CHINA-TIBET: CRACKDOWN ON ARTICES ABOUT DALAI LAMA
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The International Campaign for Tibet reported on December 3, that in a nationwide campaign in China against so-called “illegal content,” Chinese authorities are offering rewards to those who inform on others suspected of reading or speaking about, for instance, foreign newspaper articles or broadcasts about Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. It claimed a series of graphic cartoons were distributed in Lhasa, including one of a closed fist smashing into two people marked with the Chinese characters for “black (illegal)” and “evil.” A circular on social media issued by the Chinese Public Security Bureau on Nov. 14 and obtained by the International Campaign for Tibet states that 30 boxes across Lhasa have been set up for citizens to report on such “criminal issues.”
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