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300,000 Nomads Relocated

January 25, 2021;

China has placed nearly half of the land in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) under the strictest ecological supervision. 300,000 Tibetans have been displaced as a result of the policy. Many of the Tibetans have been resettled close to the border with India as part of territorial security measures. The Global Times reported that for these Tibetans “herding is patrolling and living is guarding the frontier.”

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