Islam in China has a long tradition of women-only mosques. Traveling, writing, and filming for the last 35 years between the Mediterranean and the Yellow Sea, I have often had occasion to reflect...
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Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin was taken into custody in late 2016 and has not been seen since. In late 2016, one of the bishops in the small parish of Wenzhou in China passed away. Per the canon law, the Vatican...
Read more →Ever since his speech against the occupation of Tibet during the '93 Oscars, the actor has seen a downward spiral in his popularity. Once one of the most sought after and loved actors in Hollywood,...
Read more →Dalai Lama's controversial belief on his reincarnation has been brought up before. , speaking to his followers at the Tawang Stadium. Tawang is a small town located in the North-eastern Arunachal Pradesh...
Read more →China warns India on Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, but Dalai Lama will not cancel visit. Despite warnings by China, China claims that Arunachal Pradesh is a part of Tibet, and as such...
Read more →Documentary follows the 2,500-year history of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The Great Transmission is a documentary film that “explores the remarkable journeys Buddhist knowledge has made...
Read more →Christmas and Chinese New Year have their differences, but they're also quite similar. You might believe that Chinese New Year is just a special version of a western New Year celebration. If that is the case,...
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25 Jul 2016
Alison Lesley
Panchen Lama holds Kalachakra ritual after 50 year ban in China. Having ousted the Dalai Lama from power during the occupation of Tibet, China decided to introduce its own hierarchy of Buddhism to control...
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China's government says it will not discriminate against the Muslim minority. The Chinese government said on June 2 that the Muslim population of Xinjiang province will not face any religious...
Read more →New Tibet Watch report details role of religious institutions in political activism in Tibet. In the wake of Chinese president Xi Jinping's recent speech declaring that "religious groups … must...
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Red State Christians: Why Christian Voters Embraced Donald Trump, an Interview with Angela Denker
