Lhadon Tethong
@lhadon.bsky.social
Tibetan independence activist and Amala of 4 sweet boys. Born in Canada 🇨🇦 Heart is in Tibet (Tibetan flag emoji banned from existence, for now).
Co-founder & Director, Tibet Action Institute
Co-founder & Director, Tibet Action Institute
Growing up, the most familiar sound in our house was the Dalai Lama's voice playing on a tape recorder in my Dad's study. His Holiness & Buddhist teachings were the light that helped my father navigate the most difficult times. And now the same is true for me.
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Peace of Mind from a Buddhist Perspective: The Dalai Lama's Reflections
YouTube video by furhhdl
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February 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Growing up, the most familiar sound in our house was the Dalai Lama's voice playing on a tape recorder in my Dad's study. His Holiness & Buddhist teachings were the light that helped my father navigate the most difficult times. And now the same is true for me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt4g...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt4g...
TONIGHT on Frontline PBS: The Battle for Tibet. Rare doc on China’s repression incl colonial boarding system (residential indoctrination schools) holding 1M Tibetan kids. Features Dr. Gyal Lo & shocking footage we shared. Watch & share:
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FRONTLINE: "Battle for Tibet" - Preview
Investigating China’s rule over Tibet.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
TONIGHT on Frontline PBS: The Battle for Tibet. Rare doc on China’s repression incl colonial boarding system (residential indoctrination schools) holding 1M Tibetan kids. Features Dr. Gyal Lo & shocking footage we shared. Watch & share:
video.cascadepbs.org/show/frontli...
@tibetaction.bsky.social
video.cascadepbs.org/show/frontli...
@tibetaction.bsky.social
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🚨 BOOK TOUR HEADS UP! @badiucao.bsky.social and I will be in: 🇹🇼 Taipei late February — 🇺🇸 then Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and DC in March! Details soon! And if you want us for an event, ping us! YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION is hitting the road!
February 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨 BOOK TOUR HEADS UP! @badiucao.bsky.social and I will be in: 🇹🇼 Taipei late February — 🇺🇸 then Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and DC in March! Details soon! And if you want us for an event, ping us! YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION is hitting the road!
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Belgian newspaper @demorgen.be picked up the story on colonial boardingschools in #Tibet. They published a 4-page piece in their weekend edition. ✊️
January 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Belgian newspaper @demorgen.be picked up the story on colonial boardingschools in #Tibet. They published a 4-page piece in their weekend edition. ✊️
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China is separating Tibetan children from their families and placing them in boarding schools for assimilation and heavy political indoctrination. Many Tibetans fear a whole generation of children will lose their culture, religion and language.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In Tibet, Chinese Boarding Schools Reshape the ‘Souls of Children’
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
China is separating Tibetan children from their families and placing them in boarding schools for assimilation and heavy political indoctrination. Many Tibetans fear a whole generation of children will lose their culture, religion and language.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Reuters article reveals several of China’s dams in Tibet have been damaged from the recent earthquake. The damming of rivers in a seismically active country like Tibet poses great risks, which China often downplays.
China reports problems at five reservoirs in Tibet after earthquake
Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the southwest region last week, an emergency official said on Thursday.
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January 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Reuters article reveals several of China’s dams in Tibet have been damaged from the recent earthquake. The damming of rivers in a seismically active country like Tibet poses great risks, which China often downplays.
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“Around three-quarters of Tibetan students age 6 and older - and others even younger - are in residential schools that teach largely in Mandarin, replacing the Tibetan language, culture and Buddhist beliefs that the children once absorbed at home.”
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How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“Around three-quarters of Tibetan students age 6 and older - and others even younger - are in residential schools that teach largely in Mandarin, replacing the Tibetan language, culture and Buddhist beliefs that the children once absorbed at home.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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China's "placing children in boarding schools in a drive to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into citizens loyal to the Communist Party... Parents do not see their children for long stretches." By Chris Buckley for NYTimes:
How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
China's "placing children in boarding schools in a drive to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into citizens loyal to the Communist Party... Parents do not see their children for long stretches." By Chris Buckley for NYTimes:
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As Phuntsok Norbu, chairman of the Tibetan Community in Britain, explains, the Silk Roads exhibition at #BritishMuseum
exemplifies “the museum’s role in shaping global understanding of a culture that is actively being suppressed.”
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exemplifies “the museum’s role in shaping global understanding of a culture that is actively being suppressed.”
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What’s in a Name? Tibet, Xizang, and the Politics of Erasure
Museums are guardians of historical narratives and play inherently political roles in shaping perceptions across time and space.
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January 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As Phuntsok Norbu, chairman of the Tibetan Community in Britain, explains, the Silk Roads exhibition at #BritishMuseum
exemplifies “the museum’s role in shaping global understanding of a culture that is actively being suppressed.”
inkstickmedia.com/whats-in-a-n...
exemplifies “the museum’s role in shaping global understanding of a culture that is actively being suppressed.”
inkstickmedia.com/whats-in-a-n...
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What are some similarities between traditional Tibetan and Chilean foodstuffs? I wrote an article about it. Link below.
#Tibet #food #tsampa #barley #Chile #cocho #ulpo #chupilca #wheat #comida #harina #vino #wine #foodstaple #cooking
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#Tibet #food #tsampa #barley #Chile #cocho #ulpo #chupilca #wheat #comida #harina #vino #wine #foodstaple #cooking
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Tsampa, cocho & ulpo
When I was in Lhasa, there was always tsampa available at breakfast, and sometimes at lunch too. Tsampa is a powder made of toasted barley ground into flour, sometimes combined with toasted wheat f…
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January 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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It's TIBET.
⚡ Support friends alert.
You can do more. Share the tweet on FB/IG. Your action matter.
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#MilkTeaAlliance
Original tweet by @tibetaction
Link: twitter.com/122283413/status/1876759117982822490
You can do more. Share the tweet on FB/IG. Your action matter.
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#MilkTeaAlliance
Original tweet by @tibetaction
Link: twitter.com/122283413/status/1876759117982822490
January 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It's TIBET.
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Great reporting. Excruciating reading.
#China govt family separations, forced assimilation, persecution, physical & psychological abuse of #Tibetan children are *crimes.* Yet it's #humanrights defenders like #TashiWangchuk who are jailed for calling it out.
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#China govt family separations, forced assimilation, persecution, physical & psychological abuse of #Tibetan children are *crimes.* Yet it's #humanrights defenders like #TashiWangchuk who are jailed for calling it out.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Great reporting. Excruciating reading.
#China govt family separations, forced assimilation, persecution, physical & psychological abuse of #Tibetan children are *crimes.* Yet it's #humanrights defenders like #TashiWangchuk who are jailed for calling it out.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
#China govt family separations, forced assimilation, persecution, physical & psychological abuse of #Tibetan children are *crimes.* Yet it's #humanrights defenders like #TashiWangchuk who are jailed for calling it out.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Thank you, @sophiebeach.bsky.social, for all you do to bring attention and deeper understanding to the suffering and courageous resistance in Tibet, China and all lands occupied and controlled by the Chinese govt. 🙏🏽
Thanks to @lhadon.bsky.social @tibetaction.bsky.social Prof Gyal Lo and others who have done so much to expose these schools
January 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Thank you, @sophiebeach.bsky.social, for all you do to bring attention and deeper understanding to the suffering and courageous resistance in Tibet, China and all lands occupied and controlled by the Chinese govt. 🙏🏽
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I learned so much about Tibetan boarding schools and the ways they are used to remove the children from their culture and communities from my interview with Lhadon Tethong in 2023: chinadigitaltimes.net/2023/10/inte...
Interview with Lhadon Tethong on Tibet's Colonial Boarding Schools: "They Are Stealing an Entire Generation"
In December 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) issued a report “Separated from Their Families, Hidden From the World,” exposing a vast system of boarding schools for Tibetan children that aims to assi...
chinadigitaltimes.net
January 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I learned so much about Tibetan boarding schools and the ways they are used to remove the children from their culture and communities from my interview with Lhadon Tethong in 2023: chinadigitaltimes.net/2023/10/inte...
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Great reporting on an important topic that the Chinese government is doing their best to hide from the world www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In Tibet, Chinese Boarding Schools Reshape the ‘Souls of Children’
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great reporting on an important topic that the Chinese government is doing their best to hide from the world www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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NYTimes met en lumière le rôle des pensionnats coloniaux dans la transformation des enfants tibétains, au cœur d’une stratégie chinoise visant à assimiler les tibétains
Selon Tibet Action Institute, autour 800000 enfants, soit près de 3/4 âgés de 6 à 18 ans, sont dans ces pensionnats
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Selon Tibet Action Institute, autour 800000 enfants, soit près de 3/4 âgés de 6 à 18 ans, sont dans ces pensionnats
tiny.cc/edm5001
How China is Erasing Tibetan Culture, One Child at a Time
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
NYTimes met en lumière le rôle des pensionnats coloniaux dans la transformation des enfants tibétains, au cœur d’une stratégie chinoise visant à assimiler les tibétains
Selon Tibet Action Institute, autour 800000 enfants, soit près de 3/4 âgés de 6 à 18 ans, sont dans ces pensionnats
tiny.cc/edm5001
Selon Tibet Action Institute, autour 800000 enfants, soit près de 3/4 âgés de 6 à 18 ans, sont dans ces pensionnats
tiny.cc/edm5001
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Our original research alerted the world to this sinister Chinese government policy and now so many more people know about this terrible injustice.
We are making progress.
Please keep sharing, especially with your elected representatives.
tibetaction.net/campaigns/co...
We are making progress.
Please keep sharing, especially with your elected representatives.
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Colonial Boarding Schools
Colonial Boarding Schools
tibetaction.net
January 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our original research alerted the world to this sinister Chinese government policy and now so many more people know about this terrible injustice.
We are making progress.
Please keep sharing, especially with your elected representatives.
tibetaction.net/campaigns/co...
We are making progress.
Please keep sharing, especially with your elected representatives.
tibetaction.net/campaigns/co...
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Yesterday (Sunday's) print edition of @nytimes.com had their Colonial Boarding Schools in #Tibet exposé on the front page!
The piece featured on a 2 page spread, giving incredible exposure to this important issue.
@lhadon.bsky.social
The piece featured on a 2 page spread, giving incredible exposure to this important issue.
@lhadon.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yesterday (Sunday's) print edition of @nytimes.com had their Colonial Boarding Schools in #Tibet exposé on the front page!
The piece featured on a 2 page spread, giving incredible exposure to this important issue.
@lhadon.bsky.social
The piece featured on a 2 page spread, giving incredible exposure to this important issue.
@lhadon.bsky.social
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#Tibet Colonial Boarding Schools article front page above the fold of @nytimes.com International Edition!
We're demanding UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to break his silence on Tibet and investigate!
Sign petition here: actions.tibetnetwork.org/en-US/TibetA...
@lhadon.bsky.social
We're demanding UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to break his silence on Tibet and investigate!
Sign petition here: actions.tibetnetwork.org/en-US/TibetA...
@lhadon.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
#Tibet Colonial Boarding Schools article front page above the fold of @nytimes.com International Edition!
We're demanding UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to break his silence on Tibet and investigate!
Sign petition here: actions.tibetnetwork.org/en-US/TibetA...
@lhadon.bsky.social
We're demanding UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to break his silence on Tibet and investigate!
Sign petition here: actions.tibetnetwork.org/en-US/TibetA...
@lhadon.bsky.social
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“Different time, different place, different government, but same impact, in the sense of breaking cultural and familial bonds and roots, and psychologically damaging and traumatizing kids at their foundation.” @lhadon.bsky.social
Read this @nytimes.com exposé:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read this @nytimes.com exposé:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In Tibet, Chinese Boarding Schools Reshape the ‘Souls of Children’
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Different time, different place, different government, but same impact, in the sense of breaking cultural and familial bonds and roots, and psychologically damaging and traumatizing kids at their foundation.” @lhadon.bsky.social
Read this @nytimes.com exposé:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read this @nytimes.com exposé:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Must-read: chilling @nytimes.com reporting corroborating and expanding on @tibetaction.bsky.social documentation of widespread, systematic abuses of #Tibetan children. The damage is intentional—and generational. Indep into investigation crucial - #UN #OHCHR #HRC! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
In Tibet, Chinese Boarding Schools Reshape the ‘Souls of Children’
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Must-read: chilling @nytimes.com reporting corroborating and expanding on @tibetaction.bsky.social documentation of widespread, systematic abuses of #Tibetan children. The damage is intentional—and generational. Indep into investigation crucial - #UN #OHCHR #HRC! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The earthquake in Tibet is a nightmare on top of a nightmare.
The majority of Tibetan school-age children have been separated from their families and made to live in state-run boarding schools.
This includes 4 & 5-years olds whose parents have no choice but to send them to boarding preschools.
The majority of Tibetan school-age children have been separated from their families and made to live in state-run boarding schools.
This includes 4 & 5-years olds whose parents have no choice but to send them to boarding preschools.
Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government where they face political indoctrination. The children are at risk of abuse, and of being stripped of their Tibetan identity and bonds with family.
In Tibet, Chinese Boarding Schools Reshape the ‘Souls of Children’
Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The earthquake in Tibet is a nightmare on top of a nightmare.
The majority of Tibetan school-age children have been separated from their families and made to live in state-run boarding schools.
This includes 4 & 5-years olds whose parents have no choice but to send them to boarding preschools.
The majority of Tibetan school-age children have been separated from their families and made to live in state-run boarding schools.
This includes 4 & 5-years olds whose parents have no choice but to send them to boarding preschools.
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Hard to see any neutrality here—if this gathering goes ahead with the Chinese government’s fake Panchen Lama (having forcibly disappeared the real one as a child in 1995) it’s just capitulation.
nepalaaja.com/2024/12/2024...
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China's Panchen Lama Visit Raises Concerns Over Nepal’s Geopolitical Neutrality
Lumbini, Nepal – The upcoming visit of Gyaltsen Norbu, the Chinese-appointed 11th Panchen Lama, has raised questions about Nepal’s geopolitical positioning and its role in Beijing’s ...
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December 11, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Hard to see any neutrality here—if this gathering goes ahead with the Chinese government’s fake Panchen Lama (having forcibly disappeared the real one as a child in 1995) it’s just capitulation.
nepalaaja.com/2024/12/2024...
nepalaaja.com/2024/12/2024...