Expanding Crime and Punishment in Tibet
China has been widely criticized for using exceptionally harsh treatment of almost any form of political dissent in Tibet to maintain control over the region. But two recent events in Tibet, involving the trials of two leading Tibetans who had not attacked or criticized the state at all, do not follow this logic.
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NEW YORK – China has been widely criticized for its harsh treatment of almost any form of political dissent in Tibet. In 2008, for example, a Tibetan named Wangdu, an AIDS educator in Lhasa, received a life sentence for sending news about Tibetan protests to Tibetans abroad. The logic was clear: preserve what China’s leaders call “stability” and “harmony” in order to maintain state power.