"Dancing in Amdo" takes the viewer inside China for an unprecedented, in-depth look at the current state of the Tibet Autonomous Region from the perspective of Tibetans living within China and those ...

Tibetan National Uprising Day, observed annually on March 10, honors the 1959 Lhasa Uprising against Chinese rule. The uprising, sparked by fears for the Dalai Lama’s safety, escalated into a ...

Trinley was released before the end of a five-year jail term, but is being kept under close surveillance and has not been allowed to return to his monastery.

Amdo and Kham -- The ubiquitous chuba -- Making sheepskin chubas -- Felt raincoats and chubas -- Woven fabrics -- Amdo nomads : dress, tradition and change -- Amdo farmers : dress, tradition and ...

BEIJING – The U.S. ambassador to China is making a rare visit to Tibet to meet local officials and raise concerns about restrictions on Buddhist practices and the preservation of the Himalayan ...

This is the fourth post in series on the Tibetan Uprising. This one is about 1958, when the Chinese communists attempted to reconquer the vast areas that the Tibetans had liberated in 1956-57. In June ...

When in 1949 the Chinese Communist Party “liberated” the ethnocultural frontier region known to Tibetans as Amdo, its goal was not just to build a state, but to create a nation. Rather than ...

The first feature film made in China by an all-Tibetan cast and crew opened to the general public here Thursday starring a 12-year-old who people believe is the reincarnation of a Buddhist leader of ...

This post on the Tibetan Uprising is the second in a series. It describes the Chinese invasion of 1949-50, including the Tibetan government's failure to fight when it could have won. Later, when the ...