{"id":12074,"date":"2017-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/human-rights-watch-tibet-propaganda-masks-repression\/"},"modified":"2017-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T22:00:00","slug":"human-rights-watch-tibet-propaganda-masks-repression","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/human-rights-watch-tibet-propaganda-masks-repression\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Watch: Tibet Propaganda Masks Repression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-7259\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/201706asia_tibet_glossary.jpeg\" alt=\"201706asia_tibet_glossary\" class=\"wp-image-7259\"\/><figcaption><em>The Chinese term shehui zhili is normally translated into English as &#8220;social governance.&#8221; The term highlights the government\u2019s role in providing services and welfare to citizens as well as controlling them, and its cooperation with other stakeholders in society such as nongovernmental organizations and social organizations. (Picture: Human Rights Watch)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(New York)<\/em> \u2013 Chinese authorities are increasingly using opaque policy terms in official media to tighten repression in Tibet, Human Rights Watch said in an illustrated glossary released today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/video-photos\/interactive\/2017\/05\/26\/tibet-glossary-repression\"><em>Tibet: A Glossary of Repression<\/em><\/a> explains and illustrates a dozen terms that appear benign or even positive but are in fact used to ensure total compliance and surveillance by officials of ordinary Tibetan people. The glossary includes terms that relate to political and social control, such as \u201ccomprehensive rectification,\u201d \u201cno cracks, no shadows, no gaps left,\u201d and \u201cevery village a fortress, everyone a watchman.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Orwell himself would be hard pressed to invent a better vocabulary of totalitarian management,<\/em>\u201d said Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch. \u201c<em>But ultimately the message of the Chinese authorities\u2019 terms for Tibetans is clear: political nonconformity will be punished, severely.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These terms are used \u2013 and frequently repeated \u2013 not only to persuade populations inside and outside Tibet of the correctness of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s rule and its policies, but also to deter criticisms of the Party and any challenge to its rule. These terms \u2013 few of which are explained in a manner comprehensible to the general public \u2013 reflect a profoundly repressive approach to governance in Tibet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Tibetan areas within China, and particularly in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), officials have long adhered to the \u201cstability maintenance\u201d policy: a range of policing and administrative systems aimed at preventing, controlling, or punishing social dissent and social disorder used across China \u2013 as one way to eradicate support for the Dalai Lama. But when a new wave of protests in support of the Dalai Lama broke out across the Tibetan plateau in spring 2008, Party leaders commissioned researchers to develop new methods to prevent future unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This led to the introduction, from 2011 onward, of new administrative and security mechanisms in the TAR, including permanent teams of cadres installed as managers in every monastery and religious institution, teams of cadres deployed for three years in every village to organize security operations and political education, and \u201cgrid system\u201d offices set up to monitor and manage each block or group of homes in every town and many villages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Understanding terms like \u2018social rectification\u2019 makes clear Chinese authorities\u2019 intentions in Tibet: that all life and daily behavior will be under surveillance, and any problematic conduct will be identified and swiftly punished,<\/em>\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Click <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/video-photos\/interactive\/2017\/06\/20\/tibet-glossary-repression\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em> to read the full illustrated glossary.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese authorities are increasingly using opaque policy terms in official media to tighten repression in Tibet, Human Rights Watch said in an illustrated glossary released on 19 June 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12075,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[679],"news_tag":[704],"class_list":["post-12074","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-research-and-analysis","news_tag-chinese-policy-and-leadershiprepression"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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