THEMATIC REPORT Ancestor’s Tomb

One of the most notable corollaries of the 2008 protests in Tibet is the unprecedented surge in artistic expression and intellectual activism among young, educated and bilingual Tibetans. Born after the 1949 occupation and the dark years of Cultural Revolution, they are equipped with the means to understand the politico-socio dynamics of one-party system in Chinese-ruled Tibet. Outraged by the violent repression of peaceful protests, Tibetan intellectuals, writers, bloggers, and singers, took to publicly expressing their opposition against the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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