Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2019 in the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River, shows new houses built for herders migrating from Shuanghu County, Nagchu City, Tibet. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)
Tibetans who practically enjoyed full independence in their living styles are getting regrouped using mass relocation and rehousing programs making the Tibetan herders to live in resettlement camps in occupied Tibet.
Since 2006, the Chinese government has implemented large-scale programs to “rehouse”—through renovation of existing houses or construction of new ones—a majority of the rural population of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) under a policy called “Comfortable Housing.” In parallel, the government has accelerated the relocation and sedentarization of nomadic herders in the eastern part of the Tibetan plateau, mostly in Qinghai province, and laid the ground for similar policies in other parts of the plateau. Both policies are a component of the government’s effort to “Build a New Socialist Countryside” in Tibetan areas, which the government says is designed to rapidly increase the living standards of rural Tibetans and boost the local economy.
There are host of common issues associated with the New Socialist Villages policy. These common issues include:
The involuntary character of many relocation and rehousing programs;
The absence of genuine prior consultation with affected communities;
The lack of meaningful avenues for challenging or seeking remedies for wrongful eviction orders;
Inadequate and opaque compensation mechanisms;
Problems with the quality of houses in which communities are resettled or rehoused;
Increased financial burdens and indebtedness resulting from relocation and/or reconstruction of housing; and
The loss of tangible and intangible assets and dissolution of communities.
An 80-year-old herder (C) migrated from Shuanghu County, Nagchu City,Tibet, stands in front of her new home with relatives on Dec. 23, 2019. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2019 shows a fleet of buses carrying herders migrating from Shuanghu County, Nagchu City, Tibet. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2019 shows a fleet of trucks carrying belongings of herders migrating from Shuanghu County, Nagchu City, Tibet. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2019 shows herders of Shuanghu County, Nagchu City, Tibet, on their migration trip. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2019, shows a 7-month-old baby from Shuanghu County, Nagchu City,Tibet, on the migration trip. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2019 shows a fleet of trucks carrying belongings of herders migrating from Shuanghu County, Nagchu City, Tibet. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2019 shows a fleet of buses carrying herders migrating from Shuanghu County, Nagchu City, Tibet. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)Photo taken on Dec. 23, 2019 shows a fleet of buses carrying herders migrating from Shuanghu County, Nagchu City, Tibet. A total of 2,900 residents from three villages of Shuanghu County, have recently left their hometown with an average altitude of 5,000 meters above sea level and travelled nearly 1,000 kilometers to resettle in Konggar County, which, at a relatively low altitude, is located to the south bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet. (Xinhua/Chogo)
The report by Human Rights Watch describes the Chinese government’s relocation of Tibetans as “forcible”, not because they have evidence that officials are using physical force to remove residents from their old homes, but because they are offering them no alternatives. Under international law, the term “forced eviction” does not require the physical removal of residents from their homes. It also applies to evictions that lack meaningful consultation and compensation, or in which no alternatives to relocation have been presented. Chinese government relocation and rehousing policies and practices effectively compel communities to follow government orders or—in the case of nomadic communities—to move into fixed settlements through policies that are presented as having the force of law.
Tibet Equilibrium – Balance of Power – Future of Red China’s Evil Power. Consequences for Evil actions. Beijing is Doomed by the Prophecy of Isaiah.
Tibetans enjoyed a sense of peace, harmony, and tranquility or of equilibrium for several centuries as a gift from Mother Nature. The geographical isolation, the inhospitable terrain, and climate protected Tibetans from attacks by hostile, foreign forces. However, about 70 years ago, the natural defenses of Tibet utterly failed to resist the onslaught of Communist China’s military expansionism.
TIBET EQUILIBRIUM – BALANCE OF POWER IN OCCUPIED TIBET. THE GREAT TIBET PROBLEM WILL EXIST UNTIL BALANCE OF POWER IS RESTORED IN OCCUPIED TIBET.
I characterize myself as an advocate of a Doomsday Event, a natural cataclysmic event that will restore the balance of power in the Land of Tibet without the need for the application of man’s physical power to counteract against the physical power of China.
Arrogant nation, pride and might of Evil Red Empire
In my analysis, a cataclysmic event will affect mainland China and as a consequence, China would cease its military occupation of Tibet fully restoring Tibet equilibrium which prevails as a natural event entirely shaped by Natural Factors, Natural Conditions, and Natural Mechanisms.
Cataclysmic events are strong stressors that occur suddenly and typically affect many people at the same time. For example plane crashes or tornadoes. Personal stressors include life events such as personal failure, the death of a parent or the loss of one’s job.
Something that’s cataclysmic is violently destructive. The word often refers to natural disasters, like a cataclysmic earthquake, but cataclysmic can describe other events
Cataclysm is derived from the Greek κατά kata, “down, against” and κλύζω klyzō, “wash over, surge.” It may refer to: Deluge (mythology); a hypothetical Doomsday event; any catastrophic geological phenomenon.
THE FUTURE OF RED CHINA’S EXPANSIONISM – BEIJING DOOMED.
I am reproducing an article describing 17 Cataclysmic Events that Changed the Earth forever.
17 Cataclysmic Events That Changed the Earth Forever
By Michael B. Sauter and Thomas C. Frohlich November 15, 2019, 1:37 pm Print Email Share
Since the Earth was formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago, it has gone through dozens of major cataclysmic events, including the eruption of supervolcanoes, impacts by comets and asteroids, major tectonic shifts, exposure to cosmic radiation, and more. Most of these took place long before homo sapiens ever walked the Earth.
Some of these events were so violent that they directly ushered in new geologic periods. These were often accompanied by ice ages, mass extinction events, or conversely warming and ecological flourishing. These periods left lasting, major changes to the planet’s species, continental structure, and atmospheric composition.
For those concerned about the looming threat of global climate change, these events, many of which are now millions of years old, bear grim relevance to today.
The major extinction events that occurred since life began on Earth, in the majority of cases, share a few attributes, including major changes in CO2 levels and other gases like methane and sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere and an increase in ocean acidification, which can result from higher CO2 levels.
Since the Industrial Revolution, both carbon concentration in the atmosphere and ocean acidification is increasing at far faster levels than can be explained by cyclical changes. Ocean acidity has increased by 30%, and CO2 levels have roughly doubled compared to preindustrial levels, and the result is the endangerment of tens of thousands of species.
Currently, the planet’s flora and fauna are dying at a much faster rate than is normal in nature. Scientists have warned we could be in the midst of a sixth major extinction event, which unlike previous extinction events is caused by human activity and could worsen if human-related greenhouse gas emissions continue unchecked.
To compile a list of the largest geological forces in Earth’s history, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed publications in scientific journals focusing on cataclysmic events in Earth’s history that resulted in sudden, abrupt, and massive environmental impacts. For each event where the date of occurrence can only be estimated, we list the rough number of years it is believed to have occurred before today, and for events where the exact year of the occurrence is known, the year is written out with A.D. notation.
Acataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society in a very significant manner, especially in an unpleasant way.
1. Collision with Theia > Era: 4.5 billion years ago
1. Collision with Theia > Era: 4.5 billion years ago
According to the prevailing theory on the Moon’s origin, roughly 4.5 billion years ago, the relatively young Earth — just 100 million years old at that point — collided with a Mars-sized planet-like object called Theia. The head-on collision ejected tons of molten material into the Earth’s atmosphere, which for a time after is believed to have been made up of plasma-metal vapor. The debris eventually congealed and formed Earth’s moon.
2. The Great Oxidation Event > Era: 2.5 billion years ago
2. The Great Oxidation Event > Era: 2.5 billion years ago
It is believed that between 2.5 billion and 2.3 billion years ago, life on Earth was largely confined to the oceans. Around that time, a massive bloom of an algae-like bacteria called cyanobacteria appeared, saturating the Earth in oxygen. Because most bacteria at the time did not metabolize oxygen, many bacteria species died out. The abundance of oxygen, in a chemical reaction, helped reduce the levels of methane in the atmosphere, cooling the Earth down significantly.
3. Vredefort impact > Era: 2 billion years ago
Source: Júlio Reis / NASA / Wikimedia Commons
3. Vredefort impact > Era: 2 billion years ago
Approximately 2 billion years ago, an asteroid somewhere between 3 miles and 6 miles in diameter struck the Earth in what is now South Africa at an estimated 12 miles per second. The resulting crater is 118 miles in diameter and was originally a magma lake formed from the energy of the collision. An impact of this size would certainly have caused major changes in the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere.
4. Sudbury Basin impact > Era: 1.8 billion years ago
Source: NASA World Wind / Wikimedia Commons
4. Sudbury Basin impact > Era: 1.8 billion years ago
The Sudbury Basin in Ontario, Canada, is one of the three largest impact craters on Earth, measuring 18 miles by 37 miles. Unlike some other major impacts, scientists believe the basin was formed by a comet rather than an asteroid. The impact was so intense that it formed a hole in the crust of the Earth, which subsequently filled with magma.
5. Acraman impact > Era: 580 million years ago
Source: NASA World Wind / Wikimedia Commons
5. Acraman impact > Era: 580 million years ago
Roughly 56 miles in diameter, the Acraman crater in South Australia is one of the largest on Earth. Approximately 580 million years ago, an asteroid with an estimated diameter of 2.9 miles hit the site. The effects of the impact on the atmosphere, coupled with a period of glaciation, may have had a substantial impact on the course of evolution at the time.
6. Events leading to Ordovician extinction > Era: 440 million years ago
6. Events leading to Ordovician extinction > Era: 440 million years ago
The Ordovician period ended some 440 million years ago, coinciding with the beginning of an ice age. An estimated 85% of all animal species on Earth died out, making it a larger extinction event than the K-T extinction (the event known to result in the extinction of the dinosaurs). While the Ice Age is generally accepted as the primary cause for the mass die-out, one theory suggests that during this period the Earth was bathed in deadly gamma radiation, which would have directly killed many of earth’s inhabitants, and also filled the atmosphere with nitrogen dioxide and create conditions that might have been the catalyst for the ice age that occurred.
7. Eruption leading to the Permian extinction > Era: 252 million years ago
7. Eruption leading to the Permian extinction > Era: 252 million years ago
Approximately 252 million years ago, about 90% of life on Earth died out. This event often referred to as “The Great Dying” is the single largest extinction event in Earth’s history. The catalyst for the mass extinction is believed to be an explosion of volcanic activity in what is now Siberia. The explosion put over 700,000 cubic miles of ash into the atmosphere, which could have raised global temperatures by an average of approximately 18 F. The rise in temperatures and other atmospheric changes, including acid rain, devastated Earth’s species.
Underwater eruption leading to End-Triassic extinction > Era: 201 million years ago
8. Underwater eruption leading to End-Triassic extinction > Era: 201 million years ago
Around 200 million years ago, the supercontinent of Pangaea was breaking up. In what was the newly forming Atlantic Ocean, a range of undersea volcanoes were releasing tons of gases and lava into the ocean and atmosphere.. The massive volume of carbon and sulfur released into the atmosphere likely catalyzed a massive global extinction event in which 76% of all terrestrial and marine species were lost.
9. Chicxulub impact > Era: 65 million years ago
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9. Chicxulub impact > Era: 65 million years ago
In what may have been the largest meteorite collision in Earth’s history, a 186-mile-in-diameter asteroid strike is believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
The impact crater is located in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The environmental effects of the impact were likely immediate intense radiation, earthquakes, tsunamis, and mass burial under the ejected matter. Over the course of months, effects were likely massive wildfires and acid rain; years of ozone loss and cooling temperatures; and decades of greenhouse warming.
10. Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum > Era: 56 million years ago
Source: Muni Yogeshwaran / Getty Images
10. Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum > Era: 56 million years ago
The PETM is considered one of the best ancient examples of modern climate change. During this 15 thousand to 20 thousand-year period around 56 million years ago, the Earth warmed by about 5 C due to increase in CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere. At the peak of the PETM, the oceans are thought to have been as warm as nearly 70 F off the coast of what is now Antarctica.
11. Yellowstone eruptions > Era: 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago, 640,000 years ago
11. Yellowstone eruptions > Era: 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago, 640,000 years ago
Yellowstone National Park, now a popular tourist destination, has been the source of three cataclysmic volcanic eruptions, occurring 2.1 million years ago, 1.2 million years ago, and 640,000 years ago. While the first of these was the most powerful, the most recent was still extremely strong, producing an estimated 1,000 cubic kilometers, or about 240 cubic miles of ash and magma, or about 4,000 times as much material as in the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
12. Toba eruption > Era: 74,000 years ago
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12. Toba eruption > Era: 74,000 years ago
Around 72,000 B.C., the Toba supervolcano in Sumatra, Indonesia, erupted. The eruption may have ejected over 670 cubic miles of material into the atmosphere, thousands of times more than the ash and magma released during the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. The event likely plunged the Earth into cold and relative darkness for years afterward.
13. Mount Thera eruption > Era: 3,600 years ago
Source: Rolfsteinar / Wikimedia Commons
13. Mount Thera eruption > Era: 3,600 years ago
In what are now the Aegean Islands near the Greek Island of Santorini, Mount Thera erupted around 1610 B.C. The blast, which may have been equivalent to hundreds of atomic bombs, is one of the largest explosions witnessed by humans. The sulfur dioxide the explosion released into the atmosphere likely had a substantial impact on the world’s climate.
14. Huaynaputina eruption > Era: 1600 A.D.
Tree rings in Taxodium distich… (CC BY 2.0) by James St. John
14. Huaynaputina eruption > Era: 1600 A.D.
In a recent paper on the aftermath of the Huaynaputina eruption published in Nature, a team of geologists noted there were several climate discrepancies in the year 1601, indicating a possible much wider impact on the volcano eruption may have had. Tree-ring analysis suggested sulfur particles may have caused the Northern Hemisphere’s coldest year in 600 years. Other examples of volatile climate in 1601 include altered wind patterns demonstrated by unusual ship routes, record flooding, snowfall, poor harvests, and famine.
15. Tambora eruption > Era: 1815 A.D.
Source: Jialiang Gao / Wikimedia Commons
15. Tambora eruption > Era: 1815 A.D.
In 1815, Mt. Tambora on Sumbawa Island in Indonesia erupted in one of the most intense volcanic eruptions experienced in human history. The blast killed at least 70,000 people and was so powerful that the sound was heard over 1,200 miles away. The ejecta released by Tambora filled the atmosphere with ash, radically disrupting global weather patterns. Many referred to 1816 as “The Year Without a Summer.” It was during that summer that Mary Shelley, weathering the dreary conditions in Switzerland with other noted authors, including her husband Percy Shelley and Lord Byron, developed the story that would become “Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus.”
16. Krakatoa eruption > Era: 1883 A.D.
16. Krakatoa eruption > Era: 1883 A.D.
While not as substantial as some of the other volcanic events to make this list, the famous explosion of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa on Aug. 26, 1883, was still a devastating global event, killing over 36,000 people and sending material 50 miles into the air with a blast 10,000 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Most of the deaths were caused by the massive tsunamis that resulted from the eruption, including one that was 120 feet high. The six cubic miles of debris sent into the atmosphere had widespread effects on global weather patterns.
17. Spike in CO2 from human activity > Era: 1900 to present
17. Spike in CO2 from human activity > Era: 1900 to present
Nature no longer seems immune to the influence of human beings. In 1988, the scientific community revealed to the general public the problem of global warming from human-caused CO2 emissions that the oil company Exxon had detected as early as 1977. The warming caused by these emissions — from the burning of fossil fuels, cement production, deforestation practices, and so on — have contributed to about 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2018. This was the record to date for annual emissions, which will continue to increase as long as we continue on our current course.
Current global concentrations of three major greenhouse gases — CO2, CH4, and N2O — are well more than double pre-industrial levels (pre-1750). Since then, trillions of tons of CO2 have been added to the atmosphere by human activities, resulting in warming of slightly less than 1 C. The warming has caused large and relatively dramatic changes to the Earth, including sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Scientists pointed out in a recent report in the journal Nature Climate Change that human-caused effects on the planet will “extend longer than the entire history of human civilization thus far.”
By Michael B. Sauter and Thomas C. Frohlich
A Cataclysmic Event will bring the sudden downfall of an arrogant nation, Evil Red Empire. Isaiah 47
Special Frontier Force, the military alliance between Tibet, India, and the US is primarily concerned with the security challenges posed by China’s expansionist doctrine in South Asia.
In my analysis, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO will not be able to defend Europe without addressing the problem of China’s military expansionism.
Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4162 USA SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE-ESTABLISHMENT No. 22-VIKAS REGIMENT
CHINA IS NATO’S NEW ADVERSARY.
BY ISHAAN THAROOR
Is China NATO’s new adversary?
CHINA IS NATO’S NEW ADVERSARY.
Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Oct. 1 military parade in Beijing celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. (Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images)
The West’s most venerable military alliance is marking its 70th birthday this week in Britain. And it’s going to be awkward. Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including President Trump, will gather at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday before a rushed single meeting at an 18th-century estate outside London on Wednesday. The proceedings have been choreographed to minimize friction in an increasingly fractious group, one in which Trump’s frustrations with the alliance are hardly the sole source of tension.
Still, a NATO diplomat confided in my colleague Michael Birnbaum, “There’s a 50-50 chance that this goes south.”
Perhaps the pessimism is unwarranted. Seven decades after NATO’s founding, its 29 member states account for about half of the world’s military spending and close to half of the world’s GDP. By any calculation, it’s a formidable alliance. But differences within the bloc are becoming pronounced. French President Emmanuel Macron, for one, wants to see NATO shift away from being a Cold War-era bulwark against Russia to a more nimble security organization geared to countering terrorism.
Since coming to power, Trump has also taken a different tack, calling into question the necessity of the alliance, raging over the inadequacy of European defense spending and scrapping a key nuclear treaty with Moscow that helped shield Europe. Yet, this week, he’s expected to emphasize the need for NATO to take on a new adversary and rising 21st-century superpower — China. In the run-up to the summit, U.S. officials pointed to China as a “very strong competitor” that needs to be effectively brought to heel.
CHINA IS NATO’S NEW ADVERSARY.
NATO officials are also getting more vocal about how China fits into the bloc’s strategic deliberations. In an interview with CNBC on Monday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said China was “shifting the global balance of power” and presenting Western policymakers with “some opportunities but also some serious challenges.” He added that the alliance — a transatlantic pact — was not focused on engaging China in its own Pacific backyard but elsewhere in the world. European politicians have also recognized that the alliance has to reckon with Beijing. “China is set to become the subject of the 21st century on both sides of the Atlantic,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in a speech in Washington in April. “China is a challenge on almost every topic. It is important to gain a better understanding of what that implies for NATO.”
“There’s no way that NATO will move into the South China Sea, but we have to address the fact that China is coming closer to us, investing heavily in infrastructure,” Stoltenberg said. “We see them in Africa, we see them in the Arctic, we see them in cyberspace, and China now has the second-largest defense budget in the world.”
That may be music to the Trump administration’s ears, which sees itself at the start of a decades-long, high-tech contest with Beijing. With varying success, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has clamored for European nations to resist Chinese investments in the continent’s digital infrastructure, particularly in the development of 5G wireless networks that will underlie a whole new world of advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, and smart grids.
“With so much on the line, it’s urgent that trustworthy companies build these 21st-century information arteries,” Pompeo wrote in an op-ed for Politico Europe. “Specifically, it’s critical that European countries not give control of their critical infrastructure to Chinese tech giants like Huawei, or ZTE.”
CHINA IS NATO’S NEW ADVERSARY.
The Chinese are predictably unimpressed by suggestions of a confrontation with NATO. “European nations are now faced with two options: blindly following the U.S. or cooperating with China despite U.S. preaching,” noted an editorial in Global Times, a strident English-language Chinese state mouthpiece. “Making this choice will only turn Europe … into a U.S. puppet. Is this a scenario the once strongest continent wants to see? And if European countries shut their door on China’s 5G technology, will they be able to bear the potential losses?”
Analysts in Washington aren’t reading too much into the current atmospherics. In a briefing call with reporters, Michael O’Hanlon of the Brookings Institution said that Trump has “acted so unilaterally” in his tariff showdowns with China and Europe that it’s “hard to imagine” any substantial strategic decisions being forged through a multilateral body such as NATO.
Then there is a range of internal disagreements on the continent, where a number of countries have already become beachheads for significant Chinese investment and influence. “I think the question isn’t so much whether or not NATO as an alliance has the internal coherence to face China with a united front, but if Europe as a whole has that coherence, and, what is NATO’s role here?” Rachel Rizzo, the adjunct fellow at the Center for New American Security, told Today’s WorldView. “Obviously, China is a growing challenge and so it’s wise for the alliance to discuss how it might play a role in Europe’s future strategy, but I think NATO leaders are cognizant of the fact that they shouldn’t go out in search of monsters to destroy.” China said Monday that it would sanction U.S.-based nonprofit organizations, including the National Endowment for Democracy and Human Rights Watch, in retaliation for new U.S. legislation that supports Hong Kong’s protesters. China also will suspend rest-and-recuperation visits to Hong Kong by U.S. military ships and aircraft, a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman said, adding that further moves are possible.
The Dalai Lama holds up his Congressional Gold Medal after being presented the award by (L-R) Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) and President George W. Bush in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda October 17, 2007, in Washington, DC. President Bush participated in the ceremony despite Beijing’s strong disapproval of the recognition for the 72-year-old exiled leader from Tibet.
US Congress Resolution Commends Dalai Lama For His Commitment To Global Peace
The resolution recognizes the cultural and religious significance of a genuinely autonomous Tibet and the deep bond between people of America and Tibet.
83-year-old Dalai Lama lives in exile in the hill town of Dharamsala WASHINGTON:
A group of four influential US lawmakers has introduced a resolution in Congress commending the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama for his commitment to global peace and non-violence.
The resolution, introduced in the House of Representatives, came weeks after US ambassador-at-large for Religious Freedom Samuel D Brownback traveled to Dharamsala in India and met the Dalai Lama and discussed ways to advance religious freedom.
The 83-year-old Dalai Lama, a globally revered figure and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, lives in exile in the hill town of Dharamsala. He fled to India in early 1959 to escape from the Chinese occupation.
The House resolution — introduced by Congressman Ted Yoho and co-sponsored by Michael McCaul, Chris Smith, and George McGovern — recognizes the significance of the genuine autonomy of Tibet and the Tibetan people and the work the 14th Dalai Lama has done to promote global peace, harmony, and understanding.
The resolution recognizes the cultural and religious significance of a genuinely autonomous Tibet and the deep bond between the American and Tibetan people.
It commends the 14th Dalai Lama for his commitment to global peace and non-violence.
It would be beneficial to convene a bipartisan, bicameral forum, either through a joint meeting of Congress, a teleconference broadcast in the Auditorium at the Capitol Visitor Center, or roundtable between members of Congress and the Dalai Lama to discuss peaceful solutions to international conflicts, the resolution notes.
China, which firmly opposes any contact with the Dalai Lama by any foreign official, says the successor to the Dalai Lama must be chosen according to religious rituals and historical conventions as well as the backing from the ruling Communist Party.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the US Congressional Gold Medal from US President George W. Bush at Capitol Hill in Washington DC, the USA on October 17, 2007.
The Resurrection of American Values to reject the power of Evil.
On behalf of the Living Tibetan Spirits, I pray for the Resurrection of American Values, the foundational values that define America as a nation. My concern is not about the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. The United States must overcome fear to expose evil actions of People’s Republic of China to occupy Tibet through acts of military aggression.
Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Special Frontier Force-Establishment N0. 22-Vikas Regiment
Living Tibetan Spirits Pray for the Resurrection of American Values.
US Wants UN To Take Up Dalai Lama Succession: Envoy
The United States wants the United Nations to take up the Dalai Lama’s succession in an intensifying bid to stop China from trying to handpick his successor, an envoy said after meeting the Tibetan spiritual leader.
Sam Brownback, the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, said he spoke at length about the succession issue with the 84-year-old Dalai Lama last week in the monk’s home-in-exile of Dharamsala, India.
Brownback said he told the Dalai Lama that the United States would seek to build global support for the principle that the choice of the next spiritual chief “belongs to the Tibetan Buddhists and not the Chinese government.”
Living Tibetan Spirits Pray for the Resurrection of American Values.
The Dalai Lama arrives for prayers wishing him a long life at the Tsuglagkhang temple in McLeod Ganj, India in September 2019 — the US wants the UN to look at the issue of who will succeed him Photo: AFP / Lobsang Wangyal
“I would hope that the UN would take the issue up,” Brownback told AFP after returning to Washington.
He acknowledged that China, with its veto power on the Security Council, would work strenuously to block any action, but he hoped countries could at least raise their voices at the United Nations.
“I think it’s really important to have an early global conversation because this is a global figure with a global impact,” he said.
“That’s the big thing that we’re really after now, to stir this before we’re right in the middle of it — if something happens to the Dalai Lama, that there has been this robust discussion globally about it ahead of time,” he said.
Living Tibetan Spirits Pray for the Resurrection of American Values.
US religious freedom envoy Sam Brownback, seen here at a July 2019 ministerial meeting in Washington, is raising pressure over the Dalai Lama’s succession Photo: AFP / MANDEL NGAN
“My estimation undoubtedly is that the (Chinese) communist party has thought a lot about this. So they’ve got a plan and I think we have to be equally aggressive with a plan.”
The Dalai Lama once traveled incessantly, drawing huge Western audiences with his good-humored lectures on compassion and happiness.
But the Nobel Peace Prize winner has slowed down and earlier this year suffered a chest infection, although he is not known to have serious health issues.
Brownback said he found the Dalai Lama “quite jovial” and that the monk had told him, “‘Look, I’m going to live another 15, 20 years; I’m going to outlast the Chinese government.'”
Living Tibetan Spirits Pray for the Resurrection of American Values.
A Tibetan-in-exile carries a photograph of the Dalai Lama during celebrations marking the Lunar New Year in Kathmandu in February 2018 Photo: AFP / PRAKASH MATHEMA
But Beijing has indicated it is waiting out the Dalai Lama, believing his campaign for greater Tibetan autonomy will end with him.
China, which argues that it has brought modernization and development to the Himalayan region, has increasingly hinted that it could name the next Dalai Lama, who would presumably be groomed to support Chinese rule.
In 1995, the officially atheist government selected its own Panchen Lama and detained a six-year-old identified for the influential Buddhist position — whom rights groups called the world’s youngest political prisoner.
Living Tibetan Spirits Pray for the Resurrection of American Values.
Indian police detain Tibetan students as they protest against the visit of China’s President Xi Jinping in Chennai in October 2019 Photo: AFP / STR
Mindful of Beijing’s plans, the 14th Dalai Lama has mused about breaking with the centuries-old tradition in which wandering monks look for signs that a young boy is a reincarnation.
He has said that he could pick his own successor, possibly a girl, or even declare himself the final Dalai Lama.
The US Congress has also stepped up efforts, including by mandating visa denials by the end of the year for Chinese officials unless Beijing eases restrictions on US diplomats, journalists and ordinary people seeking to visit Tibet.
Brownback said he would like access to Tibet, “but I want it unfettered.”
He said he similarly hoped to visit the western region of Xinjiang, which has drawn intense US scrutiny over the incarceration of one million Uighurs and other Turkic-speaking Muslims.
“It is part of the same war on faith,” Brownback said of Tibet and Xinjiang.
Brownback also visited Nepal, historically the gateway for Tibetans fleeing to India but which has increasingly clamped down under pressure from its giant northern neighbor.
Brownback said he raised fears for Tibetans with Nepal’s foreign minister, Pradeep Gyawali.
But he acknowledged Nepal’s difficult situation and said: “I would hate to be very harsh on the Nepalese because they’ve been so good over so many years to help the Tibetans.”
Brownback said that the burden was ultimately with China to allow freedom of movement — and not to interfere in Tibetan Buddhism.
“A government doesn’t own a religion,” he said. “A religion runs itself.”
“We hope we’ll get a number of other communities around the world to express similar positions and concerns.”
Living Tibetan Spirits Pray for the Resurrection of American Values.
The Succession of the Dalai Lama is the exclusive Political Right of Tibetans.
In my analysis, the Succession of the Dalai Lama is the exclusive Political Right of Tibetans. The primary concern is not that of Religious Freedom of Tibetans to practice their religion. The real concern is about the Political Rights of Tibetans to Self-Determination, the Right to choose their own Supreme Ruler of Tibet.
The Fundamental Right to choose the Successor of the Dalai Lama belongs to Tibetans and it does not belong to anybody else, not any government or any entity.
Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Special Frontier Force-Establishment No.22
The Succession of the Dalai Lama is the exclusive Political Right of Tibetans.
Only the Tibetan system to choose Dalai Lama’s successor: US
Oct 28, 2019, | IANS
The Succession of the Dalai Lama is the exclusive Political Right of Tibetans.
Dharamsala, Oct 28: US Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom, Samuel D. Brownback, called on the Dalai Lama at his official palace here on Monday and favored that successor to the spiritual leader belongs to the Tibetan Buddhist system. During the two-day visit, which began on Sunday, the Ambassador met high-ranking officials of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), including ‘Prime Minister’ Lobsang Sangay.
The Ambassador was accompanied by three members from the US State Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom and two from the US Embassy in New Delhi.
The Dalai Lama, who believes in the “middle-path” policy that advocates “greater autonomy” for the people in Tibet, is viewed by the Chinese as a hostile element who is bent on splitting Tibet from China.
Speaking to CTA-run Tibet News Bureau, Brownback said the purpose of his visit is to send a clear message that “the United States government supports the Tibetan people, the Dalai Lama and that the role of picking a successor to the Dalai Lama belongs to the Tibetan Buddhist system, the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan Buddhist leaders”.
“It does not belong to anybody else, not any government or any entity,” he said.
“I want to express clearly the US government supports the Dalai Lama and supports the succession of the Dalai Lama to be done by the Tibetan Buddhist leadership.”
Prior to the meeting with Sangay on Sunday, Brownback met a group of survivors of religious persecution who had recently escaped from Tibet.
In the hour-long meeting, the Ambassador asked questions to each of the survivors and listened to their accounts.
He thanked them for their courage and expressed his full support and earnest efforts towards advancing religious freedom inside Tibet, a post on the CTA website said.
“We believe in religious freedom; the United States strongly supports religious freedom. We believe people all over the world deserve this right and they should be able to practice theirs peacefully and freely. Unfortunately, Tibetans aren’t allowed to practice their faith freely in Tibet and they have to get out to India and other places to practice their faith. So I was hearing with some people who had recently left and all for the reason of wanting to practice their faith freely,” the post quoting the Ambassador added.
This is Brownback’s second visit to Dharamsala this year. Last time he called on the elderly Buddhist spiritual leader in March.
The Dalai Lama lives in exile along with some 140,000 Tibetans, over 100,000 of them in India. Over six million Tibetans live in Tibet.
The Tibetan-in-exile administration is based in this northern Indian hill town but is not recognized by any country.
The Succession of the Dalai Lama is the exclusive Political Right of Tibetans.
The Supreme Ruler of Tibet cannot be chosen by any foreign government.
India must resist China’s Tibet plan
PM Modi should encourage Beijing to talk to the Tibetans, and facilitate a Xi-Dalai Lama meeting
ANALYSIS Updated: Oct 08, 2019 19:25 IST
Amitabh Mathur
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to arrive soon for his second informal meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The coming summit is taking place in the backdrop of important developments on which the two countries have taken confronting stands.
While China advised restraint on rising tensions with Pakistan following the Pulwama and Balakot episodes, it has openly criticized India on the recent constitutional and administrative changes in Jammu and Kashmir. It reiterated its claim on all of Ladakh, stating the changes violated China’s territorial integrity which it would not “idly watch”. It supported Pakistan in the United Nations and has additionally objected to the army exercise currently underway in Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims as its own. So, apart from the usual irritants in bilateral relations such as the border dispute and trade imbalance, not much progress is expected on the traditional faultlines in Sino-Indian relations.
Even though Tibet does not seem to figure on the agenda, the meeting will be followed by a particular interest in Dharamshala. This follows misgivings in some Tibetan quarters that New Delhi is gradually diluting its support to the Tibetan cause. This impression gained ground following the government’s direction to tone down the “Thank You India” program that the central Tibetan administration had planned in January 2018, and the subsequent directive that elected leaders and senior government officials should avoid sharing a public platform with the Dalai Lama. The recent war of words over the issue of Dalai Lama’s reincarnation has led to questions about whether there is an adequate realization, willingness, and preparation within the Government of India to thwart China’s design to ultimately install its own candidate in Potala Palace.
Though the Dalai Lama has spoken of various possibilities regarding his reincarnation, he has consistently rejected any Chinese government role in the process. He has stated that if he reincarnates, it will be in a free country, thereby ruling out China or Chinese-controlled Tibet. He has instructed Tibetans to reject any Chinese appointee as an imposter. The Chinese have been equally emphatic, declaring that choosing the next Dalai Lama is their historical prerogative. Chinese officials conveyed a blunt message to the Government of India by visiting Indian journalists that New Delhi’s failure to not recognize Beijing’s candidate would adversely affect bilateral ties.
To the Tibetans, the struggle to choose the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation reflects the struggle for the leadership of Tibetan Buddhism. More than political, the Tibetan struggle is a civilizational one for the survival of its unique culture and identity. It is sustained by a deep attachment to their spiritual leaders, the highest of whom is the Dalai Lama. China has not been able to dilute this loyalty to any significant extent. Its experiment to install an imposter Panchen Lama has failed. Attempts to mold an indoctrinated monastic order have also not succeeded. Its repressive measures indicate China remains wary of civil unrest of the kind that erupted in Tibet in 2008.
An authoritarian regime cannot countenance an institution not under its control. Therefore, appointing its own Dalai Lama is a strategic priority. What has encouraged Beijing to vehemently assert its intentions is its perception that international support for Tibet is flagging, and with its political and economic clout, it can deter countries from coming forward on the issue. It perhaps also believes that Tibetans, who identify all hopes and aspirations with the person of the 14th Dalai Lama, will not only be demoralized at his passing on, but also fragment into ineffectual uncoordinated groups, bereft of financial and political backers.
For New Delhi to acquiesce to any such Chinese design would be a folly. It must not fall prey to arguments that the passing on of the Dalai Lama would remove an obstacle to border settlement and normalize relations with China. Given its policy of regaining its lost territories, assertions on Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, its military build-up in Tibet, plans to build dams and divert river waters, and its undermining of India in its neighborhood, there can be no assuaging China. On the contrary, supporting the Tibetans strengthens India’s hand in dealing with China. New Delhi should take immediate steps to ascertain the Dalai Lama’s wishes on his reincarnation, and act proactively to ensure these will be endorsed by not just the Tibetans but for the Buddhist world at large. The US Congress has already passed the “Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2019”, which has officially declared China has no role in selecting the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.
Some Chinese scholars have argued that the approach to suppress Tibetan civilizational aspirations has neither succeeded nor is likely to. This should be our advice too to President Xi. The time has come for India to encourage China to convert its intermittent contacts with the Dalai Lama into formal or structured talks to find an acceptable solution. A bold step for Modi could be to facilitate a meeting between Xi Jinping and the Dalai Lama, like the one the latter held with Premier Chou en-Lai in New Delhi in 1956.
Amitabh Mathur is a former adviser to the ministry of home affairs on Tibetan affairs. The views expressed are personal
WHERE IS TIBET? INDIA AND CHINA ARE NOT NEIGHBORS.
HIS HOLINESS THE 14th DALAI LAMA – PRINCE OF PEACE: The Dalai Lama is seen seated on his throne in Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet in this photo image from 1956/1957.
Tibetan government passes a resolution on ‘reincarnation of Dalai Lama’
Tibetan parliament-in-exile speaker Pema Jungney. Photograph:( ANI ) Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India Oct 06, 2019, 04.47 PM (IST)
In a strong message to China, Tibetan government-in-exile has passed a resolution reaffirming that the successor of Dalai Lama will be chosen by the spiritual leader himself and no nation has locus standi on the issue.
“No nation, government, entity or any individual can claim to recognize the reincarnation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The final authority on decisions regarding the reincarnation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama rests indisputably and completely with His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself and the concerned authorities of the Gaden Phodrang Trust,” Speaker Pema Jungney, Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, told ANI on Saturday.
The resolution comes days ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India.
Jungney made these remarks after a special meeting by Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile-at the Tibetan headquarters.
During the meeting, the two-page resolution was adopted which outrightly rejected China’s preposterous interference in the institution of Tibetan reincarnation and affirms the supreme authority of the Dalai Lama over Tibetan Buddhism.
The official document further challenged China’s advancing measures of control over Tibetan Buddhism and expressed outright rejection and contempt of the Order Number 5, a regulation issued in 2007 by China’s State Administration of Religious Affairs (SARA) for the so-called “management of the reincarnation of living Buddhas”.
The meeting was attended by 340 Tibetan authorities representing the three pillars of Tibetan democracy: The Kashag (cabinet); Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile and Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
The resolution comes days ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India.
The Supreme Ruler of Tibet cannot be chosen by any foreign government.
THE CELEBRATION IN LHASA FOR 70 YEARS OF COMMUNISM IN ASIA
70 Years of Communism in Asia.
The birth of the People’s Republic of China on October 01, 1949 marks the beginning of a new era in the geopolitics of the world. The spread of Communism to Asia triggered the Cold War in Asia. For Tibetans, it is indeed a horrible nightmare that has come true. In Lhasa, Tibetans celebrated the 70th birth anniversary of China with hopes that the occupation will end soon.
Rudra Narasimham Rebbapragada
Special Frontier Force
Tibet celebrates PRC’s 70th anniversary
By Palden Nyima and Daqiong in Lhasa, Tibet Updated: 2019-09-29
70 Years of Communism in Asia. People from all walks of life gather on Sunday in front of Potala Palace for a celebration marking the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]
More than 4,000 people gathered Sunday in Potala Palace Square in Tibet autonomous region for a celebration marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, which falls Oct 1.
Government officials, farmers, herders, students, soldiers, policeman, and monks attended, carrying miniatures national flags and holding flowers and khadak, white silk representing purity.
They sang the national anthem, listened to speeches and danced in unison.
Over the 70 years Communist Party of China leadership, people in Tibet have driven historic change, said Wu Yingjie, the region’s Party secretary, during the ceremony.
According to Wu, the region’s GDP has soared from 129 million yuan ($18 million) in 1951 to 147 billion yuan in 2018.
Urban residents’ per-capita disposable income reached 33,797 yuan in 2018, while that of rural residents hit 11,450 yuan, said Wu.
Dekyi Medog, a singer from the region, said on this the year of China’s 70th anniversary, she wanted to bless the country with her songs.
“I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the motherland and the Party, and I wish my country more prosperity and flourishing in the future,” she said.
Basang Drolma, a student representative from the region’s Lhasa Middle School, said she was honored and pleased to live and study in the new era.
Thanks to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, Tibet has launched democratic reform, socialism construction and the reform and opening-up policy, she said.
The people of the region have left poverty far behind and have been enjoying wealth and progress in the new era, she said.
Singers perform on Sunday during a celebration marking the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]Performers dance in front of Potala Palace in Lhasa on Sunday during a celebration marking the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn] Performers dance in front of Potala Palace in Lhasa on Sunday during a celebration marking the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary.[Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]Performers dance in front of Potala Palace in Lhasa on Sunday during a celebration marking the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]Performers dance in front of Potala Palace in Lhasa on Sunday during a celebration marking the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]Performers dance in front of Potala Palace in Lhasa on Sunday during a celebration marking the People’s Republic of China’s 70th anniversary. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn]People perform Guozhuang dance at Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, Tibet, September 29, 2019. More than 1,000 people performed Guozhuang dance here on Sunday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. [Xinhua/Jigme Dorje]People wearing traditional clothes participate in a celebration gala at Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, Tibet, September 29, 2019. More than 1,000 people performed Guozhuang dance here on Sunday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. [Xinhua/Jigme Dorje] People wearing traditional clothes participate in a celebration gala at Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, Tibet, September 29, 2019. More than 1,000 people performed Guozhuang dance here on Sunday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. [Xinhua/Jigme Dorje]People perform Guozhuang dance at Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, Tibet, September 29, 2019. More than 1,000 people performed Guozhuang dance here on Sunday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. [Xinhua/Jigme Dorje]A gala to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Lhasa, Tibet, Sept. 28, 2019. About half of the performers in the grand gala were ordinary farmers and herdsmen. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)The Celebration in Lhasa for 70 Years of Communism in Asia.
The roof of the world needs protection from the invading Red Dragon.
Tibet puts environmental protection at top of agenda
Liang Kaiyan, China Daily
Natural beauty: dubbed “the earth’s third pole”, Tibet boasts one of the most pristine natural environments in the world CREDIT: PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
24 SEPTEMBER 2019 • 1:15PM
Occupied Tibet is one of Red China’s most important green protection zones
Dubbed the “roof of the world”, “the Earth’s third pole” and “the water tower of Asia”, the Occupied Tibet is one of Red China’s keyenvironmental protection zones, and the Occupied Region’s government has put its shoulder to the wheel to ensure its land is protected.
“Tibet boasts tremendous assets and advantages in the environment,” said Luo Jie, head of the Occupied Region’s department of ecological environment. “Its ecology is a name card for the region and is the impetus to promotegreendevelopment.”Tibet is used as a regulating zone for climate change in Asia and the Eastern Hemisphere
According to the department’s 2018 report, 98.2 percent of days that year were classified as “good” in terms of air quality, up 0.7 percentage points from 2017. Tibet’s capital city Lhasa ranked No 4 of 168 cities in Red China in terms of environmental quality.
As a main part of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, Tibet is used as a regulating zone for climate change in Asia and the Eastern Hemisphere.
The Occupied Region plays an irreplaceable role in keeping China’s climate stable, it’s freshwater safe and the country’s ecological diversity, according to environmental officials in Tibet.
Red China’s central government has required the Occupied Region to attach special importance to ecological protection and the improvement of social welfare.
It also called on the Occupied Region to protect the environment with the strictest measures and compensation policies.
The Roof of the world: more than 11.26 million acres of natural grasslands are under strict protection
Tibetan people have the tradition of respecting and protecting the natural environment, and have actively participated in environmental protection, Luo said.
“The beauty and sound ecology of Tibet and its achievements in ecological construction have helpedboostlocals’ livelihoods,” Luo said.
In January, Qizhala, chairman of the Occupied Region’s government, said in a government report that the region has continued to improve ecological compensation.
The government has provided up to 667,000 ecology-related jobs and an ecology-related subsidy for residents of 3,500 yuan (£404) per capita in 2018.
The Occupied Region’s government completed all of its annual tasks for environmental governance, according to the report.
In 2009, the State Council approved the Occupied Region’s ecological protection and construction plan for 2008-30 which promotes the construction of 10 important environmental protection projects.
By the end of 2018, the Occupied Region had invested 10.7 billion yuan in constructing these projects.
Last year, the Occupied Region built seven county-level ecological zones, 40 ecological towns, and 449 ecological villages, with a particular focus on atmospheric, water and soil pollution.
Man and nature: Tibet’s natural environment is highly sensitive so protection is critical CREDIT: PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
The Occupied Region has also improved its governance in industry, agriculture, finding the sources of pollution on the water ecosystem. It has carried out environmental management and evaluations in 825 villages in rural areas.
In response to Red China’s afforestation initiative, Tibet has implemented a number of greening programs.
Trees have been planted in 863 villages that used to have none, and forest coverage has increased to 12.14 percent of the lofty region’s landmass.
In 2018, trees were planted across 185,250 acres, and 37,709 acres of farmland was reclassified as forest.
At present about 560,690 acres of forests, 10.65 million acres of wetlands and more than 11.26 million acres of natural grasslands are under strict protection.
As one of the areas with the most biological diversity in the world, Tibet is also a crucial gene bank.
The Occupied Region has 47 natural reserves, including 11 at the national level. The reserves account for 34.35 percent of the region’s land area and rank Tibet first in the country.
A total of 125 rare species of wild animals and 39 rare species of wild plants are protected in the reserves.
Sustainable development: Tibet plays an irreplaceable role in keeping Red China’s climate stable CREDIT: PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Tibet has one of the purest landscapes on the planet, according to a white paper from the State Council.
“At present, as Tibet has entered a phase of high-speed growth, the courses of environmental protection and ecological construction are not without their risks,” Luo said, adding that environmental protection should be prioritized during development.
Compared with other regions in Red China, the ecology in Tibet is more sensitive, so environmental protection is more critical, he said.
“Ecological protection should be further enhanced through laws and regulations and strengthened supervision for law enforcement,” Luo added.
In his government report, Qizhala said the Occupied Region would continue to promote environmental protection, improve standards for energy consumption and carbon emissions, to ensure that more than 95 percent of the year would have good air quality.
Tibet will continue to push forward efforts in building itself into an ecologically sound region through sustained measures, strict supervision and public participation, according to a local plan.
The Roof of the world needs protection from the invading Red Dragon.
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