PoliticsChina increasingly forcing rural Tibetans to move: report
More than 930,000 Tibetans coerced into moving since 2000, Human Rights Watch says
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.