ChinaPalden Yeshi, a Tibetan monk and teacher from eastern Tibet, has reportedly been sentenced to six years in prison by Chinese authorities for teaching the Tibetan language to local children during school holidays, according to a report by the Dharamshala-based independent radio station Voice of Tibet (VoT).
He was a teacher at Karze Monastery in Tehor, Karze County, and was arrested on May 17, 2021, while serving at the monastery. According to sources cited by VoT, Chinese police suddenly arrived at the monastery and detained him without prior notice, forcibly taking him away.
Following his detention, authorities did not provide his family with clear information regarding the reasons for his arrest or the legal basis for the charges against him.
Sources indicate that the primary reason for his detention was his efforts to teach the Tibetan language to more than 300 local children during school holidays. The classes were reportedly organized for young students from nearby communities who wished to learn Tibetan reading and writing. Chinese authorities are believed to have deemed these voluntary language lessons illegal.
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In related news, China bars Tibetan government employees from religious rites and family funerals.
Tibetans employed in government positions have been strictly forbidden from engaging in religious practices. While they are technically allowed to visit major religious sites such as the Jokhang Temple (Tsuglakhang) and the Potala Palace during Losar, their presence is limited to sightseeing purposes only.
They are expressly prohibited from offering prayers, making ritual offerings, performing prostrations, or displaying any other forms of religious devotion. Authorities reportedly warned that such acts would constitute violations of Communist Party discipline.
The restrictions extend into private family life. Government employees are said to be barred not only from participating in public religious ceremonies but also from attending last rites, weekly memorial prayer services, and cremation rituals for their own deceased relatives. A Lhasa resident told TT that even the traditional seventh-day prayers for the departed cannot be attended by those in state employment.
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Tankies won't like this
It's sad that the government is trying to destroy the aspects of Tibet that make it unique.
Who says China is an authoritarian regime? You can't prove that. /s
Just saw a post about their social credit score and lots of comments telling how 90% of their population is very happy and very supportive of the government. Idk if they are bots or people believing this.
to be fair the social credit score as it is imagined by westerners with AIs tracking your every move to make a number go up or down that determines your standing in society is fiction. What does exist are two separate systems; one for creditworthiness like all creditworthiness systems around the world and another system that leaves you on a blacklist if you intentionally don't pay off your debts. that system can actually prevent you from taking high speed rail (among other things i can't remember), and some people who are not very aware of the world may have gotten into debt, didn't notice, didn't pay their debts, got blacklisted and only noticed when they tried to take the high speed rail somewhere.
to be fair to critics of china too, this (meaning this lemmy post and other political persecution up to possible genocide) is absolutely terrible and inexcusable. i sincerely detest nationalism, but that's what the ccp leadership wants, using many means, and I can't square that circle.
I'm sure the blacklisting system has been abused before too. i just don't interact a lot with chinese news and the chinese internet, and i might not even be able to check if i did try. i know there was that boxer who beat up martial artists who was on the blacklist system, but I don't know if that was from debt or from persecution. i know the general media vibe here in the west was persecution, but there's no way I'm going to trust vibes about that.
the UK and Australian Governments imprison climate change protestors for years...
it's intrinsic in all governments to be authoritarian, they own the monopoly on violence
Destruction of culture.
Today they kill Tibetan Language, tomorrow they'll kill Cantonese Language (I mean they are already trying to kill it right now), My Native Language
Have you met anyone from China who doesn't speak their native language in addition to mando?
The Chinese I asked about it seemed more concerned they could hardly understand the accent in other areas, which IDK whether to interpret as they didn't care an integral part of their cultures was eroding or they were saying these people barely speak mandarin, obv they aren't losing their native language.
Hello. I'm noticing at least 3 people don't like your opinion. Does that mean your written and spoken words are irrelevant and it's alright to erase them?
Some people like jerking off to the idea that China is full of mustache-twirling villains who do endless evil for absolutely no reason. Look at OP's post history for example, averaging >10 anti-china posts per day for over a year. If you don't want anyone's logic or experience having lived in China to potentially get in the way of that, you're best off blocking me.
China's nationalistic tendencies and unification policies are its official stance. Its own government has admitted that some officials are overzealous in their pursuit for Han culture dominance. And they do little, if anything at all to curb these abuses, officially.
Ignorance is not logic. It's bias.
China’s nationalistic tendencies and unification policies are its official stance. Its own government has admitted that some officials are overzealous in their pursuit for Han culture dominance
True, and I've noticed some underlying views in my conversations with Chinese people, but I'm still 99% sure this is made up given the source.
And they do little, if anything at all to curb these abuses, officially.
They have officially put minority rights into their constitution and leave Tibet significant autonomy. I've never been to Tibet so I can't speak towards the specifics of how it's implemented, but I doubt anyone here can either.
Ignorance is not logic. It’s bias.
The comment I'm getting downvoted for is asking the only other person in this thread with direct experience to share their relevant experience. Who exactly are you calling ignorant, the person who has lived in China or the people whom uncritically accept hostile evidence?
I'm calling ignorant those who ignore or downplay the harm caused due to whatever reasons, regardless of affiliation. Doesn't matter who, doesn't matter why, those who suffer unjustly deserve their recognition.
Is it downplaying or ignoring harm to ask the other person who has experience "Hey does this match what you've observed? Can you help me contextualize my observations?"
independent radio station
Voice of Tibet
It receives funds from the United States National Endowment for Democracy
Yeah no, they're just making shit up lmao.
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