Tibet
Tiananmen Square, Uyghur Court: Tower Hamlets plans name changes in solidarity
As the Chinese embassy prepares to move in, councillors vote to support the ‘freedom and diversity of our borough’
Haroon Siddique
19, Mar, 2021 @12:07 PM
Yak politics: Tibetans’ vegetarian dilemma amid China meat boom
While China pushes for more industrialised farms, Buddhist monks urge now-sedentary nomads to embrace vegetarianism
Michael Standaert
04, Feb, 2021 @7:00 AM
The Observer view on how the west should deal with rising China | Observer editorial
Xi Jinping’s expansionist policies abroad and dictatorship at home make pressing the need for new geopolitical strategy
Observer editorial
03, Jan, 2021 @6:00 AM
'Buddha would be green': Dalai Lama calls for urgent climate action
Exclusive: The Dalai Lama warns of terrible consequences of climate inaction
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
11, Nov, 2020 @7:00 PM
Top 10 books about the Himalayas | Ed Douglas
Along with spectacular adventures, these books record a richly diverse culture that has often been missed in accounts of derring-do
Ed Douglas
21, Oct, 2020 @10:36 AM
How did an NYPD officer from Tibet end up accused of spying for China?
Baimadajie Angwang, accused of ‘reporting on activities of Chinese citizens’, targeted a community center in Queens, stoking divisions in the community
Amanda Holpuch in New York
29, Sep, 2020 @9:00 AM
Report charts China's expansion of mass labour programme in Tibet
Researcher says 500,000 rural workers trained for factories this year in programme likened to Xinjiang operations
Helen Davidson and agencies
22, Sep, 2020 @10:59 AM
‘Chairman Xi’ seeks only to purge and subjugate. That is his weakness | Simon Tisdall
From Tibet to Taiwan, China’s leader is intent on wielding absolute power. Instead he is fanning the flames of dissent
Simon Tisdall
06, Sep, 2020 @6:56 AM
Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick review – voices from a forbidden culture
A detailed, vivid – and rare – portrait of the Tibetans struggling as their way of life is eroded by Beijing
Tania Branigan
23, Aug, 2020 @6:00 AM
Charles Allen obituary
Author of Plain Tales from the Raj, and historian concerned with ’relearning’ the role of orientalists in south Asia
David Loyn
21, Aug, 2020 @1:52 PM
Dalai Lama to release album of mantras and teachings set to music
‘Music has the potential to reach many more people,’ says the Tibetan spiritual leader
Harriet Sherwood
09, Jun, 2020 @5:02 PM
Rinchen Ato's best photograph: Tibetan twins and their albino rabbits
‘These girls from Qinghai in China got albino rabbits for their birthdays. But albino rabbits don’t like harsh climates. They didn’t last the winter’
Interview by Dale Berning Sawa
02, Apr, 2020 @5:00 AM
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