China’s labour programme in Tibet has echoes of Xinjiang, says report

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The report claims there are similarities with labour schemes in the troubled Xinjiang region. — Reuters pic BEIJING, Sept 22 — China is forcing Tibetan farmers and herders into labour programmes similar to those used in troubled Xinjiang, a US research institute alleged today. The moves risk a “loss of cultural heritage” in the politically sensitive region, the group’s report warned. Authorities in Tibet, a predominantly Buddhist area in China’s far west, have touted the scheme—which puts rural workers to task in factories—as a tool for poverty alleviation. They say this is in line with President Xi Jinping’s goal of...