Bhuchung K. Tsering was born in Tibet. His family fled to India in 1960 in the wake of Chinese Communist invasion. He studied in India, receiving his B.A. in English literature from the University of Delhi in 1982. He worked as a reporter for the Indian daily, Indian Express, in New Delhi, thereafter joining the Tibetan Government-in-Exile in Dharamsala, India, in January 1984. He has worked as the editor of Tibetan Bulletin, the official journal of the Tibetan Government. He joined the International Campaign for Tibet in Washington, D.C., in 1995 and is currently the Vice President for Special Program, overseeing Chinese outreach and Tibetan empowerment programs. He has spoken on Tibet in different colleges as well as Amnesty International-organized events. He is a columnist for the Tibetan monthly, Tibetan Review, and has contributed articles on Tibet to Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan, Swiss and American journals.