Protests by self-immolation is a new phenomenon in Tibet. But at least the Dalai Lama would know best that China does not fear the dead or the dying monks. It fears the living ones.

BY Dibyesh Anand 19 October 2011

A highly probable scenario for the 15th Dalai Lama is that there will be two of them: one boy recognised inside China with Beijing's blessings, another somewhere in exile. It will wreck all hopes for reconciliation

BY Dibyesh Anand 14 December 2010

The unrest in Xinjiang exposes the failure of Chinese state policy as well as west's -- and others' -- selective and cynical engagement.

BY Dibyesh Anand 14 July 2009

The Maoists are not blame-free. They lacked caution and patience. They had the option of avoiding this debacle. But now, the big powers in the neighbourhood need to resist the temptation to meddle into the internal affairs of Nepal and let the variou

BY Dibyesh Anand 3 May 2009

What makes China so sensitive when it comes to the Tibet question? How does one explain its almost paranoid state? The answer lies in a mix of strategic location of Tibet, regime type and, most importantly, modern Chinese nationalism.

BY Dibyesh Anand 18 March 2008