“Mission achieved,” Purja posted on his Instagram from the summit in Tibet, the world's 14th highest mountain.

"It's alive and well, and it's creeping on us in every corner," said Chemi Lhamo of Chinese influence in Canada.

March 10 marked the 60th anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day,

A national Tibetan student group is calling a China tourism advertisement on some Toronto Transit Commission vehicles disgraceful and is demanding the posters be taken down.

Dion said that while China has never denied a request by a high-level diplomat to visit Tibet, it has put up roadblocks, including delays in approving travel requests and shadowing Canadians while there.

President Barack Obama is meeting with the Dalai Lama at the White House on Wednesday.

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, weighed in on the refugee crisis telling German media that there are “too many” refugees in Europe.

A shallow magnitude-5.5 earthquake struck the mountainous region of Tibet on Wednesday, injuring 60 people.

Lobsang Sangay has been re-elected prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile in voting held last month.

The Dalai Lama left his home in India on Tuesday to travel to the United States for a medical checkup, although the Tibetan spiritual leader said he has no specific health complaints.