MINING TIBETAN GOLD, MINING BEIJING’S PATRIOTIC SUBSIDIES Chinese announcements of mineral bonanzas under the Tibetan surface have been made for decades, but in only a few areas has this led to mining. Now, in remote Lhuntse county, well to the southeast of Lhasa, we are told of the latest treasure, although the South China […]
Blog three of four on POVERTY, IMMISERISATION and DESTITUTION in TIBET HOW TIBETANS EXPERIENCE POVERTY China has for many years insisted that Tibet, usually meaning only Tibet Autonomous Region, is in fact progressing in great leaps, everyone benefits from China’s massive investment in Tibet, and incomes are rising rapidly, even if they lag far […]
Blog four of four on POVERTY, IMMISERISATION and DESTITUTION in TIBET The more closely one looks at poverty and its remedies, the more problems arise. In 2018, as part of a major reorganisation of China’s party-state power, a new approach has been announced, in the hope of better coordination among the many ministries and agencies […]