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 ...

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 ...

A Tibetan-language artificial intelligence model was unveiled in Beijing on Wednesday, pushing forward China's efforts to develop AI for ethnic languages. Named Zeta, the model was developed by the ...

Technologically, Zeta integrates Tibetan, standard Chinese and English within a multilingual framework. It is supported by an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China’s ban on Tibetan language classes has come full circle after a new policy bars children from taking even informal lessons ...

Through music, online learning, and AI, old dialects are finding new life and helping younger audiences reconnect with identity and tradition. At the 2026 Tibetan New Year Gala, 26-year-old singer ...

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 ...

New Delhi: In the thin air of Tibet's sprawling plateau, a quiet battle rages — not fought with weapons or armies, but with ...

Chinese authorities have intensified restrictions on Tibetan digital expression, with mounting evidence of strict monitoring and punitive action against users inside Tibet for sharing content related ...

China's newly introduced "Ethnic Unity and Progress" law on March 12, 2026, has raised serious concerns over the preservation of linguistic and cultural identity among ethnic minorities, particularly ...

A recent United Nations report claims China has separated approximately 1 million Tibetan children from their families and placed them into government-run boarding schools. The separations are part of ...