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News · 18 Nov, 2025

Destroying Heaven: The Tragedy of Larung Gar

High in the rolling hills of Serta County in eastern Tibet once thrived a sea of crimson, tens of thousands of red-robed monks and nuns devoted to study, meditation, and the pursui…

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News · 08 Nov, 2025

Chinese Infrastructure Buildup Near India’s Northern Borders: The Eight-Year Surge Since Doklam

True to Mao Zedong’s aphorism that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” China’s rise as a global power has been backed by strategic military …

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News · 29 Oct, 2025

Tibet’s Shapeshifting River Reveals Signs of Environmental Instability And Human Activity Behind It

A recent NASA Earth Observatory satellite photo, featured in Live Science (October 2025), has drawn global attention to a remarkable yet worrying phenomenon in Tibet. The Yarlung Z…

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News · 25 Oct, 2025

China Expands Missile Base in Tibet, Intensifying Regional Tensions and Threatening Asian Stability

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh), October 24 — New satellite imagery has revealed alarming construction activity near Golmud in the so-called Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Q…

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News · 29 Nov

China`s EV Boom Meets Concerns Over Tibet`s Lithium Rush

The news report highlighted the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in rural China, particularly in regions like Guizhou, showcasing the shift from petrol cars to EVs. Improv…

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News · 06 Nov

China’s lust for lithium from Tibet: Ten Things you should Know

Here are 10 things you need to know about lithium mining in Tibet. The following points have been taken from this key article written by Gabriel Lafitte, one of the foremost enviro…

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News · 29 July

New Study Shows Concerning Increase in Activity at High-Security Detention Centers in Tibet

A new research conducted by the Rand Europe research institute has revealed a troubling trend of increased activity in high-security detention centers in Tibet. This heightened act…

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News · 06 May

China Boosting its Military Presence in occupied Tibet: Report

A significant increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles by PLA has been reported in Tibet & along LAC, a recent report by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) that studies …

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News · 24 Jan

Free Tibet: New report highlights human rights abuses in Tibet

Source: Free Tibet A new report, which was released on January 23, 2023 by the London-based NGO Free Tibet and its charitable research arm, Tibet Watch, details previously unreport…

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News · 09 Jan

Truck-mounted drones visible in recent satellite images of a Chinese military outpost on the Tibetan plateau: Reports

Source : Swarajya Recent satellite imagery of a Chinese military garrison on the Tibetan plateau shows truck-mounted unmanned aerial vehicles. On 08 January, Open-source intelligen…

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News · 08 Sep 2022

Chinese Ignorance of Climate Crisis Responsible for Tibet’s Water Scarcity

The climate crisis in Tibet has gotten worse over time. China's illegal takeover of Tibetan land has forced the nation to lose its essence and face degradation in various areas…

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News · 28 June 2022

Satellite imagery suggests new PLA base coming up near Rutog County, Tibet

Lhasa : According to some sources, a new PLA Forward base is coming up near the banks of Pangong Tso, near Rutog county in Tibet. Rutog County is only around 100 km from Pangong Ts…

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News · 30 May 2022

The China Nexus: Benedict Roger’s new book to hit stores in October

London: China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny, a book by human rights activist and Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch Ben…

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News · 05-May-22

China’s move to build weather station on Mt Everest raises concerns

New Delhi: Chinese scientists are working on setting up a meteorological monitoring station on Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak at over 8,848 metres in the Himalayas, …

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News · 04-May-22

Satellite photographs reveal China has completed the Pangong Tso bridge

New Delhi: China has finished the construction of a strategic bridge across the Pangong Tso on land it controls near Khurnak, reported The Print. Khurnak is one of the narrowest po…

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News · 18-Apr-22

China trying to expand UAV usage network along the borders: Report

A report has suggested that China is expanding its unmanned aerial vehicles network and usage in areas close to the Line of Control (LAC). "There is a significant increase in …

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Report · 18 September 2023

Mekong Apocalypse

By Michael Buckley World Rivers Day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in September, which this year falls on September 24. ‘Celebrated’ is perhaps not the best choice …

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