Cutting RFA, VOA Tibetan Services Risks Silencing Tibet

Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser warns that U.S. plans to defund Radio Free Asia and Voice of America's Tibetan services could silence vital voices under Chinese rule. In an opinion piece she wrote, these broadcasts have long connected Tibetans to the outside world and supported global advocacy. Despite heavy surveillance and censorship in Tibet, many still risk listening. Woeser argues the closures would weaken both the Tibetan cause and U.S. global influence, while aiding China's expanding media control. She urges the U.S. to preserve these platforms as lifelines for truth, culture, and hope for the Tibetan people.