• The World Must Act: Global Leaders Cannot Stay Silent on Tibet’s Education Crisis

    The struggle for educational and linguistic rights in Tibet has become one of the most urgent yet underreported human rights issues of our time. As authorities continue to expand policies that prioritise Mandarin Chinese over Tibetan-language instruction, the future of Tibet’s cultural identity, linguistic heritage, and educational autonomy faces unprecedented challenges. The international community can…

  • From Integration to Elimination: The PLA’s Absorption and Dissolution of the Tibetan Military

    China’s dismantling of Tibet’s military marked one of the clearest signs that its promises of autonomy under the 1951 Seventeen-Point Agreement were never intended to be honoured. The Seventeen-Point Agreement publicly framed Tibet’s annexation and integration into the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a “peaceful” and “mutually beneficial” arrangement. But this narrative was a…

  • How Tibet’s Identity Was Systematically Erased From Independent Nation to Autonomous Region

    Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, fell to the Chinese army in March 1959. It was more than merely an end to a failed Tibetan uprising. It was the collapse of Tibet’s independence and the start of a prolonged struggle for sovereignty, identity, and international law. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) takeover of Lhasa by force and the…

  • Rivers of Empire: China’s Hydro-Heist in Occupied Tibet

    The Yarlung Tsangpo, the Mekong, and the Salween are not merely rivers—they are Asia’s lifeblood. Yet Beijing treats the Tibetan Plateau, where they originate, as an extractive resource to be harnessed for Chinese strategic dominance. Over two centuries, Tibet’s sacred waterways have provided for billions downstream. Today, China’s hydropower megaprojects are weaponising these waters, transforming…

  • China’s Police Day: CCP Erases Tibetan Culture, Uyghur Heritage

    Each year, China’s Police Day is staged as a confident display of order. State media highlights decorated officers, gleaming ceremonies, and promises of “stability.” The message is simple—the system is working and the country is safe. But that polished image covers a much harsher reality beyond it. The same security apparatus being applauded is also…

  • 1949 Started CCP Chains. Tibet, Uyghurs, Taiwan Fight Back Today

    When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took control in 1949, it promised unity, prosperity and peace for all of China’s diverse people. But what we see today, nearly 77 years later, is far from that promise. China is a nation marked by repression, struggle and fractured relationships. The very regions that were meant to be…

  • Three Decades of Disappearance: The Panchen Lama Beijing Doesn’t Want the World to Find

    On 25 April 1995, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima turned six years old. Just three days after being recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama by the Dalai Lama in 1995, Nyima was taken by Chinese authorities. He and his family have not been seen publicly for 30 years, prompting the Human Rights Watch (HRW) to call him…

  • China’s Assimilation Drive in Tibet Targets Children—and a Culture

    Beijing calls it “bilingual education” and “national unity.” UN experts call it something else: a mass, mandatory programme that separates Tibetan children from their families and dilutes their language, faith, and identity. The scale is staggering. UN Special Rapporteurs estimate that nearly one million Tibetan children—about three in four between the ages of six and…

  • Tibet’s Democratic Voice and the Indo-Pacific Security Order

    For most readers in the Indo-Pacific, Tibet often enters the news cycle through border clashes — Doklam in 2017, Galwan in 2020, the PLA’s infrastructure push along the Line of Actual Control. It is seen as geography, a strategic plateau, a military problem. But Tibet is also something else, something Beijing would rather the world…

  • Exile and Identity: How Tibet Lives On in India

    When the 14th Dalai Lama crossed into Arunachal Pradesh in March 1959, fleeing a crushed uprising in Lhasa, few could have imagined that the Himalayan foothills of India would become the heart of the Tibetan world in exile. More than six decades later, the story of Tibet in India is one of resilience, adaptation and…