buddhist nuns from religious institutions across India and Nepal – a record number – gathered at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in northern India to take various levels of the “geshema” examination. These exams are in preparation for one day receiving the geshema degree, comparable with…

The Conversation

London master’s student who advocated for Tibetans detained during China visit, friend says

Zhang Yadi was due to begin her master’s degree at SOAS University of London this month

The Independent UK

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China foes get worse results using DeepSeek, research suggests — CrowdStrike finds nearly twice as many flaws in AI-generated code for IS, Falun Gong, Tibet, and Taiwan

Research suggests that your DeepSeek AI results can be of drastically lower quality if you trigger China’s geopolitically sensitive tripwires.

Tom’s Hardware

"Authoritarians in the Academy": Feeling the Chill on Canada's Campuses

The first few chapters of my book Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship… The post "Authoritarians in the Academy": Feeling the Chill on Canada's Campuses appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Detailed findings from AP investigation into how US tech firms enabled China's digital police state

An AP investigation reveals that U.S. technology companies to a large degree designed and built China’s surveillance state, playing a far greater role in enabling human rights abuses than previously known

The Independent UK

Tibetans protest Chinese repression in Australia

Surveillance of Tibetans in Australia has been raised as a major concern by the community as it calls for greater protections against Chinese repression.

AAP

The geology that holds up the Himalayas is not what we thought, scientists discover

A 100-year-old theory explaining how Asia can carry the huge weight of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau needs to be rewritten, a new study suggests.

LiveScience

Xi Jinping becomes first Chinese president to attend controversial anniversary celebrations in Tibet

His visit marks 60 years of China’s rule as Tibetans abroad call it an attempt to whitewash repression

The Independent UK

Grand ceremony and parade mark 60 years of Chinese Communist Party rule in Tibet

China has marked 60 years of Communist Party rule in Tibet with a parade and speeches in front of the Potala Palace

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Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Tibet as 60 years of Chinese rule celebrated

State media reports Chinese leader’s arrival in Tibet was greeted with people waving bouquets of flowers and dancing.

The Independent UK

China's Xi makes a rare visit to Tibet to mark 60 years of contested rule there

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has made a rare visit to Tibet to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing’s long-contested rule over the Himalayan territory

Al Jazeera

China starts construction of world’s biggest hydropower dam in Tibet

The project on a river that runs through Tibet and India downstream could dwarf the Three Gorges Dam when completed.

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 ends day above 9,000 points for first time

The FTSE 100 index closed up 20.87 points at 9,012.99 but failed to set a new intraday high.

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The Guardian - UK

China starts building world’s biggest hydropower dam

1.2tn yuan project has broken ground in Tibet, premier says, despite fears of downstream nations India and Bangladesh

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Tibetan Prayer Flags and their role in Kailash Yatra

If you have been a part of a Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, chances of you seeing brightly colored cloth in the wind is high.

AAP

Tibetans raise rights abuses as PM meets Chinese leader

The exiled Tibetan leader has urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to stand up for human rights when visiting China and more bluntly rebuke Chinese repression.

Reason

Tibet Still Holds the Queen on the Geopolitical Chessboard

As the Dalai Lama turns 90, China prepares to name a rival successor. But the spiritual leader’s soft power has already thwarted Beijing’s efforts to erase Tibet’s identity.

The Conversation

China’s interest in the next Dalai Lama is also about control of Tibet’s water supply

As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, there’s already tension over how the next spiritual leader will be selected. Controversially, the Chinese government has suggested it wants more power over who is chosen.

The Independent UK

Voices: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday will reignite China’s religion problem – and put Tibet back in Xi’s firing line

COMMENT: The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday shines a spotlight on Beijing’s long-held antipathy towards organised religion – and how succession plans might renew Xi’s plans for a reckoning with Tibet and beyond, writes Michael Day

Radio France Internationale

Dalai Lama says his office has 'sole authority' to name successor after his death

On 6 July, Tenzin Gyatso, whom Tibetans believe to be the 14th reincarnation of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, celebrates his 90th birthday. Earlier this week, he announced that the 600-year-old institution would continue after his death and that his office would name his successor. However, Beijing may have…

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