China pressures Nepal over Tibetan studies conference as it expands control over Tibetology under new ethnic unity law

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China has quietly pressed Nepal over an upcoming Tibetan studies conference in Kathmandu, just weeks after its new “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law” came into effect. This development is the latest sign that Beijing is expanding its campaign of transnational repression into academic discourse as part of its broader efforts to turn Tibetology into an ideological tool that reinforces the state’s vision of a unified Chinese national identity, while silencing scholarship that challenges its officia...

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