Forced Assimilation in Tibet and Erased History in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan on Tibet

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China’s 14th Five-Year Plan in Tibet targets forced assimilation of Tibetans and gateway to South Asia

This year China’s 14th five-year plan enters its final year of implementation (having begun in 2021). An analysis of the projects in Tibet shows that under the pretext of improving the lives of the Tibetan people, the plan is more aimed at fulfilling a two-pronged political objective: aggressively assimilate Tibetans into the Chinese society and use Tibet as a springboard for China’s further ambitions in South Asia.

The 19th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee started the process of formulating the 14th Five-Year Plan in October 2020, which was officially endorsed by the National People’s Congress (NPC) on March 11, 2021. Chinese state media reported that with the 14th Five-Year Plan, “The influence of the Chinese culture will be increas...

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