As preparations intensify for a possible summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing, pressure is mounting in Washington for the United States to place Tibet back at the center of its China policy.
A growing wave of international scrutiny is placing renewed pressure on the Chinese Communist Party’s policies in Tibet and Xinjiang, as lawmakers, European officials, and human rights advocates increasingly challenge Beijing’s campaigns of assimilation, religious control, and mass surveillance under Xi Jinping.
The Chinese Communist Party has once again exposed the rot within its own military establishment after former Defense Minister Li Shangfu was sentenced by a military court to death with a two-year reprieve on corruption charges.
The Tibetan National Flag has long been a sensitive symbol in relations between India and China. While it is openly displayed in Tibetan communities in India, it is banned in the People’s Republic of China and is often viewed by Beijing as a symbol of separatism.
