Gyaltsen Norbu, appointed by China, seeks to promote Communist control over Tibetan Buddhism, which raises alarm among ...

China on Monday lodged a formal protest with India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended birthday greetings to the ...

The Chinese military has sent a drone to survey the epicenter after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Shigatse in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region at 9:05 am Tuesday (Beijing Time), ...

Tenzin Gyatso, whom Tibetans believe to be the 14th reincarnation of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, celebrates his ...

The monk was appointed after the six-year-old chosen by the Dalai Lama for the position disappeared. The June 6 meeting, in which the Panchen Lama affirmed his support for the Communist Party, and the ...

Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist ...

General Secretary of the Communist Party is giving a religious sermon to a Buddhist monk – Beijing clearly fears an announcement from Dharamsala about the Dalai Lama’s succession ...

Based at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, the Panchen Lama holds significant spiritual and secular authority over the Tsang region. Historically, the Panchen Lama and the Dalai Lama have shared a ...

Beijing, Jun 6 (PTI) China-appointed Panchen Lama, the second most important Buddhist monk in Tibet after the Dalai Lama, on Friday met President Xi Jinping here and swore his loyalty to the ruling ...

For example, Shanghai was twinned with Shigatse, Beijing with Lhasa and in southeastern areas, Fujian had a noticeable presence. They were helping with planning and indeed constriction of ...