A recently released statement by the UN expresses concern about residential schools in the province that take children away from their ancestral homes, suppressing language and religious teaching, and causing cultural genocide.

The CCP argues that its policy in Tibet is to create a prosperous region that is integrated with the whole, and protects China's borders from incursion.

Is Tibetan culture being erased? Or is Tibet merely suffering from the same global capitalist forces that have transformed China over the past century?

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Chapters
Intro: 00:00
UN Statement on Tibet: 2:20
Western views on Tibet: 8:22
Chinese views on Tibet: 15:16
Tibet as a victim of globalism: 22:39
Summary: 28:07
Outro: 31:21

References and sources

• 40 years of China's war on poverty, Zhu and Peng
• "Social Construction of National Reality: Tibet and Taiwan" Yu and Kwan
• Cultural Genocide and Asian State Peripheries, “Tibet and the (Mis-) Representation of Cultural Genocide”, Barry Sautman
• China shuts down historic monastery, evicts monks and nuns: https://savetibet.org/china-shut-downs-historic-monastery-evicts-monks-and-nuns/
• UN statement: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/02/china-un-experts-alarmed-separation-1-million-tibetan-children-families-and
• China's victory over poverty a great modern achievement: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/02/WS5fc6e710a31024ad0ba99340.html
• Tibet prospers from a decade of economic and social development: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/26/WS630803dea310fd2b29e744dc.html
• Aid-Tibet program marks significant success: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/26/WS62df9acda310fd2b29e6e79a.html
• Tibet podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1jnKLWEBbVKiydDW2g6LLF

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