This relentless drive for infrastructural dominance directly compromised the natural safeguards of the high-altitude ecosystem, culminating in the severe destruction of the port built by China in Tibet Kyirong.

Tibetan Youth Congress President Tsering Chomphel, accompanied by members of the family of Pawo Lobga Rangzen, former TYC President and Member of Parliament Tenzing Jigme, and Regional Tibetan Youth Congress New York and New Jersey President Jamphel Choesang, met with representatives of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York to discuss the deteriorating human rights situation in Tibet and the circumstances surrounding Lobga Rangzen’s self immolation outside the United Nations.

As a deadly flood and mudslide emergency unfolded along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday, China’s state-linked English-language coverage again used Beijing’s preferred name for Tibet: “Xizang.”

The disaster also struck a major travel and trade route. Many of those missing were travelling toward Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred pilgrimage destination for Hindus. Nepal’s energy ministry said 430 megawatts of electricity supply more than 12% of the country’s 3.2-gigawatt hydropower capacity had been affected.

Chinese authorities in Nyingchi-Tibet are reportedly carrying out the demolition of dozens of Tibetan-owned homes and shops in Mirui, Bayi District, amid local opposition and a substantial deployment of security personnel.