CHINA-TIBET: TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION ISSUES NEW DIRECTIVE THAT TIBETANS EMPLOYEES IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES, SCHOOLS OR HOSPITALS MUST BE LOYAL TO THE CCP AND RENOUNCE THE DALAI LAMA
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Radio Free Asia (January 28) disclosed quoting sources inside Tibet that the Tibet Autonomous Region had
issued new directives on January 25 to all provinces and municipalities of the Tibet Autonomous Region
directing that all Tibetans looking for work in their region’s state sector must first renounce all ties to Tibetan
spiritual leader the Dalai Lama as a condition of employment. It stated that workers employed in Tibetan
government offices, schools or hospitals must be “trustworthy and reliable citizens” and remain loyal to the
ruling Chinese Communist Party. They must also renounce the Dalai Lama and his followers, the directive
says, referring to the group of supporters that has formed around the exiled spiritual leader over the years as
a “clique.”
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