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China’s Genocide Against Tibetans Is a Warning to Us All

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China’s Genocide Against Tibetans Is a Warning to Us All
Tibetan Buddhists walk the kora in front of the Jokhang Temple, a UNESCO heritage site, on June 1, 2021 in Lhasa, Tibet region, China. Travel restrictions for foreign travelers were recently loosened in a bid to boost tourism to Tibet. The Chinese regime is aiming for 61 million visitors annually by 2025, more than 15 times the number of Tibets inhabitants. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Anders Corr
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An Aug. 19 speech in Tibet by Wang Yang, a member of China’s powerful politburo standing committee, illustrates the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) continued strategy of genocide against Tibetans, including those who adhere to Tibetan Buddhism.
Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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