Numbers of Tibetan exiles plummet as China tightens grip

For decades, the steady flow of Tibetans escaping across the Himalayas into India and Nepal served as a barometer of conditions inside Tibet. From the late 1990s through the mid‑2000s, several thousand Tibetans sought exile every year, bringing firsthand accounts of political restrictions, cultural pressures and daily life under Chinese rule. But data from the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, the de facto capital of Tibetans in exile where the 14th Dalai Lama also resides, has revealed a collapse in the number of newly arrived Tibetans. READ: Dalai Lama says he will have successor after his death Between 1995 and […]... Keep on reading: Numbers of Tibetan exiles plummet as China tightens grip

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