This year’s annual political meetings in Beijing, popularly known as the Two Sessions, saw indication of not only continued clampdown of Tibetan identity in the coming period, but also that Tibetans are currently being used as the testing ground for broader policy of assimilation of “ethnic minorities” by the Chinese Communist authorities.
The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said to be the political advisory body, was in session from March 4 to 10, 2025, while the National People’s Congress (NPC), claimed to be the parliament, was in session from March 5 to 11, 2025.
Regurgitating cliches and misplaced prioritiesAs in the past, Chinese state media reported on how Tibetan delegates to the Two Sessions this year were making laudatory remarks on Chinese government policies. Despite credible reports indicating absence of basic human rights in Tibet, Chinese state media concocts this c...





