WASHINGTON — Tibet is dying a “slow death” under Chinese rule, the head of the India-based organization known as Tibet’s government in exile told a U.S. agency Tuesday.
Some activists lament what they see as a fading focus on alleged abuses in Tibet amid growing concerns in Washington and other Western capitals about China’s expanding military, pressure on democratic Taiwan, and crackdowns in Hong Kong and on minority groups in China’s Xinjiang region.
“If PRC [the People’s Republic of China] is not made to reverse or change its current policies, Tibet and Tibetans will definitely die a slow death,” Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration said via video link to a hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, an independent agency of the U.S. government that monitors human rights and rule of law developments in China.
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