China arrests Tibetan singer for performing at Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday celebration
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, July 19: A young Tibetan singer known as Ah Sang, or by his online alias Tsugte, has reportedly been arrested and forcibly taken away by Chinese authorities over two weeks ago from Ngaba, in the eastern Tibetan region of Amdo, according to multiple Dharamshala-based exile news outlets. His arrest reportedly came after […]
China launches mega-dam on Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet amid environmental concerns
By Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, July 19: Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Saturday officially launched construction of a massive hydroelectric dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet on Saturday, according to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency. The project, with a staggering planned investment of 1.2 trillion yuan ($167 billion), was announced […]
China bans Kirti Rinpoche’s photograph from his monastery in Ngaba, Amdo
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, July 19: Chinese authorities have banned the photographs of a well-known exile-based Tibetan religious leader, the 11th Kirti Rinpoche, Lobsang Tenzin Jigme Yeshe Gyamtso Rinpoche, at Kirti Monastery in Ngaba, in the eastern Tibetan region of Amdo, Phayul has learned. A credible source in exile, speaking to Phayul on the condition of […]