China expands Tibetan-language state broadcasting as RSF warns of deepening information void in Tibet

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Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 16: As Beijing intensifies its Sinicization drive in Tibet, its state-run propaganda apparatus has significantly expanded its Tibetan-language broadcast network, even as independent and foreign media access to the region continues to shrink.

Marking World Radio Day on February 13, the Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that China’s state-owned broadcaster, China National Radio (CNR), has rapidly scaled up its Tibetan-language programming, pushing official narratives deeper into Tibetan communities.

According to RSF, in less than a year, CNR expanded its Tibetan-language programming from a single programm...

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