Tag: Tibet

Chinese Regime Forces Monks and Tibetans to Witness the Demolition of Buddha Statue

The Chinese regime forced Tibetan monks and Tibetan people to watch the demolition process of a 99-foot tall Buddha statue at Thoesam Gatsel temple in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in December. The Buddha statue was built after the regime approved the project in 2015, and has special meaning for local Tibetan monks and…


US Names Tibet Coordinator, Draws Warning From China

WASHINGTON—The United States on Monday named Under Secretary of State Uzra Zeya as special coordinator for Tibet, drawing warnings from China to stay out of its internal affairs. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Zeya, who is responsible for democracy and human rights, would lead U.S. efforts to preserve the Chinese-ruled territory’s religious, cultural,…


The Real Reason China Wants Tibet

Commentary As I write this, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committing cultural genocide in Tibet. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has demanded a “new modern socialist” Tibet, as well as the “sinicization” of the Tibetan people. To ensure mass compliance, the CCP has implemented a string of new policies in the supposedly autonomous region. In Tibet,…


‘Anecdotal Evidence’ of Sexual Abuse of Tibetan Nuns While in Chinese Police Custody

The Chinese regime’s sexual abuse of Uyghurs has been widely reported in recent years as more victims of this Muslim minority have stepped forward to expose the ongoing persecution in the Xinjiang region. The mass rape and torture of female Falun Gong practitioners have been extensively reported by Minghui.org in the last two decades. Tibetan nuns also…


2 Recent CCP Appointments Trigger Concerns Over Rights Abuses in China

Amid the Chinese regime’s ramping up of its largest leadership reshuffle before the 20th National Congress, the recent appointments of two Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) cadres aroused great concern in the international community over China’s worsening human rights situation. The National Congress is theoretically the highest body of the CCP and is held once every…


Over 20,000 Applicants Compete for a Job in Tibet Amid China’s Unemployment Crisis

This year, workers in China have encountered waves of large-scale layoffs. In the latest Chinese civil service exams, a post office in Tibet shockingly received the most applications. Registration for China’s 2022 civil service recruitment ended at 6 p.m. on Oct. 24. According to its official website, the total number of applicants was 2,047,281, and…


‘They Will Monetize Everything’: Experts Highlight How Beijing Has Turned Rights Abuses Into an Industry

The Chinese Communist Party has become an expert in profiting off its human rights abuses, according to a former State Department official, who pointed to the regime commercializing slave labor—and even body parts from slain prisoners of conscience. Robert Destro, a former Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, said that the…


‘They Will Monetize Everything’: Beijing Has Turned Rights Abuses Into an Industry, Experts Say

The Chinese Communist Party has become an expert in profiting off its human rights abuses, according to a former State Department official, who pointed to the regime’s commercializing of slave labor—and even body parts from slain prisoners of conscience. Robert Destro, a former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, said that…


Celtics Games Scrapped in China After Player Calls Out Beijing’s Tibet Suppression

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is facing yet more pressure in China after a Boston Celtics player filmed a short video calling for an end to Beijing’s ongoing repression in Tibet. Wearing a black T-shirt emblazoned with the image of Tibet’s spiritual leader Dalai Lama, Turkish player Enes Kanter on Oct. 20 criticized Beijing in…


Turkish NBA Player Calls Out CCP, ‘Dictator’ Xi For Repression in Tibet

Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of the government in Turkey, has called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the regime’s repression in Tibet. “I’m here to add my voice and speak about what is happening in Tibet under the Chinese government’s brutal rule. Tibetan people’s basic…