Tibet, a rare exception to China’s visa-free entry for citizens of over 50 countries - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Mar27’26) – While China has opened up the People’’s Republic of China (PRC) for visa-free entry or transit to a total of 77 nationalities from over 50 countries in an effort to giv...

China offers visa‑free entry to 77 nationalities to boost its slowing economy, but #Tibet remains a rare exception. Travel there still requires special permits, underscoring Beijing’s tight restrictions as Xi’s renewed #Sinicization campaign intensifies.
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Deepzang: the digital propaganda front in China’s Tibet narrative March 19, 2026 Chinese state media reported extensively on March

ICT report: #Deepzang: the digital propaganda front in #China’s #Tibet narrative. "The very name DeepZang feeds into the CCP strategy of #Sinicization by including the Chinese term “Zang” for Tibet rather than using the Tibetan term “Bod.” " "གཏེར་ཚང་"རིག་ནུས་ཐོག་ང་ཚོའི་སྙན་ཐོ། savetibet.org/deepzang-the...

Sinicization, patriotism educations marginalizing Buddhist education in Tibet’s monasteries? - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Jan16’26) – Rather than being allowed to focus primarily on learning their mother tongue and the extensive religious texts which are written in it, China’s campaign for Sinicizing ...

Sinicization, patriotism educations marginalizing Buddhist education in Tibet’s monasteries? - Tibetan Review

China’s #Sinicization push is forcing #Tibetan monks to prioritize Chinese language and state‑approved “patriotism” over

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Sinicization, patriotism educations marginalizing Buddhist education in Tibet’s monasteries? - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Jan16’26) – Rather than being allowed to focus primarily on learning their mother tongue and the extensive religious texts which are written in it, China’s campaign for Sinicizing ...

China’s #Sinicization push is forcing #Tibetan monks to prioritize Chinese language and state‑approved “patriotism” over studying their own language and religious texts.
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Sincizing Tibetan Buddhism by renaming ‘Chinese Buddhism’ as ‘Han Buddhism’? - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Jan15’26) – China appears to have adopted a sect-wise Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism not only to make it conform to its so-called socialist principles but also to possibly assimi...

#China is advancing a sect‑focused #Sinicization of #Tibetan Buddhism, aligning it with socialist goals and drawing it closer to Chinese #Buddhist traditions. A recent “Han–Tibetan Buddhist Studies” symposium at Tsinghua University highlighted the push.
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China reports major road-building achievement in Tibet in strategic effort - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Jan06’26) – China said Jan 6 that its local government in Tibet autonomous region’s efforts to build a modern transportation network had brought the total length of highways in it ...

#China says highway construction in #Tibet has reached 125,200 km by end‑2025 — a push seen as strategic, boosting control, border militarisation, access to remote mines, and advancing #Sinicization.
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China’s revised national language law punishes those who ‘interfere’ with others’ learning, use of Mandarin - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Dec27’25) – China’s top legislature has passed a revised Law on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language on Dec 27 and it will come into force on Jan 1, 2026. The new law w...

#China has approved a revised #language law taking effect Jan 1, 2026. The new law will have grave implications for linguistic identity in ethnic minority regions amid Xi Jinping’s push for a unified national identity.
#Sinicization
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China’s Panchen returns to Beijing after six-month stint of promoting Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Dec25’25) – China has called its 11th “Panchen Lama” Gyaincain Norbu, imposed on the Tibetan people in 1995 as a deliberate snub against the Dalai Lama for having already made his ...

China’s Panchen, Gyaincain Norbu, has returned to Beijing after spending six months promoting the #Sinicization of Tibetan Buddhism in #Tibet.
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Tibetan abbot in Qinghai’s Golog prefecture held, his vocational school closed in Sinicization drive - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Dec08’25) – Chinese authorities in Golog (Chinese: Guoluo) prefecture of Qinghai province had taken away on Dec 4 the abbot of a monastery and the founder-head of a vocational scho...

Chinese authorities in Golog, #Tibet, took away #ChogtrulDorjeten, an abbot & school founder in Chigdril County, on Dec 4. He has since disappeared, his school was shut down, and locals suspect the arrest is tied to Xi Jinping’s #Sinicization policies.
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China for more state-enterprise major projects in Tibet to ensure stability, unity - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Aug26’25) – With the population of towns and cities in Tibet already overwhelmingly Chinese immigrants, Beijing wants to maintain, or even speed up, the momentum of the Sinicizatio...

#China is accelerating #Sinicization in #Tibet, urging state-owned enterprises to boost infrastructure and industrial aid. With cities already dominated by Chinese migrants, Beijing aims to replicate mainland urban life in the region.
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China excludes Tibetan from national college entrance, claims it would improve Tibetans’ career prospects - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Aug08’25) – As China intensifies its Sinicization drive across the Tibetan Plateau region under President Xi Jinping’s Han-centric assimilation plan for the new era, the top Tibeta...

As #China ramps up its #Sinicization drive under Xi Jinping’s Han-centric assimilation plan, Tibet’s top CPC leader says #Tibetan will be dropped as a core subject in the national college entrance exam for most students.
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China’s more than 2,100 ‘Aid Tibet’ cadres since 2022 lauded for role in education sector etc - Tibetan Review (TibetanReview.net, Aug06’25) – A total of more than 2,100 cadres and professionals from across China had been deployed in Tibet autonomous region (TAR) in 10 batches since 2022, contributing to econo...

Over 2,100 Chinese cadres have been sent to #Tibet since 2022 to push Xi Jinping’s “Aid-Tibet” agenda, focusing on economic projects—but also intensifying Sinicization of monasteries and schools to erase Tibetan identity.
#Sinicization #XiJinping #China
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We are in the middle of the Five-Year Plan for the #Sinicization of #Buddhism in China, from 2023 to 2027.

1)Last month, the progress of the Plan was discussed at a “Special training course on adhering to the direction of Sinicization of Buddhism in China,” jointly

Out today! This report from @htheaker.bsky.social and me has been a long time in production. We hope that this can be a resource through which we can discuss the program of #Sinicization in #Hui communities comprehensively and develop a clearer picture of what its implementation has produced.

China's Iron Grip on Tibet a Scathing Indictment of Religious Repression | JAPAN Forward A US State Department report exposes the CCP's aggressive campaign to Sinicize Tibet, erasing Tibetan identity and violating religious freedom.

#Sinicization." "Essentially, this is a euphemism for the systematic erasure of #Tibetan identity and the forced assimilation of #Tibet #Buddhism into a CCP-approved version of Chinese culture"
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Beijing’s Crackdown on Islam Is Coming for Kids Techniques honed in Xinjiang are being normalized against new targets.

Vital commentary and reporting from Ruslan Yusupov about implementing the #Sinicization of Islam via policies which place controls on religious education and practice in #HuiMuslim communities throughout China. A compelling and important read!

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Among the more troubling revelations is that even after renovation some mosques are still effectively shut down. See the example of the Grand Mosque of Weizhou in Ningxia Hui AR’s Tongxin County, which was found to be all but closed after undergoing #Sinicization:

How China is tearing down Islam Thousands of mosques have been altered or destroyed as Beijing’s suppression of Islamic culture spreads

More excellent and vital reporting on the #Sinicization of mosques and Islam in China from the @financialtimes.com. Another urgent read!

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After ‘Sinicization’ of Islam in Xinjiang, China is closing and destroying mosques in other Musl... Human Rights Watch Asia Director Elaine Pearson said the actions by China are ‘part of a systematic effort to curb the practice of Islam’ in the country

More vital reporting on #Sinicization of Islam from @jgriffiths.bsky.social at @globeandmail.bsky.social. This article really places Sinicization on the larger sociopolitical context of China’s governance of religion over the last 10 years www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Report: China Tries to Strengthen Control Over Islam By Shuttering Mosques Beijing’s embassy in Washington says Muslims are free to practice their belief in mosques and at home

More coverage of HRW’s report about Mosque #Sinicization from William Yang, who I had the pleasure of chatting with for this piece. A timely and important report: www.voanews.com/a/report-chi...

China: Human Rights Watch accuses Beijing of closing and destroying mosques The crackdown is part of a "systematic effort" to curb the practice of Islam, Human Rights Watch says.

More coverage of the HRW report on #Sinicization of mosques from BBC News, featuring quotes and analysis from @htheaker.bsky.social: www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-a...

China: Mosques Shuttered, Razed, Altered in Muslim Areas The Chinese government is significantly reducing the number of mosques in Ningxia and Gansu provinces under its “consolidating mosques” policy, in violation of the right to freedom of religion.

Really vital reporting from Maya Wang and Human Rights Watch about #Sinicization of Islam in China and the closure of mosques nationwide. The report draws on evidence from a research report that @htheaker.bsky.social and I are preparing to release: www.hrw.org/news/2023/11...