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Sacred Authority and State Power
China is intensifying its campaign to eliminate the spiritual leader’s influence and control his succession
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As the Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday, Tibetans worldwide prepare for a ‘Year of Compassion’ celebration. Our new report w/ @sinopsis.cz reveals the global stakes involved in a complex geopolitical struggle that extends beyond Tibet’s borders turquoiseroof.org/sacred-autho...
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FIDH @fidh-official.bsky.social: #Tibetan rights defender Ms Zhang Yadi 张雅笛 is being held incommunicado in Hunan after her July arrest & may face sentencing. Denied access to family, independent legal counsel, case highlights opaque national security procedure #华语青年挺藏会
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
China: Incommunicado detention and possible sentencing of Ms Zhang Yadi, young defender of Tibetan rights
CHN 001 / 0226 / OBS 010 Arbitrary detention / Incommunicado detention / Judicial harassment / China 12 February 2026
The Observatory for the (…)
www.fidh.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
FIDH @fidh-official.bsky.social: #Tibetan rights defender Ms Zhang Yadi 张雅笛 is being held incommunicado in Hunan after her July arrest & may face sentencing. Denied access to family, independent legal counsel, case highlights opaque national security procedure #华语青年挺藏会
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
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New event!
📆14th Feb - 27th Sept
@nationaltrust.org.uk host exhibition "How did we get here?" of Tibetan artefacts from the collection and screenings of "Encounters" a new film by British-Tibetan artist, Nyima Murry
Details:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-d...
📆14th Feb - 27th Sept
@nationaltrust.org.uk host exhibition "How did we get here?" of Tibetan artefacts from the collection and screenings of "Encounters" a new film by British-Tibetan artist, Nyima Murry
Details:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-d...
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
New event!
📆14th Feb - 27th Sept
@nationaltrust.org.uk host exhibition "How did we get here?" of Tibetan artefacts from the collection and screenings of "Encounters" a new film by British-Tibetan artist, Nyima Murry
Details:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-d...
📆14th Feb - 27th Sept
@nationaltrust.org.uk host exhibition "How did we get here?" of Tibetan artefacts from the collection and screenings of "Encounters" a new film by British-Tibetan artist, Nyima Murry
Details:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/peak-d...
A cybersecurity company in the U.S. edited out attribution to China from a cyberespionage report because Beijing ordered its products replaced … www.reuters.com/world/china/... @reuters.com exclusive
… but they left in that hackers targeted Czechia after its president met the Dalai Lama.
#Attribution matters. (That’s exactly why it was softened.)
#Attribution matters. (That’s exactly why it was softened.)
February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM
A cybersecurity company in the U.S. edited out attribution to China from a cyberespionage report because Beijing ordered its products replaced … www.reuters.com/world/china/... @reuters.com exclusive
FIDH @fidh-official.bsky.social: #Tibetan rights defender Ms Zhang Yadi 张雅笛 is being held incommunicado in Hunan after her July arrest & may face sentencing. Denied access to family, independent legal counsel, case highlights opaque national security procedure #华语青年挺藏会
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
China: Incommunicado detention and possible sentencing of Ms Zhang Yadi, young defender of Tibetan rights
CHN 001 / 0226 / OBS 010 Arbitrary detention / Incommunicado detention / Judicial harassment / China 12 February 2026
The Observatory for the (…)
www.fidh.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
FIDH @fidh-official.bsky.social: #Tibetan rights defender Ms Zhang Yadi 张雅笛 is being held incommunicado in Hunan after her July arrest & may face sentencing. Denied access to family, independent legal counsel, case highlights opaque national security procedure #华语青年挺藏会
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
www.fidh.org/en/issues/hu...
The pattern points to coordinated inauthentic behaviour (CIB): fabricated artefact, networked dissemination, rapid spread.
@tibetnet.bsky.social response: public attribution, takedown coordination, #disinformation reporting channel:
@tibetnet.bsky.social response: public attribution, takedown coordination, #disinformation reporting channel:
Sikyong Penpa Tsering emphasised the fake document was deliberately manufactured, flagged to #Tibetan admins, and swiftly reported to blunt its spread. phayul.com/cta-condemns...
CTA condemns fake letter claiming Dalai Lama–Epstein meeting, calls it China-originated smear campaign - Phayul
Phayul.com is one of the most popular & successful Tibetan news website in English. With daily readers touching over 12,500 and still growing. It features news and views on Tibet.
phayul.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The pattern points to coordinated inauthentic behaviour (CIB): fabricated artefact, networked dissemination, rapid spread.
@tibetnet.bsky.social response: public attribution, takedown coordination, #disinformation reporting channel:
@tibetnet.bsky.social response: public attribution, takedown coordination, #disinformation reporting channel:
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China’s big push into controversial cloud seeding tech isn’t just about making rain, it’s part of wider weather modification goals that reach the #Tibetan Plateau:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How China became fixated on cloud seeding
China hopes to increasingly control when and where it rains. Ally Hirschlag examines why its ambitious cloud seeding plan is so controversial – and whether it actually works.
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
China’s big push into controversial cloud seeding tech isn’t just about making rain, it’s part of wider weather modification goals that reach the #Tibetan Plateau:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How Did We Get Here? is a collaboration between the @NationalTrust.org.uk & the #Tibetan community living in Britain. The exhibition explores the journeys of carefully selected objects & features a newly created film that includes powerful personal stories. www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/arts-and-cul...
February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
How Did We Get Here? is a collaboration between the @NationalTrust.org.uk & the #Tibetan community living in Britain. The exhibition explores the journeys of carefully selected objects & features a newly created film that includes powerful personal stories. www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/arts-and-cul...
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The Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu, has adopted a statement condemning #China for its coercive, colonial‑style boarding school system for Tibetan children in #Tibet, which is designed to Sinicize them.
#Estonia
www.tibetanreview.net/estonian-par...
#Estonia
www.tibetanreview.net/estonian-par...
Estonian parliament adopts motion condemning China’s coercive assimilation boarding school system in Tibet - Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Feb12’26) – The Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu, has on Feb 11 adopted a statement condemning China for its coercive colonial style boarding school system for Tibetan children t...
www.tibetanreview.net
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu, has adopted a statement condemning #China for its coercive, colonial‑style boarding school system for Tibetan children in #Tibet, which is designed to Sinicize them.
#Estonia
www.tibetanreview.net/estonian-par...
#Estonia
www.tibetanreview.net/estonian-par...
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Tibetan environmental activist Anya Sengdra has been released from prison after serving an extended 7-year sentence.
A community leader and advocate for #Tibet’s fragile ecosystem, Sengdra still faces the oppression of the Chinese government. #savetibet
Read more: savetibet.org/anya-sengdra...
A community leader and advocate for #Tibet’s fragile ecosystem, Sengdra still faces the oppression of the Chinese government. #savetibet
Read more: savetibet.org/anya-sengdra...
February 12, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Tibetan environmental activist Anya Sengdra has been released from prison after serving an extended 7-year sentence.
A community leader and advocate for #Tibet’s fragile ecosystem, Sengdra still faces the oppression of the Chinese government. #savetibet
Read more: savetibet.org/anya-sengdra...
A community leader and advocate for #Tibet’s fragile ecosystem, Sengdra still faces the oppression of the Chinese government. #savetibet
Read more: savetibet.org/anya-sengdra...
China’s big push into controversial cloud seeding tech isn’t just about making rain, it’s part of wider weather modification goals that reach the #Tibetan Plateau:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How China became fixated on cloud seeding
China hopes to increasingly control when and where it rains. Ally Hirschlag examines why its ambitious cloud seeding plan is so controversial – and whether it actually works.
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
China’s big push into controversial cloud seeding tech isn’t just about making rain, it’s part of wider weather modification goals that reach the #Tibetan Plateau:
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Ms. Tenzin Choekyi, Senior researcher @tibetwatch.org, spoke at the 6th Geneva Forum on #surveillance, #censorship, & #transnationalrepression youtu.be/WjKye1dgjp0?...
Panel Session- 3: Breaking the Silence: Surveillance, Censorship,and Transnational Repression
YouTube video by TibetTV
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February 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Ms. Tenzin Choekyi, Senior researcher @tibetwatch.org, spoke at the 6th Geneva Forum on #surveillance, #censorship, & #transnationalrepression youtu.be/WjKye1dgjp0?...
This #Tibetan commentary calls out RT as the apparent seed of the bizarre narrative; arguing that the real story here isn’t incidental, essentially random name mentions - it’s how those mentions were (re)framed, amplified and propagated, by & through, two authoritarian state media networks at scale:
My blog: The #EpsteinFiles mention the #DalaiLama in the context of individuals flaunting their connections with His Holiness to curry favor with #Epstein who in turn is manipulating them by suggesting meetings or events. weblog.savetibet.org/2026/02/the-...
The Dalai Lama and the Epstein Files: Much Ado About Nothing - ICT Blog
The January 30 release of the latest tranche of materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who died in 2019, is being used by vested interest to attempt to smear His Holiness the D...
weblog.savetibet.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
This #Tibetan commentary calls out RT as the apparent seed of the bizarre narrative; arguing that the real story here isn’t incidental, essentially random name mentions - it’s how those mentions were (re)framed, amplified and propagated, by & through, two authoritarian state media networks at scale:
CTA’s alert is a solid #disinformation model for countering forged documents
-> name the tactic, map the vector, coordinate with #Tibetan group admins to halt spread, & publish a reporting channel:
-> name the tactic, map the vector, coordinate with #Tibetan group admins to halt spread, & publish a reporting channel:
CTA alert (11 Feb): forged document using the Dalai Lama's Office letterhead circulated in a #Tibetan Facebook group. Reminder to their @risk community to verify sources and report suspicious social media posts. tibet.net/central-tibe...
Central Tibetan Administration Issues Alert Over Circulation of Forged Document Using Official Letterhead of His Holiness the Dalai Lama – Central Tibetan Administration
Dharamshala: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has strongly condemned social media accounts that have been actively disseminating misinformation using the official letterhead of the Office of H...
tibet.net
February 11, 2026 at 2:36 PM
CTA’s alert is a solid #disinformation model for countering forged documents
-> name the tactic, map the vector, coordinate with #Tibetan group admins to halt spread, & publish a reporting channel:
-> name the tactic, map the vector, coordinate with #Tibetan group admins to halt spread, & publish a reporting channel:
Ms. Tenzin Choekyi, Senior researcher @tibetwatch.org, spoke at the 6th Geneva Forum on #surveillance, #censorship, & #transnationalrepression youtu.be/WjKye1dgjp0?...
Panel Session- 3: Breaking the Silence: Surveillance, Censorship,and Transnational Repression
YouTube video by TibetTV
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Ms. Tenzin Choekyi, Senior researcher @tibetwatch.org, spoke at the 6th Geneva Forum on #surveillance, #censorship, & #transnationalrepression youtu.be/WjKye1dgjp0?...
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"In the West, Woeser has been widely known and appreciated as a poet and “activist.” However, I have always seen her primarily as a “witness”, a survivor providing testimony [...]
highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
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“Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” By Tsering Woeser: Book Review by Kamila Hladíková
Today, February 10, 2026, marks the official publication day of “Ocean, As Much As Rain – Stories, Lyrical Prose, and Poems from Tibet” by Tsering Woeser, published by Duke University Press, …
highpeakspureearth.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"In the West, Woeser has been widely known and appreciated as a poet and “activist.” However, I have always seen her primarily as a “witness”, a survivor providing testimony [...]
highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
highpeakspureearth.com/ocean-as-muc...
Renewables expansion in Tibet is primarily energy & development policy, but it carries clear dual use affordances: solar + storage sited near key routes, airports, & bases can power sensors/comms and improve endurance in remote border areas.
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China’s Green Surge in Tibet: Expert Flags Dual-Use Strategy
China’s massive hydropower and renewable energy projects in Tibet are transforming the region’s infrastructure and settlements, with potential dual-use implications for military mobility near the Indi...
stratnewsglobal.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Renewables expansion in Tibet is primarily energy & development policy, but it carries clear dual use affordances: solar + storage sited near key routes, airports, & bases can power sensors/comms and improve endurance in remote border areas.
stratnewsglobal.com/world-news/c...
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Read Tsering Woeser’s poem “Only This Useless Poem—For Lobsang Tsepak” (tr. Fiona Sze-Lorrain). Woeser’s poem is an elegy to the Tibetan monks and nuns protesting Chinese rule since 2011. . Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Read Tsering Woeser’s poem “Only This Useless Poem—For Lobsang Tsepak” (tr. Fiona Sze-Lorrain). Woeser’s poem is an elegy to the Tibetan monks and nuns protesting Chinese rule since 2011. . Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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The massive Medog project exemplifies Beijing’s broader drive to harness Tibet’s immense hydropower potential while advancing economic, technological, and geopolitical ambitions.
What’s Driving China’s Mega Medog Hydropower Project?
Energy security, frontier development, technological ambition, and geopolitical calculation are increasingly intertwined in China’s infrastructure strategy.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:32 AM
The massive Medog project exemplifies Beijing’s broader drive to harness Tibet’s immense hydropower potential while advancing economic, technological, and geopolitical ambitions.
This isn’t about the Epstein Files, argues the Tibet Policy Institute. It’s a case study in PRC information operations: seeding a manufactured claim, then state media amplification at scale to erode the Dalai Lama’s moral authority & wear down trust through repetition tibetpolicy.net/the-epstein-...
The Epstein Files and China’s Information War Against the Dalai Lama – Tibet Policy Institute
tibetpolicy.net
February 10, 2026 at 10:49 AM
This isn’t about the Epstein Files, argues the Tibet Policy Institute. It’s a case study in PRC information operations: seeding a manufactured claim, then state media amplification at scale to erode the Dalai Lama’s moral authority & wear down trust through repetition tibetpolicy.net/the-epstein-...
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UK universities told to step up defences against intimidation by China ft.trib.al/fxHgZmH
UK universities told to step up defences against intimidation by China
Security services to launch advisory scheme for threatened academics in wake of Sheffield Hallam row
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February 9, 2026 at 12:04 AM
UK universities told to step up defences against intimidation by China ft.trib.al/fxHgZmH
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China’s Medog #hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo would hard-wire #Tibet into Beijing’s energy & security strategy, consolidate control over a contested border zone, and reengineer a transboundary river system sustaining hundreds of millions downstream. thediplomat.com/2026/02/what...
What’s Driving China’s Mega Medog Hydropower Project?
Energy security, frontier development, technological ambition, and geopolitical calculation are increasingly intertwined in China’s infrastructure strategy.
thediplomat.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
China’s Medog #hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo would hard-wire #Tibet into Beijing’s energy & security strategy, consolidate control over a contested border zone, and reengineer a transboundary river system sustaining hundreds of millions downstream. thediplomat.com/2026/02/what...
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China is rolling out satellite TV “upgrades” that push CCP propaganda and promote “ethnic harmony” within a closed, controlled system. #savetibet
Read our full report: savetibet.org/beijing-tigh...
Read our full report: savetibet.org/beijing-tigh...
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
China is rolling out satellite TV “upgrades” that push CCP propaganda and promote “ethnic harmony” within a closed, controlled system. #savetibet
Read our full report: savetibet.org/beijing-tigh...
Read our full report: savetibet.org/beijing-tigh...
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Very interesting - the exile #Tibetan govt (@tibetnet.bsky.social) has stood up a counter- #disinformation effort & formally rejected unfounded claims of a meeting between the Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Epstein, clarifying there is no evidence of contact:
tibet.net/central-tibe...
tibet.net/central-tibe...
Central Tibetan Administration Rejects Unfounded Allegations of Meeting Between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Epstein – Central Tibetan Administration
Dharamshala: In light of unfounded and fabricated reports linking His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein—reports largely disseminated with vested interests by Chinese state-backed media outl...
tibet.net
February 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Very interesting - the exile #Tibetan govt (@tibetnet.bsky.social) has stood up a counter- #disinformation effort & formally rejected unfounded claims of a meeting between the Dalai Lama and Jeffrey Epstein, clarifying there is no evidence of contact:
tibet.net/central-tibe...
tibet.net/central-tibe...
A collective of #Tibetan scholars fact-checks the Epstein files and dismantles the insinuation campaign targeting the Dalai Lama. No evidence of meetings or contact, only third-party name mentions amplified into smear.
stratnewsglobal.com/world-news/t... #disinformation
stratnewsglobal.com/world-news/t... #disinformation
The Epstein Files: Fact-Checking Disinformation Against The Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama’s name appears in these files over a hundred times. However, the context reveals a story of Epstein’s unrequited pursuits, not the Dalai Lama’s complicity
stratnewsglobal.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
A collective of #Tibetan scholars fact-checks the Epstein files and dismantles the insinuation campaign targeting the Dalai Lama. No evidence of meetings or contact, only third-party name mentions amplified into smear.
stratnewsglobal.com/world-news/t... #disinformation
stratnewsglobal.com/world-news/t... #disinformation
“Today’s sentencing of Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, for 20 years, shows how the Beijing-imposed National Security Law has criminalised dissent, prompting many to leave the territory.” www.gov.uk/government/n...
Hong Kongers offered new lives as UK expands safe and legal routes
Government expands Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route.
www.gov.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
“Today’s sentencing of Jimmy Lai, a British citizen, for 20 years, shows how the Beijing-imposed National Security Law has criminalised dissent, prompting many to leave the territory.” www.gov.uk/government/n...