Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s Third Term Looks Certain, But Will He Share Power?
“[This] abolished the administrative reforms that Deng Xiaoping had worked hard to implement in response to the Cultural Revolution [1966-1976], and restarted the system of lifelong party leadership begun in the Mao era, technically, Xi Jinping can now be re-elected until the end of his life,”
said Lu Chen
Chinese Authorities Arrest Tibetan Man for Having a Photo of the Dalai Lama
The campaign started in 1996 and has resulted in the disappearance, torture, and long prison sentences of participants of non-violent political and religious activity, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Go Sherab Gyatso: Prominent Tibetan Monk Tortured in Jail
He was first arrested in 1998, as he refused to participate in forced political indoctrination imposed on Buddhist monks in Sichuan, and sentenced to three and a half years in jail. He was abused in prison and contracted chronic lung disease.
Tibetan Nomads Sent to Labor Camps for Politically Sensitive Material on Cell Phones
“Many Tibetans were detained in January after Drago county police searched their phone data in Likhog town,” said a Tibetan in exile who has source inside the region. “Most of them are detained in a labor camp in Thangnagma.”
Two-year Disappeared Tibetan Writer Learnt to be Serving Jail Term Under Chinese Rule
Lobsang Lhundup, known by the pen name of Dhi Lhaden, was sentenced for writing a book that criticized the Chinese rule in the Tibetan areas of the People’s Republic of China and for “creating disorder among the public.
Xi Jinping in Tibet: A Sideshow About Water
Xi also visited the holy places of Tibetan Buddhism, for photo opportunities with mandatorily cheering monks. Bitter Winter was told that he repeated the usual slogans that monks should love the Party and follow the Party, and warned that any relations with “separatists” abroad and the “Dalai Lama clique” will not be tolerated.
Chinese Tourists Crowd Lhasa Holy Sites, Tibetans Barred From Entry
Kalden Lodoe and Lhuboom | Radio Free Asia Chinese tourists are pouring into Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa in large numbers, crowding religious sites barred to many Tibetans as the city opens to outside visitors after the easing of coronavirus prevention restrictions, sources in Lhasa say Arrivals from China have quadrupled since fears have eased over […]
Mass Surveillance and 5G in Tibet: Between Oppression and Espionage
<!–[CDATA[ Tenzin Dalha | BITTER WINTER Tibetans are continuously controlled through camera networks and artificial intelligence. Now, Huawei’s highest 5G base station on Mount Everest will also favor international cyber-espionage. Repressing Tibet before and after the coronavirus Amidst fears of the coronavirus sending billions of people into lockdown around the world, China is widely expanding […]
From Skynet to Grid Management: How Modern Technologies Are Abused in the Persecution of Falun Gong
Minghui Before Li Dongsheng (former head of the central 610 Office) was investigated in December 2013, he went to Hebei Province to help ratchet up the persecution of Falun Gong. “It must be a comprehensive plan with grid management so that none [of the practitioners] will be missed,” he said. Li was indicted in August 2015 for bribery. […]
Tibetan Set to Become World’s Longest-serving Political Prisoner
Yeshi Dorge | Voice of America Members of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile are calling international attention to the case of long-imprisoned 57-year-old dissident Lodoe Gyamtso, who with a new sentence announced by Tibetan exiles stands to become the longest-serving political prisoner since the Chinese takeover of Tibet in 1951. Lodoe Gyamtso, also known as Sogkhar Lodoe […]