📢READ our new report: “'When They Came to Take Our Children': China’s Colonial Boarding Schools and the Future of Tibet” 👉 https://t.co/EUc21VOMp4 👉Press release: https://t.co/KeXYmVGI05 A short thread 🧵on what’s new in our latest report & why it matters:

Tibet stands at the frontlines of climate change and colonial exploitation disguised as sustainability. True climate justice means Tibetans - experts on their own land - must have the power to decide what development looks like. Green energy without justice isn’t progress.

In Tibet, environmental policy is enforced through repression. There’s no space for dissent. Tibetan land defenders and activists like A-Nya Sengdra, Karma Samdrup and Tsongon Tsering have been jailed for exposing local corruption or protecting the environment.

The NYT described Tibet as “sparsely inhabited” and “optimal” for solar power, erasing the people who live there. Tibet’s grasslands are ancestral grazing lands, not empty space. Since 2000, nearly 930,000 Tibetans have been forcibly relocated under the banner of “development.”

Around the world, solar and wind infrastructure projects are driving what experts call a “green grab” - seizing land from rural and Indigenous communities for profit. China’s green projects in Tibet fit the same pattern: land loss, forced relocation, and crackdown on dissent.

What the NYT missed about China’s green energy projects in Tibet: they’re being hailed as a triumph but what’s left out is the human and ecological cost, displacement, and repression.

As she toured Eastern Tibet, Zhang Yadi saw signs only in Mandarin, shops run by Chinese owners & streets draped in Chinese communist flags. She felt Tibet’s identity was being erased. Speaking out about it would later lead to her arrest & disappearance. https://t.co/XNeWRbigQG

“Tibetans, Uyghurs, and others who speak out for minority populations can expect even greater government repression,” said Maya Wang, associate Asia director at @hrw https://t.co/8xsI0xHGUu

The Daring Caper of a Faithful Tibetan Who Outfoxed China. He escaped from police and crossed thousands of miles of wilderness on a decadelong odyssey toward freedom. https://t.co/moXeaYYdZv

When Xi Jinping visited Tibet, fireworks lit the sky, but many shared a quieter story of resilience. Hear @tendor on China Global Podcast on Tibet’s struggle to preserve its culture under Chinese control. Full podcast: https://t.co/vjCrhTtL8c

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🚨 NEW #ChinaGlobalPodcast episode out now! What happens after the #DalaiLama passes? @BonnieGlaser & @Tendor unpack Beijing’s succession strategy and its geopolitical implications. 🎧Listen on your fav. podcast apps or watch here: https://t.co/lAw76GDoPr #Tibet #China

I had the pleasure of speaking on the #ChinaGlobalPodcast with @BonnieGlaser on the internal and external factors that drive Beijing's quest for total domination in Tibet & its plans to interfere in the @DalaiLama succession process. @tibetaction @SFTHQ

This episode explores China’s ‘visa as bait’ strategy and the powerful stories of heartbreak and resilience from Tibetans struggling to reunite with loved ones. Spotify: https://t.co/TRFydXSj6h Non-Spotify Users: https://t.co/njvbMDXYCE

We’re grateful to Aha Moments for interviewing our team. They discuss the realities of digital security, from authoritarian surveillance to everyday hacks and scams, and share practical tips to protect yourself while building community-wide resilience. https://t.co/m2qydbaRKa

Dictators are deploying high-tech tools to silence dissent & restrict free speech. Join us on Sept.18 to learn how civic leaders are resisting modern authoritarian censorship—and what we can do to defend free expression around the world. 🔗 https://t.co/TZrAzgP5PM

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Phayul: China opens boarding school in eastern Tibet amid assimilation concerns https://t.co/Yj152qN4TM

“It is no surprise that Beijing fears #Tibetans led by the #DalaiLama: there are few groups more threatening to an auth’n regime than nat’l mvmts for self-determination that the regime cannot control & that are supported by a diaspora it cannot silence.”

Read @tendor and @jltib88 on China’s efforts to install its own Dalai Lama—and how Beijing’s hard-line approach could backfire: https://t.co/Qu9ZhEF908

"Tibetan loyalty to the Tibetan government in exile, to the Dalai Lama, is still strong, and that’s exactly why Xi Jinping was there". - @lhadon on BBC Newshour on the 60th anniversary of "Tibet Autonomous Region" and Xi Jinping's recent surprise visit. https://t.co/HJMTBU87qo