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What It's Like Being Mistaken for the Wrong Ethnicity
If you know me, please bother to learn my name and my ethnicity.
Tibetans Explain What ‘Suck My Tongue’ Means. It’s Not What You Think.
“It seems that many people, forced into an environment of e-connections, have completely forgotten what human connection means.”
China Is Harvesting DNA From Thousands of Tibetans
The biometric database could be used to deepen social control, researchers warn.
This Young Pop Star Set Himself on Fire in Public. Then His Body Disappeared.
Tsewang Norbu was the poster child of the Chinese assimilation campaign in Tibet. Now fans are trying to piece together what happened to him.
An Extremely Powerful and Unexplained Energy Ray Tore Through Our Galaxy
The highly energetic gamma ray was more powerful than any particle accelerator on Earth, hinting at the existence of cosmic super-accelerators called PeVatrons.
Nepal Bans Two Indians From Mount Everest for Faking Summit
The ministry has also cancelled their summit certificates after finding out their pictures at the peak were Photoshopped.
Inside the Secret Tibetan Force That Is Helping India Take On China
Apart from being expert paratroopers, members of the Special Frontier Force are trained in mountain warfare and guerilla combat.
Police Detained Northeast Indians Thinking They’re Tibetans Who Might Protest Against Chinese President’s Visit
Around 40 Northeastern people, including women, were detained despite having identity cards.
India is Arresting Tibetans Ahead of Chinese President’s Visit
Tibetan activists in India see these “preemptive arrests” as a sign of China’s growing influence over democracies and “their ability to press governments to silence freedom of speech in all corners of the world."
Tibetans in India Join the Global Climate Strikes to Bring Attention to Their Burning Homeland
The community lives with the prospect of losing their homes forever, not just to political oppression but also the severe effects of climate change.
Hackers Tried to Compromise Phones of Tibetans Working for Dalai Lama
Citizen Lab details new hacking campaigns against high-profile Tibetans using iPhones and Android smartphones.
The Dalai Lama Feels His Female Successor Has to Be Attractive or There’s “Not Much Use”
He also said that people would not like to see a “dead face” and that women should “spend money on makeup”.