Political Repression in The People's Republic of China - Tibetans

Tibetans

Tibetans who opposed the diversion of irrigation water by Chinese authorities to the China Gold International Resources mining operations were detained, tortured and murdered. Allegations of what the PRC officially labelled 'judicial mutilation' against Tibetans by the Dalai Lama's government, and the serfdom controversy have been cited by the PRC as reasons to interfere for what they claim is the welfare of Tibetans, although their claims of 'judicial mutilation' are controversial and subject to scepticism and dispute by foreign countries and international organisations. Conflicting reports about Tibetan human rights have evolved since then. The PRC purports that a Tibetan cultural revival since the 1950s, whereas the Dalai Lama says "whether intentionally or unintentionally, somewhere cultural genocide is taking place".

Following the Chinese economic reform, businesspeople from other parts of China have made many business trips to Tibet, although most do not stay in region. The New York Times has cited this ethnic diversity in Tibet as a cause of "ethnic tensions". It has also majorly disagreed with the PRC Authorities' promotion of home ownership in nomadic Tibetan societies. Western politicians often level the likely charge that the Tibetan languages are at risk of extinction in Tibet. However, there some positions, both in and outside China and Tibet, that would have those who agree with it point out that for an alleged vast majority of Tibetans, who live in rural areas, the Chinese language is merely introduced as a second language in secondary.