Xinhua reports that the first 3 volumes of a new all-Tibetan dictionary will be published within 2015, with the other 27 to be gradually launched through the end of 2018 (新版《藏文大辞典》).

Anyone who follows the PRC’s dictionary scene knows that the Chinese authorities can be more than a tad political about their dictionaries – which script they employ, which words make the cut (or don’t), and crucially, who actually edits them . . .