People’s Republic of China
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China Imposes Sweeping Crackdown on Tibetans During Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday
The government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has imposed sweeping restrictions across Tibet to suppress religious and cultural observances marking the 90th birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Reports from multiple Tibetan areas reveal an intensified campaign of surveillance, arbitrary detentions, and harsh curbs on religious freedom.
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China’s Seventeen-Point Agreement: A Subversion of the Patron-Priest Relationship in Tibet
From its inception, Tibet has been an independent entity, distinguished by the Tibetan alphabet and language, distinctive culture, geographical landscape, political system, and perhaps most notably by the Tibetan Buddhist religion. However, Tibet’s claim to its territory has been a source of contestation for centuries, with the most recent and arguably most brutal annexation of…