Three days after he was released from prison in December, a Tibetan village leader named Gonpo Namgyal died. As his body was ...

An online beginning Tibetan language course offered at CU Boulder allows learners worldwide to access contemporary resources for a less-frequently taught language A new University of Colorado Boulder ...

China’s ban on Tibetan language classes has come full circle after a new policy bars children from taking even informal lessons outside of school. “No individual or organization is allowed to hold ...

Tibet’s future remains imperiled by the Chinese government’s continued efforts to sever the generational links that sustain Tibetan culture. Recent reports have analyzed how this dynamic plays out in ...

The People's Republic of China seized control of Tibet in 1950 in what its leaders termed the "peaceful liberation" of a theocracy. Generations of Tibetans in exile continue to call it an invasion and ...

BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese official said Thursday that “all-round efforts” are needed to ensure Tibetans speak standard spoken and written Chinese and share the “cultural symbols and images of the ...

A private vocational school in Qinghai has been forced to close for unspecified violations. Critics see a continuation of Beijing’s war on Tibetan language education. Despite taking part in a ...

Pu Tsering, a good-natured primary school teacher, is very stubborn when it comes to which language his students have to speak. "We should speak standard Tibetan," the 37-year-old language teacher ...

Language has a strange place in the intangible cultural heritage safeguarding efforts of Chinese governments and UNESCO. Languages themselves are not recognized on UNESCO’s lists nor are there ...

A three-day Tibetan Youth Empowerment Programme in South Tyrol, Italy, brought together 25 young Tibetans for advocacy ...