Admiral Samuel Paparo, the newly appointed commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), has laid out the Pentagon’s evolving strategic blueprint to counter China’s growing influence across the Indo-Pacific region, in one of the most comprehensive briefings delivered by a top U.S. military official to date.

In a display of diplomatic retaliation laced with authoritarian bravado, China has imposed visa restrictions on U.S. personnel accused of “behaving badly” on Tibet-related issues. This tit-for-tat move follows Washington’s March 31 announcement of visa restrictions against Chinese officials responsible for denying access to Tibet—a remote region where truth is suppressed behind heavily fortified gates.

A coalition of international cybersecurity agencies has issued a joint advisory warning about the use of advanced spyware tools targeting individuals and groups connected to Tibet, Taiwan, East Turkestan, and the Falun Gong movement.

Driru County, located in Nagchu Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), remains one of the most tightly controlled areas in Tibet, with reports of widespread restrictions on religious practice, movement, and communication. Human rights groups and Tibetan exile sources say the county has become a testing ground for Beijing’s hardline policies aimed at erasing Tibetan identity and enforcing absolute loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

China is implementing a system in which army veterans serve as "on-campus instructors" in Tibetan schools, aiming to instill patriotism and loyalty to the Chinese government in children as young as six. State-run media and sources within Tibet report that these instructors provide military-style training, including marching in fatigues, participating in air raid drills, and undergoing strict bed inspections. The initiative appears to be part of a broader strategy to assimilate Tibetan children into a Chinese identity by reshaping their cultural and political values.