Erasing memory in China’s Tibet The Chinese Communist Party is employing familiar tactics to assert its rule. When co-opting fails, coerce or silence. A farmer takes part in a ceremony marking the start of spring ploughing at Beicun Village in Ombu Township of Nyima County, Nagqu City, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, April 2020 (Hou Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images) Published 1 Mar 2021 06:00 0 Comments
of The Little Red Podcast, which features interviews and chat celebrating China beyond the Beijing beltway. Evolving from an organisation that almost no one had heard about five years ago, the United Front Work Department (UFWD) is now headline news. Most reporting focuses on the international dimension of its operations, typically describing it as “shadowy” agency of “political warfare”, seeking to influence politicians into being more favourably disposed towards the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).