Raised as an exile in India, Tibetan ethnomusicologist and first-time filmmaker Ngawang Choephel returned to his homeland as an adult in 1995, video camera in hand, to document the rare pockets of ...

In 1995, Ngawang Choephel returned to his native Tibet to document the country’s fast-disappearing folk-singing tradition. Instead, he was accused of being a spy and sentenced to 18 years in prison by ...

BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) - Chinese people frustrated at what they say are biased Western media reports of recent unrest in Tibet now have a new source of succor -- a song circulating online called ...

Indie filmmakers often describe the hardships involved in getting a movie project off the ground, but rarely does the cost of doing business include hard time in a Chinese prison. That was the price ...

Chinese authorities appear to have blocked access to Apple’s U.S. https://www.pcworld.com/tags/Apple+iTunes.html, following the release of the 20-song “Songs for ...

Tibet Marks Anniversary With Songs, Dances, Reminders of Communist Rule By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -Tibet marked its 60th year as a Chinese autonomous region on Thursday with songs, dances and a ...

A young Tibetan singer and activist has been detained by Chinese authorities after releasing a song praising Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, as reported by The Japan Times on Saturday ...

Musicologist Ngawang Choepel, a Tibetan exile in Dharamsala, India, returned to his homeland in 1995 to archive vanishing native folk songs but fell afoul of the occupying Chinese government; it ...

Tibet marked its 60th year as a Chinese autonomous region on Thursday with songs, dances and a parade in its capital Lhasa with thousands cheering, holding little red flags, amid placards telling all ...

Stunningly shot on real locations, "Song of Tibet" is much as its title sounds -- a wistful, sometimes clunky melodrama with lots of ethnographic detail that's a modern take on the ethnic-minority ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Tibet marked its 60th year as a Chinese autonomous region on Thursday with songs, dances and a parade in its capital Lhasa with thousands cheering, holding little red flags, amid ...