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China sacks officials over viral Arc'teryx fireworks in Tibet Videos of fireworks resembling a

China sacks officials over viral Arc'teryx fireworks show in Tibet

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Read Benno Weiner's @bennoweiner.bsky.social review of the banned Tibetan novel, now in English, "The Red Wind Howls": chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/04/i...

Listen to Timothy Thurston talk about "Satirical Tibet" on Ep. 25 of the China Books Podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/07/e...

Tibetans inside China have found various ways to push back against Beijing and voice their dissatisfaction. A lesser-known form of subtle resistance is the art of “zurza,” or satirical repartee.

Listen to Timothy Thurston on Ep. 25 of the China Books Podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/07/e...

The Technopolitics of China’s Yarlung Tsangpo Dam Project and the Paradox of Hydropower | Made in China Journal Three years after announcing their intent to construct a mega-dam along the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River as part of the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan, Chinese officials gave their approval to proce...

I started to read this piece on #Tibet #YarlungTsangpo Dam expecting to learn more about #China govt approach to hydro, but there is a great deal more here on #politics #power #security, too.

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Over 1.5 yrs ago, Pasang Yangjee Sherpa invited me to UBC, and Mabel Gergan, and Dolly Kikon, began talking about the question of Indigeneity and belonging in Nepal and Northeast India, and whether and how that frames our work. Fast forward 18 months and here we are! October 22nd, Madison, WI.

My favourite film from TIFF was Kunsang Kyirong's ‘100 Sunset’, about a young, almost mute, Tibetan-Canadian woman who steals a camcorder to spy on people in her apartment building. It felt so fresh and full of energy and thrillingly unpredictable. You can read my FIPRESCI essay about it here:

OUT NOW: This volume offers a unique glimpse into the world of khashag, a vibrant genre of Tibetan spoken comic dialogues from the area Tibetans call Amdo, with the first ever publication of 11 annotated translations of scripts by its leading performer, Menla Jyab.

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China: Free Student Advocate for Tibetan Rights Chinese authorities should immediately and unconditionally release Zhang Yadi, an advocate for Tibetan rights who had been an international student in France.

Beijing is threatening to imprison student-activist Zhang Yadi for years for speaking out against racial injustice and peacefully exercising her rights. She should be starting graduate school in London, not jail. Governments should press for her freedom.

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Arc’teryx Fireworks in Tibet Trigger Backlash, Government Probe Chinese authorities launched an investigation after a fireworks show in Tibet sponsored by the outdoor gear maker Arc’teryx sparked a backlash on social media because of concern about the effect on the environment.

Chinese authorities have launched an investigation after a fireworks show in Tibet sponsored by the outdoor gear maker Arc’teryx sparked a backlash on social media because of concern about the effect on the environment

Massive fireworks show for Tibet ad stunt sparks blowback over environment fears Apparel brand Arc’teryx apologises after publicity stunt with artist Cai Guo-qiang prompts probe amid criticism over environmental impact.

Massive fireworks show in #Tibet for ad stunt by Apparel brand Arc’teryxtriggers blowback over environment fears. Under the restrictive Chinese regime how did #Chinese artist Cai Guo-qiang get the permit in the first place?
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#Arcteryx apologies for the atrocities that they committed by blaming “the Chinese team,” as if they’re not owned by a Chinese company.

Dalai Lama dilemma: what the succession battle will mean for Tibet Our weekly podcast on China. This week, what will happen when the spiritual leader of Tibet dies?

What will happen when the spiritual leader of Tibet dies? Our “Drum Tower” podcast examines the Dalai Lama succession struggle

Ill Winds In Tibet | China Books Review A banned Tibetan novel, now published in English, recounts the devastation of Mao's campaigns in the wake of the Amdo Rebellion of 1958.

By Tsering Döndrup: "A banned Tibetan novel, now published in English, recounts the devastation of Mao's campaigns in the wake of the Amdo Rebellion of 1958." #Tibet #literature in #translation chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/04/i... @chinabooksreview.com @vivianwu.bsky.social

Cream background. Purple header at bottom readers: Tibet in Focus. Underneath in purple text it says: Our Autumn 2025 issue includes a special section on Tibet, with Tibetan writers, translators, and artists writing and sharing conversations on Tibetan lives, realities, and liberation. Above is a magazine cover which features an illustration of a mandala floating in the sea.

Purple background. Header in white reads: Reflections from the Margins: A Conversation with Tibetan Writers in Exile. Underneath are photographs of three women.

Purple background. Header in white reads: Art Feature. At the bottom text reads: Tenzing Rigdol’s Biography of a Thought: A Mandala in the Heart of the MET by Sarah Magnatta. In the middle is a photograph showing a man smiling stood in front of his artwork.

Cream background. Purple text reads: Tibet: In Focus Reflections from the Margins: A Conversation with Tibetan Writers in Exile – Thinley Chodon, Tenzin Dickie, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, & Tsering Yangzom Lama Tenzing Rigdol’s Biography of a Thought: A Mandala in the Heart of the MET by Sarah Magnatta Poetry by Chime Lama Life Writing by Tsering Woeser, translated by Dechen Pemba

We are thrilled to showcase a special focus on Tibet in our latest issue, Wasafiri 123.

Many Tibets are displayed here. Old and new, sacred and secular, real and imagined, lost and found.' - Editorial by @sanagoyal.bsky.social

Wasafiri 123 is available to order now: buff.ly/89LLR9Q

Mostly non-pro actors are fine, superbly directed. The way the story is stealthily structured, how it compresses and expands, and comes together in a rush of karma and sense and joy is just remarkable. The best Canadian debut feature of 2025, I bet. 2/2

Kunsang Kyirong: 100 SUNSET (TIFF 2025). Beautiful first feature set in Toronto’s Tibetan community centre: Parkdale. Kunsang's eye is unerring: she transforms my dull dull Toronto into a place with cinematic character, like few other filmmakers have managed to do. 1/2

Please check out my review of Tsering Döndrup’s magnificent and important novel, *The Red Wind Howls* (tr. Chris Peacock) in @chinabooksreview.com
(then read the book!)

Thanks to editors @alexludoboyd.bsky.social and @alecash.net

A banned Tibetan novel, now published in English, recounts the devastation of Mao’s campaigns in the wake of the 1958 Amdo Rebellion.

Read Benno Weiner's @bennoweiner.bsky.social review of "The Red Wind Howls" by Tsering Döndrup: chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/04/i...

Interview with Dr. Gyal Lo: Tibetan Children Are Becoming "Strangers in Their Own Homes" In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use of colonial boarding schools to indoctrinate and forcibly assimilate Tibetan children into Han Chines...

Interview with Dr. Gyal Lo: Tibetan Children Are Becoming "Strangers in Their Own Homes"
"What China is providing is not even a formal education. It's assimilation. It’s indoctrination."

A boy sits crossed legged on a mat or rug with a dog climbing into his lap.

Meet Bruce! One of his humans, Frederick Williamson, was a British diplomat, so Bruce got to meet some very important people from Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet. Here he is making friends with the Sikkim Crown Prince Kunzang Paljor Namgyal.
Like if you think Bruce is a good boy!
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The next Inner #Asia #Colloquium is coming! Join the talk on 📆 2 September at 10:00 CEST (bit.ly/4mguLhA) to learn how #cadre management shapes #China’s strategy for governing #Tibet in #XiJinping’s ‘New Era’: www.remote-xuar.com/events/stabi...

🎤 Speaker: @doctordev.bsky.social

Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China Works by artists from Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Uyghur diaspora were altered to avoid “diplomatic tensions between Thailand and China,” the Bangkok Art and Culture Center said.

A Bangkok exhibition exploring state violence and resistance, which included artists from Tibet and Hong Kong, was altered due to a risk of “creating diplomatic tensions between Thailand and China.”

China to restrict Tibetan language in region’s college entrance exam Exclusion of core subject exam stokes fears Beijing is furthering campaign to ‘Sinicise’ region

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Opinion: Our devotion to the Dalai Lama – a beacon of humanity – goes beyond blind faith The exiled Tibetan Leader’s declaration that his lineage will continue was an act of defiance against the Chinese state and a rallying cry for our people

Excellent article about Tibet from the Globe & Mail this morning. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

China’s forced toponym changes in Xinjiang – Language Log languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=70278

Construction on Tibetan Megadam Fuels Ecological and Social Concerns After Beijing granted authorization in December, construction on what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam has now begun. The site is located along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in southeastern Tib...

Construction on Tibetan Megadam Fuels Ecological and Social Concerns
"Reports show that the construction of almost 200 dams in Tibet is causing 'irreparable damage' to Tibetan communities, downstream countries, and the environment."

Who Will Be the Next Dalai Lama? | China Books Review The Dalai Lama, who just turned 90, writes in his memoir that he will reincarnate in the “free world.” But will his political, religious and moral power transfer with him?

The Dalai Lama, who just turned 90, writes in his memoir that he will reincarnate in the “free world.” But will his political, religious and moral power transfer with him?

Read @tshakya.bsky.social review of "Voice for the Voiceless" by the Dalai Lama: chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/24/d...

Tsering Döndrup’s defiant reckoning with Tibet’s legacy of violence I FIRST MET Tsering Döndrup at his home in Xining – the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau, located in Qinghai province in western China. This was in early 201

"Tibetan nomadic life is the heartbeat of Tsering Döndrup’s fiction, and ‘Black Fox Valley’ charts the forced decline of an entire way of existence that has persisted uninterrupted for centuries."

Christopher Peacock writes: