New Delhi, July 7: China, on July 1, 2026, did not merely bring a new statute into force – it gave legal language to a long-running project of cultural control. The Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress is presented by Beijing as a framework for harmony among China’s 56 officially recognised ethnic groups. But for Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongols, Hui, Kazakhs and others, its real danger lies in how it turns identity into a matter of state discipline. Across the world, Tibetan organisations and…
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Beijing, June 7 (IANS) China’s state policy uses Tibet surveillance as a blueprint for ethnic control through a comprehensive system using advanced technology, legal frameworks, educational assimilation, and religious restriction. The transformation of Tibet into an authoritarian laboratory under Chinese President Xi Jinping showcases a systematic approach to ethnic control that has consequences for human rights, cultural preservation, and global governance, a report has stated. Xi has increased…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) China’s education policies in Tibet are increasingly becoming a battleground over identity, history and cultural preservation, according to a report. The Eurasia review, said in a report that educational reforms implemented under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are reshaping how Tibetan children understand their own heritage.In its report titled “Tibet Is Not Han China: Reject The Rewriting Of A Living Civilisation”, it contends that the struggle for Tibet extends beyo…
Washington, June 3 (IANS) Bipartisan lawmakers in the US House of Representatives have introduced legislation requiring the State Department to determine whether China has committed genocide or crimes against humanity against Tibetans, adding fresh congressional pressure on Beijing over its human rights record.Representatives Chris Smith, a Republican from New Jersey, and Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from New York, on Tuesday introduced the Tibet Atrocities Determination Act, which would require the S…
Brussels, May 30 (IANS) China’s concerns over the next Dalai Lama stem from the reality that he will not emerge in Beijing’s “shadow” and will be identified through spiritual tradition rather than party decree, thus posing a serious challenge to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) authority, a report has stated.Beijing has no control in the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama — and that loss of influence unsettles Chinese authorities more than they are willing to acknowledge, Khedroob Thon…
Washington, May 19 (IANS) The United States has called on China to immediately release the Panchen Lama, one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most important spiritual figures, marking 31 years since his disappearance at the age of six.In a statement, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Chinese authorities disappeared Gedhun Choekyi Nyima and his family days after he was recognised by the Dalai Lama as an important future Tibetan Buddhist leader.“Yesterday was the 31st anniversary of the dis…
New York, May 5 (IANS) Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, has accused Beijing of imposing Chinese-medium education and ideological indoctrination on kindergarten children as part of its efforts to forcibly assimilate Tibetans.In a 72-page report titled ‘Start with the Youngest Children: China Uses Preschools to ‘Integrate’ Tibetans’, the rights body documented that a 2021 Ministry of Education directive — the Children’s Speech Harmonisation plan — mandates the use of …
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) The death of a young Tibetan monk serves as a stark warning of the escalating repression in Tibet, with Chinese authorities treating even acts such as sharing information on a digital messaging platform as potential security threats, a report this week revealed.According to a report in Pakistan’s online magazine ‘Bitter Winter’, the campaign against Tibetan Buddhism is borne by individuals — young and unarmed — who enter police custody alive but are returned as c…