China’s Tibet Policies Could Create Many ‘Environmental Refugees’ in Asia: Experts

China’s Tibet Policies Could Create Many ‘Environmental Refugees’ in Asia: Experts
The Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon in Megok county, Nyingchi city, in western Tibet, on March 28, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images
Venus Upadhayaya
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NEW DELHI—The Chinese communist regime’s infrastructure development in Tibet is happening so quickly that Asian scholars worry it will lead to ecological disasters and large-scale displacement of people from the neighboring countries that share a fragile ecosystem with Tibet.

China’s infrastructure projects include the construction of roads, airports, and dams.

Venus Upadhayaya
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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