China increasingly forcing rural Tibetans to move: report

More than 930,000 Tibetans coerced into moving since 2000, Human Rights Watch says

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Increased efforts to forcefully relocate Tibetans violate international human rights law, according to Human Rights Watch. © Reuters

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- The Chinese government is reported to have ramped up its efforts to forcefully relocate rural villagers and nomadic herders in Tibet since 2016, in what a US-based human rights watchdog describes as an erosion of the Tibetan culture and way of life.

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