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Obituary: DIIR Mourns the loss of Kungo Thubten Samphel

Dharamshala: Thubten Samphel, a veteran diplomat, bureaucrat and civil servant of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) passed away suddenly this morning on 4 June. He was a former Secretary of…

4 Jun 2022

Ethno-federalism to Complete Assimilation: China’s Ethnic Policy in Tibet

Image courtesy: Tenzin Jigme, CTA By Jamphel Shonu* Since the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, the Chinese leadership has maintained (at least on paper) a…

15 Mar 2022

Ancient Links and Political Treaties: Tibet’s History as a Sovereign Nation

By Jamphel Shonu Introduction From the premodern period consisting of the Shangshung, Yarlung, and Chosgyal empires up until the annexation of Tibet by Communist China in 1951, Tibet carved for…

28 Sep 2021

China is on the Lookout for Storytellers and Spin Doctors

By Jamphel Shonu* Why do humans, and not apes or any other species, run the world? Historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari explain it is because humans have the unique…

2 Aug 2021

Saturday Shout-out: CTA Civil Servant Chime Tseyang

Mrs. Chime Tseyang, Information Secretary of Department of Information and International Relations, CTA. Photo | Tenzin Jigme Taydeh | CTA Every first Saturday of the month, as a part of…

2 Jan 2021

Saturday Shout-out:CTA Civil Servant Tsewang Gyalpo Arya

Mr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, Editor in Chief, keeping abreast with the daily CTA News. Photo/Tenzin Jigme Taydeh/CTA Social Media Executive (SME): Could you briefly tell us about yourself? Tsewang Gyalpo…

1 Jun 2019

Mystery surrounds kidnapped Panchen Lama

By RICHARD S EHRLICH, Read the original article here. It is nearly 24 years since the Chinese government kidnapped the Panchen Lama – and groups around the world are calling for…

9 May 2019

Will Xi Jinping’s book find readers among China’s Ethnic Minorities?

China has long been a nation that runs on propaganda. Propaganda, as a form of persuading people’s attitudes, beliefs and behavior in China, can be tracked back to over millennia.…

24 Jun 2018

The trial of Tashi Wangchuk was a test in which China failed

Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk On May 22 this year, Tibetans around the world woke up to the news that Tashi Wangchuk, a language rights advocate, have been sentenced to…

3 Jun 2018

Are we nearing an end of an era of China’s Economic Imperialism?

Illustration by Tenzin Jigme Taydeh/DIIR Mahathir Mohamad, the nonagenarian leader of Pakatan Harapan, the coalition of Malaysian opposition parties, led his party to a stunning victory in the general election…

20 May 2018

Photo Story: ‘Life in Exile’- Narthang the Pioneer in Language Preservation

Pile of Tibetan Freedom Bodmi Rangwang to be posted. Photo/Tenzin Phende/DIIR I was searching for something interesting to write this week, an interesting entity that has provided immense contribution to…

14 May 2018

Saturday Shout-out: CTA Civil Servant Thubten Samphel

Thubten Samphel, Director of the Tibet Policy Institute of the Central Tibetan Administration. Photo / Tenzin Jigme Taydeh / DIIR / CTA Every Saturday as a part of its shoutout…

24 Mar 2018

Why China’s ambitions to harness Global Buddhist Soft Power is doomed to fail

Image illustration: Tenzin Jigme/DIIR By Jamphel Shonu* China’s battle for superiority has veered from the political to the economic, military and now even to the spiritual. Buddhism, is what China…

7 Mar 2018

China’s Belt and Road Initiative Exacerbates its Divide and Conquer Strategy

by Jamphel Shonu* The multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of the Chinese government is increasingly starting to cast a dark shadow over China’s relationship with the world. World…

23 Feb 2018

With Ma Zhaoxu at UN Headquarters, China Pushes for Globalisation with Chinese Characteristics

Ma Zhaoxu, China’s permanent Representative to the United Nations headquarters in New York. By Jamphel Shonu* Ma Zhaoxu, China’s former top envoy at the United Nations office in Geneva, known…

29 Jan 2018

China’s Reaction to Marriott’s Tibet Gaffe Show Signs of Insecurity

featured image: José Carlos Cortizo Pérez By Jamphel Shonu* With the ‘New Era’ proclaimed by President Xi Jinping, China has declared itself as one of the superpowers of the world.…

16 Jan 2018

China’s Decade Old Reincarnation Policy Cannot Replace Tibet’s Millennia Old Tradition: CTA Spokesperson

Sonam Norbu Dagpo, Secretary for International relations and Spokesperson of the Central Tibetan Administration. By Jamphel Shonu* DHARAMSHALA: It has been a decade since China announced its infamous ‘Order no…

13 Dec 2017

The Petty Squabble Over Buddha’s Origin is ‘Nonsense’, is what His Holiness the Dalai Lama Meant

His Holiness the Dalai Lama By Jamphel Shonu* Recently, social media especially in Nepal caught frenzy over a comment His Holiness the Dalai Lama made in response to a question…

28 Nov 2017

Calling China’s Bluff: World Rejects China’s Intimidation and Bullying Tactics

President Xi Jinping arriving for his speech at the opening of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.…

22 Oct 2017

Will the Chinese adage ‘death by a thousand small cuts’ succeed in the case of His Holiness the Dalai Lama?

His Holiness the Dalai Lama waving to the crowd at the conclusion of UC San Diego’s commencement ceremony in San Diego, CA. Photo/ Erik Jepsen/ UC San Diego By Jamphel…

3 Aug 2017