China intensifies ethnic integration campaign across Tibet

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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 25 (ANI): Chinese authorities have intensified campaigns promoting ethnic integration and opposition to separatism across Tibet, with senior officials and representatives stressing national unity and the implementation of recently enacted ethnic unity legislation, according to Tibet Times.

Tibet Times reported that an “Education Counterpart Aid-Tibet Work Conference" was held in Lhasa on August 13, attended by Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Party Secretary Wang Junzheng and other senior officials. Wang called for greater efforts to integrate different ethnic groups and promote a “strong sense of community for the Chinese nation."

Officials also discussed education and Tibet’s development priorities during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, while calling for tighter management in Lhasa and an expansion of “Aid-Tibet" programmes, the Tibet Times said.

On August 14, a symposium in Lhasa focused on studying and implementing Ch...

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