{"id":11933,"date":"2014-05-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/has-life-here-always-been-like-this-chinese-microbloggers-reveal-systematic-militarization-in-tibet\/"},"modified":"2014-05-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T22:00:00","slug":"has-life-here-always-been-like-this-chinese-microbloggers-reveal-systematic-militarization-in-tibet","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/has-life-here-always-been-like-this-chinese-microbloggers-reveal-systematic-militarization-in-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"“Has Life Here Always Been Like This?” Chinese microbloggers reveal systematic militarization in Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\"\"<\/a>Chinese travelers to Tibet are revealing the extent of the militarization and repression inside Tibet that the Chinese government is attempting to cover up through propaganda and censorship, according to a ground-breaking report released by the International Campaign for Tibet on the 55th anniversary of the 1959 uprising and the 2008 protests in Tibet.\n\n\u201cChinese tourists are exposing the harsh truth of life in Tibet and undermining the peaceful narrative portrayed by Party propaganda,\u201d said Matteo Mecacci, President of the International Campaign for Tibet. \u201cThe Internet postings of Chinese travelers provide an undistorted window into the smothering security apparatus imposed on Tibetan communities. Social media in China, which is facing increasing restrictions, is providing a useful tool to document the tense reality in Tibet and get around the government\u2019s censorship regulations.\u201d\n\nICT collected hundreds of images and messages from the Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo, which enabled use of the crowd-sourced perspective of Chinese tourists to document conditions inside Tibet. ICT\u2019s analysis of these messages finds that:\n