News Snapshot:
China is making rapid advances to make a demographic change in Tibetan region. China is not only increasing the migration of Chinese workers in the contested region, but also investing in infrastructure and rapid urbanisation to weaken Tibetan resistance. Recently China has completed Haba snow mountain railway tunnel project, which connects Chengdu and Lhasa. The project, along the Lijiang-Shangri-La section of the Yunnan-Tibet Railway, was completed last week after nine years. Chinese mouthpiece Global Times called it “a major milestone in the construction of the strategic railway network." However, the Tibetan people believe that the infrastructure development will also benefit...
