(TibetanReview.net, Jun23’26) – China claims that Tibet has been an integral part of it since ancient times and the Tibetan culture in all its aspects – religion, medicine. performing arts, and so forth – are parts or aspects of Chinese culture. And while none of this is true, the Party-state expects its brand of ‘Tibetologists’ to come up with “research” works to “prove” all this to be true. This was the focus of a symposium marking the 40th anniversary of the China Tibetology Research Center held in Beijing on Jun 2.
The symposium called on Chinese academics specialising in Tibet to find more “creative” ways to shape the global conversation about the r...





