Tibet

Tibetans in Massachusetts celebrate 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday

Sacred Spaces

Ahead of his 90th birthday, the Dalai Lama announced that he will be reborn after he dies, and that the Tibetan Buddhist community based in India that he leads will have sole authority in finding his reincarnation. As The World’s Matthew Bell reports, this sets the stage for a dispute with China.

Sonic Buddhism

Arts, Culture & Media
The Himalayas — where legends say the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, roams.

In DNA testing, ‘Yeti’ samples come up bears, bears, bears

Science
Young boy holds Tibet flag at independence protest.

Policy or discrimination? UMass Amherst student prevented from carrying Tibetan flag at graduation.

Education
Woeser on a visit to Tibet, where she grew up.

This woman is the voice of Tibet for China and the world

Global Politics