Tibet Autonomous Region
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- A region of China on the Tibetan Plateau with a large concentration of ethnic Tibetan people.
- Synonyms: TAR
- The Tibet Autonomous Region covers of 1.23 million square kilometers and is located on a high plateau averaging 3,600 meters above sea level in southwestern China. According to the national census, the total population in the TAR was 2.2 million in 1990 (CPIRC, 1991). It has a strong religious tradition (Tibetan Buddhism), and its special religion-related culture has lasted for centuries.
- Exiled activists see the anniversary as a chance to remind the world of China’s brutality in Tibet and the hollowness of its promises of “autonomy” there. But in Tibet itself, the day will pass without notice. The region has emerged from its covid-19 lockdown into the political lockdown that passes for normal life there. The official media are indulging in a propaganda blitz around a new law, passed by the regional assembly in January, that came into effect on May 1st: “Regulations on the Establishment of a Model Area for Ethnic Unity and Progress in the Tibet Autonomous Region”.
- Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region launched its first large-scale aerial afforestation on Tuesday, said local authorities.
- (from Mandarin Chinese) Xizang Zizhiqu, Hsi-tsang Tzu-chih-ch'ü
- Tibetan Autonomous Region
- Xizang Autonomous Region
- Outer Tibet
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