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Tibet

Traveling monks work on a sand mandala at Lake Street Church in Evanston, Illinois.
Sacred Nation
Tibetan monks on tour in US as China continues to restrict religion in Tibet
Exile Tibetan booth officials look at a green book, a necessary document for Tibetans to vote, during the second and final round of voting to elect their parliamentarians and the leader of the Central Tibetan Administration
Elections
Tibetans in exile elect a new president
Young boy holds Tibet flag at independence protest.
Education
Policy or discrimination? UMass Amherst student prevented from carrying Tibetan flag at graduation.
Chinese police patrolled outside Johkhang Monastery in the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in March 2014. Security forces always go on high alert around the sensitive March 10th anniversary.
Global Politics
In Tibet, bloggers post at their own risk
Gyaltsen Norbu (R), the 11th Panchen Lama, speaks with a delegate ahead of the opening of the third plenary meeting of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 11, 2015.
Belief
Chinese Communists to Dalai Lama: You can’t die. You’re immortal.
Here is the Dalai Lama not meeting with President Obama on February 5, 2015, in Washington. Instead, he is shaking hands with Valerie Jarrett, a senior advisor to the US president.
Global Politics
Meeting with the Dalai Lama can come with a price
Protesters stand behind a photo of a victim of self-immolation during a 2012 march in New York City in support of Tibet.
Business
A prominent Tibetan activist thinks Facebook deleted her post to cozy up to China
China highlands
Environment
A new book documents China’s exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources
Supporters of the Dorje Shugden tradition in Tibetan Buddhism are behind a concerted protest campaign against the Dalai Lama, who spoke in downtown Boston on Thursday.
Belief
Breakaway Buddhists take aim at the Dalai Lama
American radio journalist Jocelyn Ford and Tibetan migrant Zanta are the main characters in “Nowhere to Call Home.”
Culture
Prejudice, exclusion and sexism is all part of life for a Tibetan migrant in Beijing
Miss Tibet 2013, Tenzing Lhamo, is a Tibetan American living in Madison, Wisconsin.
Arts, Culture & Media
Miss Tibet 2013 is from Wisconsin — and she’s never been to Tibet
A Tibetan Buddhist monk reads from a traditional Tibetan book sitting in his lap.
Lifestyle & Belief
How an American scholar saved a trove of Tibetan literature from extinction
A traditional Tibetan 'khabsey', or cookie, called 'sangha bahaley.' One of the many treats Tibetans eat on Lunar New Year, or Losar.
Arts, Culture & Media
Tibetans in the US still see the New Year as a time to celebrate, despite the conditions back home
Woeser on a visit to Tibet, where she grew up.
Global Politics
This woman is the voice of Tibet for China and the world
Arts, Culture & Media
Shangri-La is no more, after a massive fire devastates an ancient Tibetan village
Environment
Google: The world’s most powerful cartographer
Dalai Lama gathers Tibetan exiles for summit
Development & Education
China’s Wild Western Frontier
Arts, Culture & Media
The Dalai Lama and Me
America, China, and Tibet
‘Here and Now’: China, Tibet and the Olympics
Conflict & Justice
China’s Latest Efforts to Stop Self-Immolation Protesters
Conflict & Justice
Oregon Mural Irks China
Conflict & Justice
Tibet Self-Immolations Spread To Lhasa
Conflict & Justice
Tibet on the Pages of Comic Books
Conflict & Justice
Self-Immolation in Tibet
Global Politics
Dalai Lama Cancels South Africa Visit Because of Visa Trouble
Conflict & Justice
After the Dalai Lama
Conflict & Justice
Tibetans elect new prime minister-in-exile
Global Politics
Nepal-China relations worry Tibetan refugees
Global Politics
Dalai Lama to Step Down
Return of the Tibetan Antelope
China: Of Trees, Logs, and Floods
Tibetan Medicine, Part II
Tibetan Medicine
Global Politics
Dalai Lama’s White House visit invokes the ire of Chinese government
Global Politics
This week’s agenda: Dalai Lama’s White House visit, US-Islamic world forum
Global Politics
Takeouts: Dalai Lama’s presidential treatment, Olympics update
Global Politics
50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama in exile
Arts, Culture & Media
Dalai Lama puts Tibetan New Year celebrations on hold
Environment
A look at whether China got its money’s worth hosting the Olympics
Business, Economics and Jobs
Resettling Tibetan nomads
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo Quiz / Geo answer
Global Politics
Geo answer
Conflict & Justice
China braced for Tibetan protests
Conflict & Justice
Tibetan exiles reach out to Han Chinese
Conflict & Justice
Tibet’s uncharted future
Global Politics
Tibetan exile summit
Global Politics
Tibetan exiles gather for summit
Conflict & Justice
Exiled Tibetans to decide future
Conflict & Justice
Crackdowns on Tibetans continue
Arts, Culture & Media
Audio diary of a tour of Tibet
Conflict & Justice
China urbanization series: Western regions
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit – Jamshied Sharifi
Environment
Vigil for earthquake victims
Environment
Earthquake death toll continues to climb
Arts, Culture & Media
Global Hit – Sa Dingding
Sports
Torch reaches summit
Global Politics
Dalai Lama envoys to meet Chinese
Global Politics
China’s internet protests