#ChineseGovernment says #relocations are poverty alleviation measures & new locations are ecologically sound, so that affected #Tibetans can improve their livelihoods by relocating, Pearson said.
“But in reality, that hasn’t been the case because many of the people are #pastoralists, and they live off the land, but when they move to more urban-like areas, the work options are different & they would need to speak #Chinese rather than Tibetan,” she added
If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...
Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.
@mekkaokereke There's plenty of criticism (& I've done it) of the US and our terrible history, racial injustices, and anti-#labor laws. But I fail to understand how ignoring genocide in China, or downplaying crimes against #Uyghurs and #Tibetans, helps?
Tesla, btw, is an ideal partner for #China, in many ways (just as Twitter is becoming a venue for Chinese misinformation). #Tesla & Chinese carmakers are the worst when it comes to sourcing & labor
I meet, in Japan, many people who care about #Ukraine but not #palestine.
Among too many Asian so-called "leftists," those are care about #Gaza but not Ukraine.
And, sadly, people everyone who care about either of those situations, but don't care about #Papuans#Uyghurs#Tibetans#Kashmiris or others facing oppression in Asia.
The mountain also has #CulturalMeaning. "Anyemaqen is regarded as a #sacred mountain by us #Tibetans," Tenzin Dargye said. "Seeing the snowy mountain melting bit by bit, we felt that we should do something."
Countries who talk about human rights elsewhere continue to stand by #Israel despite its genocide in #Gaza.
Meanwhile countries who never talk about #humanrights elsewhere and commit crimes in their own countries, continue to make empty public statements in support of human rights in Gaza.
Of course, most #Tibetans & #Uyghurs have been blocked from emigrating, or even traveling abroad from China for more than 10+ years. It shouldn't be any surprise that emigrations restrictions may impact Han Chinese too.
Was honestly impressed how a lot of Indian-Americans come together to raise awareness about & protest against human rights abuses by the BJP against journalists, Muslims, minorities, and others in #India, during #Modi's visit last week.
If democracies don't finally begin pulling together and fighting the spread of #autocracyeverywhere, more and more developing democracies will fail and fall into a pit of #surveillance#dictatorship where civil society will be deprived of any possibility of organizing opposition again.
We know which regime is driving these "developments", but bankers and industrialists from democracies are still queueing up to kowtow its Leader while lobbying at home to ensure business continues as usual.