Tibetan representation shrinking under centralized Beijing rule: Report

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Aug. 24: The Washington-based advocacy group International Campaign for Tibet (ICT), in its 2026 Tibet Leadership Report, warns that political governance in Tibetan areas is moving further away from meaningful Tibetan participation, autonomy, and representative decision-making; instead, it is institutionalizing a system in which Party loyalty, national security, and assimilation take precedence over Tibetan representation, language, culture, and autonomous decision-making.

A central feature of the report is its examination of the emerging generation of Tibetan-area officials. ICT describes this cohort as the “seventh generation” of Tibetan leadership, whose...

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