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Resettling Tibetans

August 14, 2020;

China is stepping up its efforts to resettle Tibetans along its border with India to boost national security. Resettlement is “voluntary” but will require Tibetan families to relocate to previously uninhabitable areas which have year-long winter climates. The families will inhabit areas 5 kilometres from the Indian border. A report in a Chinese government mouthpiece said that for these families, “herding is patrolling and living is guarding the frontier.”

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