(The Conversation) — A 2012 change has seen scores of Tibetan Buddhist nuns achieve the highest degree in Tibetan Buddhist philosophy. The implications go beyond just higher learning. (The ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party's fight against corruption is also being applied in Tibet to officials who secretly believe in religion and try to pay pilgrimages to the Dalai Lama, ...

Xi Jinping was a toddler when the 14th Dalai Lama was received by Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1954. The Dalai Lama had a special love for Jinping’s father Xi Zhongxun, a politburo member ...

Born July 6, 1935 in Amdo province; proclaimed as 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama at age two 1950 Becomes head of state and leads negotiations with Chinese on Tibe ...

For millions of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama is a symbol of resistance. For Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, he is simply another annoyance, like with the rebels in Taiwan and the democracy ...

Note on Ming Shilu and Qing Shilu -- Note on Tibetan terms -- Garrison city in the Ming : indigenes and the state in greater Songpan -- Qing Songpan : recovery, over-extension and disaster -- Guns, ...

It’s been 75 years since China invaded Tibet, the mountain territory it has long claimed as its own. With the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama approaching his 90th birthday, the ...

India, Oct. 12 -- Beijing is using its appointed 11th Panchen Lama to perform the Kalachakra initiation as a strategic move to legitimize its control over Tibetan Buddhism and undermine the Dalai Lama ...

This opinion editorial was co-authored by Daniela Gavshon, Australia Director at Human Rights Watch, and Kyinzom Dhongdue, Advocacy Manager at Amnesty International Australia. Tibetans around the ...