International Campaign for Tibet

Chinese Party bosses in Tibet are more like the Mafia

ICT staffer Kate Saunders column for India's Sunday Guardian newspaper

The Communist Party chief of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Zhang Qingli — known for his contemptuous rhetoric against the Dalai Lama — has finally been replaced.

His successor as Party Secretary in a region that remains under tight military lockdown is Chen Quanguo, an economist by training, whose initial statements have been less overtly confrontational in tone. While the style may be different, though, there is no indication of a policy shift by Beijing on Tibet.

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