Tibet faces ‘slow death’ under China, exiled leader tells US Congress FMTNews FMTWorld
WASHINGTON: Tibet is dying a “slow death” under Chinese rule, the head of the India-based organisation known as Tibet’s government in-exile said on Tuesday in a first address to the US Congress.
“If PRC is not made to reverse or change its current policies, Tibet and Tibetans will definitely die a slow death,” Penpa Tsering, known as the Sikyong of the Central Tibetan Administration , told a bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing via video link. Beijing has accused the Dalai Lama of fomenting separatism in Tibet and it does not recognise the CTA, which represents about 100,000 exiled Tibetans living in around 30 countries including India, Nepal, Canada and the US.China has ruled the remote western region of Tibet since 1951, after its military marched in and took control in what it calls a “peaceful liberation.” China denies wrongdoing there and says its intervention ended “backward feudal serfdom.
Recent reports on government-run boarding schools and involuntary mass DNA collection in Tibetan areas “shock the conscience,” said Zeya, who as special coordinator for Tibetan issues leads US support for Tibetans. Beijing has refused to deal with her.
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