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China’s Fake Relics and the Exploitation of Buddhism
China’s use of fabricated Buddhist relics as tools of soft power and geopolitical influence has once again come into the spotlight. The recent controversy surrounding the so-…
Read more →Controversy Surrounds Opening of Mao Zedong Statue Museum in Tibet
While the recent inauguration of the Chairman Mao Statue Museum in Tibet commemorated Mao Zedong's 130th birth anniversary, it has triggered controversy due to the revisionist …
Read more →Prominent Tibetan painter of religious art passes away in Tibet
Tenpa Rabten, a prominent painter of Tibetan religious scrolls called thangkas, has died at the age of 82, Radio Free Asia has learned. Rabten, who passed on the knowledge of his t…
Read more →An Open Letter to World Leaders
Dear world leaders, As you know, China is celebrating the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1st. While the Chinese Communist Party celebrates with pomp an…
Read more →Significance of Sikkim for Buddhism and His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Introduction Tibetan Spiritual Leader, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to visit Sikkim from October 10 to 14 this year. Sikkim's Chief Minister, Prem Singh Tamang, has officia…
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