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China continues to wage a campaign of repression against the Tibetan community, according to a top US diplomat, who believes that Beijing plans to install a Dalai Lama of its own choosing.
Addressing a gathering on the margins of the UN Human Rights Council last week in Geneva, US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Uzra Zeya said Tibet now faces a “critical moment” for the survival of its cultural, linguistic and religious heritage.
China’s policies in the region threaten Tibet’s national identity, Zeya was quoted as saying by Washington-based Radio Free Asia (RFA).
She says that central to Beijing’s campaign to fully absorb Tibet into China is its plan to install a Dalai Lama of its own choosing when the globally revered Tibetan spiritual leader someday dies.
