On January 1, 1912, China formally ended imperial rule and declared itself a republic. The moment carried enormous weight.

When Sun Yat-sen helped overthrow the Qing dynasty, he did not promise a new empire in republican clothing. He spoke instead ...

According to Phayul, in his New Year address, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that construction had begun in Medog ...

Kathmandu: Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province have long resisted the authority of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), despite ...

Coalition of Tibet Support Groups issue an open letter to Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, ...

China’s stewardship of the Third Pole will shape not only Asia’s water security but the credibility of global climate cooperation. Amid the crowded headlines on the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, ...

Built in the 17th century by a predecessor of the current Dalai Lama, the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, has ...

Rights groups led by Free Tibet, along with several allied organisations, have renewed their campaign against China's ...

BEIJING-Seventy-five years after the Chinese invasion, Tibet remains under siege but unbroken, a report highlighted on October 8 as Tibetans across the world recalled the events that took place on ...

Tibet is one of the clearest cases of how China's frontier regions lost the autonomy they were once expected to have. For ...