September 1, 2025. Original article: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/beijings-dangerous-game-tibet In early July, thousands of Tibetans, Buddhists, and other well-wishers gathered in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile, to mark the 90th birthday of Tenzin Gyatso—better known as the 14th Dalai Lama. The de facto pope of Tibetan Buddhism announced...
On The Guardian’s “Today in Focus” podcast, listen to Tibet Action Institute’s Lhadon Tethong and The Guardian’s South Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, discuss the battle between Tibetan Buddhists and China over the successor to the Dalai Lama. Listen here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jul/28/the-hunt-for-the-next-dalai-lama-podcast Before long, Tibetan Buddhism will enter an unknown world – one without its current Dalai...
Read Dr. Gyal Lo’s powerful remarks from a high-level UN side event in Geneva on June 27, where international experts warned of China’s growing interference in the Dalai Lama’s succession and the threat it poses to Tibetan religious freedom and identity. The event, hosted by the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights during the 59th UN...
