This open access book uses open-source analysis to reveal hidden state surveillance of Tibetan nuns, offering new methods for post-ethnographic research.

The catastrophe that has unfolded in Nepal since August 26 has left thousands dead or m

This open access book uses open-source analysis to reveal hidden state surveillance of Tibetan nuns, offering new methods for post-ethnographic research.

Written by Robert Barnett. On 8 August the Nepalese government ordered Kathmandu University to abort its plan to host a major international conference on Tibet. Media reports and online chatter assume...

Inner Asia Colloquium

Benno Weiner shares the 5 best books on understanding Tibetan plights in contemporary China. Have you read My Tibetan Childhood?

2016年，中国开始在通常被认为属于不丹的领土上建造一个村庄。五年后，这个村庄的存在 才被外界观察者发现，或被外国政府注意到。 当时，中国已经在不丹的传统习惯边界内建立了另外两个村庄。这些也位于喜马拉雅山高地或 喜马拉雅峡谷的偏远地区。目前已有22个这样的村庄和定居点。从卫星图像来看，这些中国 村庄和聚居区由约 752 个住宅区组成，估计分为 2,284 个住宅单元，每个单元可容纳一个家 庭。为了...

Research by Robert Barnett and others has found that China has been annexing Bhutanese territory in recent years.

This year marks 30 years since China launched its ambitious Tibet-Aid Project (援藏计划), a vast and ongoing party-state effort to reshape the region. Unveiled at the 1994 Tibet Work Forum, the scheme pai...

In 2016, China began constructing a village in territory generally understood to be part of Bhutan. It was five years before the existence of that village was discovered by outside observers or notice...