‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support
Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama
July 2025
Today in Focus
The hunt for the next Dalai Lama - podcast
Podcast26:33
Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday, triggering geopolitical questions for the future
Buddhist rebirth v Chinese control: the battle to choose the Dalai Lama’s successor
Digested week
Digested week: Wimbledon joy and the canny PR of the Dalai Lama
Emma Brockes
Dalai Lama defies China to say successor will be chosen by Tibetan tradition
Dalai Lama outlines process for choosing his successor after he dies – video
Video2:09
Dalai Lama at 90: son of a buckwheat farmer who became a thorn in China’s side – in pictures
Gallery23
March 2025
Dalai Lama says his successor will be born outside China in the ‘free world’
New book by spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism will raise the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of Tibet
February 2025
Gyalo Thondup obituary
Brother of the Dalai Lama and envoy who led talks on the exiled leader’s possible return to Tibet with the Chinese government
January 2025
We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan
The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but the Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about China and its government
September 2024
Tourist boom threatens to swamp Indian mountain town where Dalai Lama took refuge
The town of McLeod Ganj is a magnet for domestic holidaymakers fleeing scorching temperatures. But their cars choke the streets and new hotels stretch scarce water supplies
October 2023
From the Guardian archive
Heinrich Harrer’s Seven Years in Tibet reviewed – archive, 1953
16 October 1953: An account of the Austrian climber’s escape from a British prison in India, crossing the Himalayas to Tibet and becoming a tutor to the Dalai Lama
August 2023
China wants to erase Tibet. Will Britain stay quiet about this crime?
Simon Tisdall
The US has taken a public stand over China’s crimes against humanity. In Beijing this week, the UK foreign secretary should do the same and shame his hosts
April 2023
Never Forget Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Untold Story review – soft-focus documentary on spiritual leader
The Dalai Lama recalls his escape from Tibet in this rare but rambling interview
What’s age got to do with it, Marina Hyde?
Letters: Charles Harris,David Silverman and Howard Temperly detect a whiff of ageism in the columnist’s criticisms of the Dalai Lama, Rupert Murdoch and other older men
Weekend
Musician Feist, Marina Hyde on the world leaders who just won’t stop, theatre audiences behaving badly– podcast
Podcast34:56
Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, the Dalai Lama: living proof that no one is too big for retirement
Marina Hyde
Dalai Lama apologises after kissing boy and asking him to ‘suck my tongue’
December 2022
From six-year-old Tibetan monk to teenage Ibiza raver: a Spanish boy’s incredible journey
Osel Hita Torres joined a monastery after the Dalai Lama declared him a reincarnated spiritual leader, but at 18 he broke free and moved to Ibiza. A new TV series tells his story
