China’s grouse compels CTA withdrawal from upcoming Tibetan studies int’l conference in Nepal

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(TibetanReview.net, Jul27’26) – It has now emerged that China’s concern about the 17th International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) Conference to be held in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu over Aug 23-29 was on the planned participation of researchers from the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) think tank, the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), in their official capacity, according to an english.nepalnews.com commentary Jul 26 and an indiatoday.in report Jul 27.

The very name “CTA” is taboo to the ears of the Communist Chinese leaders, who deride it as a part of what they call the “Dalai (Lama) separatist clique”. This is despite the fact that the Dalai Lama, T...

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