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Tibet stands at the frontlines of climate change and colonial exploitation disguised as sustainability. True climate justice means Tibetans - experts on their own land - must have the power to decide what development looks like. Green energy without justice isn’t progress.
In Tibet, environmental policy is enforced through repression. There’s no space for dissent. Tibetan land defenders and activists like A-Nya Sengdra, Karma Samdrup and Tsongon Tsering have been jailed for exposing local corruption or protecting the environment.
The NYT described Tibet as “sparsely inhabited” and “optimal” for solar power, erasing the people who live there. Tibet’s grasslands are ancestral grazing lands, not empty space. Since 2000, nearly 930,000 Tibetans have been forcibly relocated under the banner of “development.”
round the world, solar and wind infrastructure projects are driving what experts call a “green grab” - seizing land from rural and Indigenous communities for profit. China’s green projects in Tibet fit the same pattern: land loss, forced relocation, and crackdown on dissent.
What the NYT missed about China’s green energy projects in Tibet: they’re being hailed as a triumph but what’s left out is the human and ecological cost, displacement, and repression.
As she toured Eastern Tibet, Zhang Yadi saw signs only in Mandarin, shops run by Chinese owners & streets draped in Chinese communist flags. She felt Tibet’s identity was being erased. Speaking out about it would later lead to her arrest & disappearance.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support
Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama
www.theguardian.com
When Xi Jinping visited Tibet, fireworks lit the sky, but many shared a quieter story of resilience. Hear Tenzin Dorjee on China Global Podcast on Tibet’s struggle to preserve its culture under Chinese control.

Full podcast: youtu.be/M647x3tazlQ?...
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What are Beijing’s interests in Tibet, and how has Xi Jinping pursued them since coming to power?

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In this episode, we explore China’s ‘visa as bait’ strategy, using family ties to silence dissent. Hear first-hand stories of heartbreak, resilience, and impossible choices Tibetans face just to reunite with family.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/46gq...
Non-Spotify Users: podcast.tibetaction.net
We’re grateful to Ahha Moments for interviewing our team. They discuss the realities of digital security, from authoritarian surveillance to everyday hacks and scams, and share practical tips to protect yourself while building community-wide resilience.

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Understanding Cybersecurity: Hacks, Scams, & Shields #173 @tibetactioninstitute @TibCERT
YouTube video by Bhuchung Kata བོད་ཁྱིམ།
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Dictators are deploying high-tech tools to silence dissent & restrict free speech.

Join us on Sept.18 to learn how civic leaders are resisting modern authoritarian censorship, and what we can do to defend free expression around the world.

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Join us & help keep our websites and critical TibCERT infrastructure secure, reliable, and resilient. You’ll work alongside our Senior SysAdmin and TibCERT Response Coordinator, building systems, strengthening security, and tackling digital threats head-on.
tibetaction.net/junior-devel...
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“Any blatant move by Beijing to try to control the process of selecting the next Dalai Lama may backfire by driving Tibetan resentment into rage,” write Tenzin Dorjee and Gyal Lo. “For the Chinese, the issue is strategic; for Tibetans, it is existential.”
Beijing’s Dangerous Game in Tibet
How controlling the Dalai Lama’s succession could backfire.
www.foreignaffairs.com
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Thank you to Dr. Gyal Lo for speaking with me about the impact of colonial boarding schools on Tibetan children and society, and about the new report on this topic by @tibetaction.bsky.social. I learned a lot from our conversation and you will too.
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🇨🇳 This resistance story both gave me chills and I found it breathtakingly ingenious: "Technology has strengthened the Chinese government’s ability to control its people. Mr. Qi illustrated how the same tools can enable resistance." He read 1984 and Brave New World. By @liyuan6.bsky.social:
A Hidden Camera Protest Turned the Tables on China’s Surveillance State
www.nytimes.com
"Tibetan loyalty to the Tibetan government in exile, to the Dalai Lama, is still strong, and that’s exactly why Xi Jinping was there". @lhadon.bsky.social on BBC Newshour on the 60th anniversary of "Tibet Autonomous Region" and Xi Jinping's recent surprise visit.

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On this day in 1960, His Holiness the Dalai Lama founded Tibet’s Parliament-in-Exile, making democracy an act of resistance. Tibetans in Tibet are denied this freedom.

Today is a call to strengthen our democracy, raise our voices, and continue the struggle for justice.
“For Tibetans, the anniversary of the People’s Republic of China’s creation of the Tibet Autonomous Region is no cause of celebration, but a painful reminder of China’s colonial occupation,” said Dorjee Tseten, Asia Program Manager at Tibet Action & Tibetan MP (TGIE)

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...
With the Dalai Lama’s Succession Looming, Xi Jinping Visits Tibet
www.nytimes.com
“This is an existential threat for Tibetans. Within two generations, if the situation does not improve, the language and much of the cultural identity will be lost. I'm not afraid to use the term cultural genocide.”

- Mr. Fernand de Varennes, Former UN Special Rapporteur
"We don't want [the embassy] there because of demonstrations, because of the security risks, because of our privacy."

Opponents of the embassy - Hong Kongers, Tibetans, Uighurs, and opposition politicians - have already staged protests involving up to 6,000 people.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why an explosive fight erupted over the UK's new Chinese embassy
It will be the biggest embassy in Europe, if approved. But its opponents fear it brings with it certain risks and dangers
www.bbc.co.uk