Tibet

Why were there fireworks in the Himalayas?

The fireworks display by apparel brand Arc’teryx, named ‘Rising Dragon’, occurred on Friday in the Himalayas. It took place on a Tibetan plateau around 5,500 metres above sea level in the city of Shigatse. Videos from the event – put online to promote the brand – went viral, showing multi-coloured fireworks coming down from the top of the mountain in lines that were designed to resemble a dragon. Here’s why people are outraged

Why Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet amid tension over Dalai Lama succession

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Lhasa on Wednesday on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The development comes amid tensions between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government about his potential successor. This is Xi's second-ever visit to the region as president

Xi visits Tibet to mark 60 years of control: His second trip comes 4 years after ‘follow the party’ appeal

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Wednesday for his second-ever visit as China's leader to mark the 60th anniversary of Tibet's founding as an autonomous region

How India should approach Dalai Lama’s succession issue

India is displaying extraordinary strategic patience with China, the CTA and Tibetan Buddhists have been expecting India to greenlight the succession and reincarnation outlined by the Dalai Lama

Chinese colonialism? Beijing forcing 1 mn Tibetan children into boarding schools, erasing cultural identity

At least 100,000 are preschoolers between the ages of 4 and 6, and over 900,000 older children from Tibet have been forcibly placed in Chinese government-run boarding schools

More than compassion: How India’s backing of Dalai Lama shapes Himalayan geopolitics

Support for the Dalai Lama affirms India’s commitment to values and its enduring resolve in geopolitics

De-escalation with China: India needs a lasting solution, not temporary fixes

The Chinese Communist leadership tends to portray bilateral issues as manageable rather than resolvable. China retains the strategic flexibility to escalate tensions when required

Permanent solutions elude as China plays the long game on Tibet and India’s borders

China’s attack on India in 1962, with skirmishes leading up to it, all started in the 1950s after the PLA forcibly occupied Tibet. The parallels between the 1950s and now must be carefully studied by India

'India follows strategic ambiguity, puts principles above narrow interests': Expert decodes Tibet policy

India follows 'strategic ambiguity' on Tibet and the so-called Tibet Card has been carefully underutilised to preserve its potency and use it responsively when circumstances warrant, such as during high-stakes episodes like the 2017 Doklam standoff and the shift in India's diplomatic posture after border clashes in 2020, according to Eerishika Pankaj, the Director of Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA).

Why Tibet & Dalai Lama make China nervous

Even as the Dalai Lama has called for a 'middle way' approach, the Communist Party of China (CPC) cannot come to terms with the idea of co-existing with Tibetans as its totalitarian ethno-nationalist state has no room for a non-Han group or leader — and certainly not for someone like the Dalai Lama whom his followers revere like a god.