BEIJING — A Tibetan businessman who campaigned to preserve his native language from the encroaching dominance of Chinese was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday, after a controversial ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The first Tibetans came to the Pacific Northwest to work in the lumber industry. Then, in the early ‘90s, more refugees were resettled here. Earlier this month, The Northwest Tibetan Community ...

Tashi Wangchuk was sentenced to five years in prison after telling The New York Times that Tibetan language education was being repressed. By Chris Buckley “We are gravely concerned about the ...

This intensive two-week seminar will immerse students in the Tibetan language by combining methods to develop skills in both written and spoken Tibetan. The course is designed to provide aspiring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Game Theory Films has acquired Canadian rights to the Canadian Tibetan-language drama Tenzin. Co-directed by Michael ...

His films captured contemporary Tibetan life as Tibetans saw it, devoid of the stereotypes long associated with their homeland. By Tiffany May Pema Tseden, a filmmaker and author who presented an ...