{"id":12273,"date":"2019-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/nieuws\/environmental-concerns-over-new-railway-tunnel-in-tibet-music-video-conveys-harsh-propaganda-message\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T22:00:00","slug":"environmental-concerns-over-new-railway-tunnel-in-tibet-music-video-conveys-harsh-propaganda-message","status":"publish","type":"nieuws","link":"https:\/\/savetibet.nl\/en\/news\/environmental-concerns-over-new-railway-tunnel-in-tibet-music-video-conveys-harsh-propaganda-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental concerns over new railway tunnel in Tibet; music video conveys harsh propaganda message"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inside Tibet Report<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Chinese scientists warn of environmental consequences as railway tunnel completed in Tibet<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Bizarre music video conveys harsh propaganda message on Tibet<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese state media have announced the completion of one of the longest tunnels on the strategically important Lhasa to Nyingtri (Chinese: Linzhi) section of the \u201cSichuan-Tibet\u201d railway, which Chinese engineers have described as the \u201cworld\u2019s riskiest\u201d rail connection. The route is of key geopolitical significance, and despite scientists\u2019 warnings of untold environmental consequences and risks of earthquakes and other disasters, it is considered a priority at the highest political levels in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping has emphasized the Chengdu-Lhasa rail link\u2019s importance. The official Xinhua news agency reports on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2018-10\/10\/c_137523858.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a meeting that he addressed in 2018<\/a> saying, \u201cXi also highlighted the Sichuan-Tibet railway, saying it was of profound significance for the country\u2019s long-term stability and the development of Tibet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lhasa-Nyingtri section of the line traverses a highly militarized zone of Tibet\u2019s border with Arunachal Pradesh in India.<sup>[1]<\/sup> It is part of a second, 1,700-km rail route linking Tibet to the People\u2019s Republic of China (following the opening of the line from Golmud in Qinghai in 2006), connecting Lhasa, Tibet\u2019s historic and cultural capital, to the Sichuan provincial capital of Chengdu and beyond. According to Chinese media, most of the tunnels along the Lhasa-Nyingtri route have been completed, with one of the longest, the 9,240-meter Bukamu Tunnel, finished last week on Aug. 2, 2019, <a href=\"http:\/\/global.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/201908\/06\/WS5d48d754a310cf3e35564135.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to the government-run newspaper China Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The high-speed railway under construction will pass through earthquake zones such as the Longmen Mountains on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau and the Yarlung Tsangpo River<sup>[2]<\/sup> seismic belts, with scientists indicating that prospective dangers along the alignment include landslides, debris flows and snow and ice damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even Chinese scientists have pointed out that a construction project of this scale could in itself aggravate the risks of mountain disasters, causing untold damage to the fragile high-altitude environment of the world\u2019s highest and largest plateau, with implications downstream from the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You Yong, chief engineer of the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalconstructionreview.com\/news\/chinas-37bn-railway-tibet-worlds-riskiest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told state media outlet Xinhua<\/a> that the construction and operation of the Sichuan\u2013Tibet railway across the world\u2019s highest and largest plateau must overcome \u201cthe biggest risks in the world.\u201d Speaking about the dangers, You Yong said: \u201cWe must urgently master the distribution pattern of landslides, debris flows and other mountain hazards, and their influence on the railway project. We need to demarcate safe and dangerous areas, and study how to forecast and prevent disasters.\u201d<sup>[3]<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalconstructionreview.com\/news\/chinas-37bn-railway-tibet-worlds-riskiest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to Global Construction Review<\/a>, You Yong \u201csaid the dangers of this section include relatively frequent earthquakes, particularly in the Longmen Mountains and [Yarlung Tsangpo] River seismic belts. Among the difficulties, too, are sudden changes in elevation, frequent landslips and avalanches, and a fragile ecology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2018, Xi Jinping chaired a meeting in which he declared the acceleration of efforts toward the planning and construction of the Sichuan-Tibet railway \u2014 and also, improving the capability of safeguarding against natural disasters.<sup>[4]<\/sup> The conflation of the two did not appear to be a coincidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-8313\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tibetpolicy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/landslide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8313\"\/><figcaption><em>The landslide blocking the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Nyingtri, Tibet, on October 17, 2018. Image: Featured on the Landslide Blog at https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/LANDSLIDEBLOG\/2018\/10\/22\/YARLUNG-TSANGPO-1-2\/<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Oct. 11, 2018, just one day after the meeting, Xinhua reported that a \u201cbarrier lake\u201d had formed on a section of another river, the Drichu (Chinese: Jinsha), due to a landslide that had taken place in Jomda (Jiangda) county of Chamdo (Chinese: Changdu) prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region.<sup>[5]<\/sup> Just a week later, another landslide in Nyingtri led a second barrier lake to form in a short period in Tibet, presenting \u201ca substantial hazard,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/HTTPS:\/\/BLOGS.AGU.ORG\/LANDSLIDEBLOG\/2018\/10\/22\/YARLUNG-TSANGPO-1-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to experts<\/a>. The new railway is set to traverse this same ecologically fragile terrain en route to Chengdu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intensive infrastructure construction in such a seismically active mountain landscape is known to contribute to earthquakes and landslides, and an informed Chinese blogger raised the alarm about the impacts of construction of the first section of the line from Lhasa to Shigatse. The blogger, whose post received <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/ict-inside-tibet-safety-fears-over-tibet-railway-raised-amid-concern-over-mega-projects\/#3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wide circulation on social media<\/a>, gave specific detail on safety concerns, including skimping on material such as steel needed for tunnels, bridge pillars that are too short, and not enough cement used, which had contributed to \u201csevere landslides\u201d during construction of a tunnel entrance. The blogger, whose post was translated into English by the International Campaign for Tibet, warned that officials from the Lhasa-Nyingtri Railway Construction Command Bureau had turned a blind eye, saying: \u201cAccording to guancha.cn, the Shigatse-Lhasa-Nyingtri railway with Lhasa as its strategic fulcrum, is to be used for passengers as well as for commodities and military personnel. From a geopolitical and regional military perspective, the strategic value of the Lhasa\u2013Shigatse Railway is shocking!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese government has described the railway\u2019s construction as a \u201cnew era in railway construction,\u201d<sup>[6]<\/sup> and Xi Jinping highlighted the political importance of the high-altitude rail link to Sichuan, telling the third meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs in 2018 that it \u201chas great significance for national stability and the economic and social development of Tibet to plan and build the railway, adding that the project must be processed well,\u201d according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/201810\/11\/WS5bbe53c6a310eff303281ab5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a report by China Daily<\/a>. A statement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/201810\/11\/WS5bbe53c6a310eff303281ab5.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issued by the meeting<\/a> said, \u201cThe importance of work on the railway comes from the demand for promoting ethnic unity, safeguarding national unity and strengthening the stability of the border.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Completion of the tunnel in Nyingtri last week required the positioning of massive ice blocks, fans and oxygen facilities inside the tunnel to prevent workers getting sick because of the high temperatures, which reached 42 C due to the tunnel\u2019s depth and high geostress inside it. A worker on the tunnel, Kang Yanjun, was <a href=\"http:\/\/global.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/201908\/06\/WS5d48d754a310cf3e35564135.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited by China Daily<\/a> as saying: \u201cThe tunnel is like a steam room. Once you get inside, you begin sweating profusely. It is like doing anaerobic exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gtwlOzdz7YA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">State media footage<\/a> of the earlier completion of one of the tunnels on the rail link to Nyingtri depicted Chinese workers waving the red Chinese Communist Party flag in celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massive infrastructure construction across Tibet is re-shaping the Tibetan plateau \u2014 a global epicenter of climate change \u2014 in the context of a political climate in which the top priority for the leadership is to ensure complete compliance to Chinese Communist Party authority and no one is permitted to question or raise even mild criticism of policy imposed by Beijing. The International Campaign for Tibet has documented <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/new-dams-expected-to-harm-unesco-protected-area-of-tibet-force-thousands-to-relocate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive damming of major rivers<\/a> connected to the demand for hydropower-based energy; in turn, the recent completion of the world\u2019s highest altitude high-voltage power grid is linked to the construction of the fully electrified high speed rail line from Lhasa to Chengdu.<sup>[7]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official importance of the new railway was also underlined during a visit by China\u2019s Premier Li Keqiang a year ago to the site of a tunnel in Lhokha (Chinese: Shannan) prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). During his visit, the Premier said that Beijing would invest more in infrastructure in Tibetan areas, which he linked to \u201cecological protection\u201d in a demonstration of the language used by Chinese authorities to frame construction, urbanization and mass tourism as beneficial to the environment, even though they are actually harmful.<sup>[8]<\/sup> Various commentators have pointed to rumors of a different approach by Xi and Li, however, suggesting that Li\u2019s statements during his Tibet visit indicated less enthusiasm for big-ticket, risky infrastructure spending, particularly given the risks of the Sichuan-Tibet route.<sup>[9]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The construction of the railway and the damming of the rivers are integral elements of China\u2019s strategic and economic imperatives in Tibet which involve securing control over borders; expanding mining of the plateau\u2019s rich resources (which include uranium, lithium and gold) in order to fuel China\u2019s economic development; and addressing the growing scarcity of water resources in North and Northeast China with water sourced in Tibet. The dramatic increase in Chinese domestic tourism in the TAR is also linked, placing Lhasa at the center of a new network of roads, railways and airports with dual military and civilian use, highlighting the region\u2019s strategic significance to the Chinese government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Golmud-Lhasa railway, which has had a dramatic impact on Tibet\u2019s demography and development, could not have been built without massive investment by the Chinese authorities into how to construct infrastructure on the shifting, fragile ground of the Tibetan plateau, carried out mainly by China\u2019s top permafrost research facility, the Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute based in Lanzhou. However just a month after the line had gone into operation in 2006, the state media made a rare admission that fractures had started to appear in some railroad bridges because of permafrost movements under the rail bed. Even the official press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savetibet.org\/tracking-the-steel-dragon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acknowledged<\/a> that rising temperatures on the Tibetan plateau could threaten the long-term viability of the railway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">China releases a Tibetan women\u2019s rap video to convey harsh message on political crackdown<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A music video featuring Tibetan women in pink and blue traditional chubas is being broadcast in Tibet to convey the Communist Party\u2019s harsh ongoing crackdown on \u201cblack\u201d and \u201cevil forces,\u201d which in Tibet means attacking loyalty to the Dalai Lama. Expressions of support for the Dalai Lama are regarded as an organized crime, according to a circular issued by police in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) last year.<sup>[10]<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video, screened on official TV in Tibet and circulated on social media, is in line with the trend of producing catchy music videos on Party campaigns. In May, China made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=62&amp;v=mY9gKv3eNqE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">music video<\/a> promoting the importance of \u201ctrustworthiness\u201d ahead of the rollout of the controversial Social Credit System in 2020. Another video showing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsonweibo.com\/one-belt-one-road-launches-sesame-street-style-propaganda-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">happy children of different ethnicities<\/a> singing about the virtues of China\u2019s One Belt One Road campaign was described as \u201cSesame Street style propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this latest video, which was also circulated on social media, the Tibetan female singers use Party language to refer to Xi Jinping initiating the campaign to \u201celiminate evil forces\u201d in order to \u201cmaintain social stability\u201d in line with the \u201cgreat leadership of the Communist Party in the new era.\u201d It calls on the people to eschew \u201cseparatist thoughts\u201d and to beware of \u201cDalai clique.\u201d It reflects the intensification of a <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/campaign-against-evil-forces-targets-tibetans-who-resist-chinese-rule-leads-to-21-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nationwide political campaign<\/a> that in Tibet strong emphasizes cracking down on \u201cseparatism in the name of religion\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The music video features a mix of backdrops, including an interior of an official building with Communist Party slogans and a red star on the ceiling, with urban and rural Tibetan landscapes, including one featuring a traditional Tibetan tent. Similarly, it mixes a contemporary rap style with some Tibetan characteristics in the melody. The singers are also depicted against the backdrop of a portrait of Chinese leaders Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tibetans are increasingly compelled to display these images of Chinese leaders, particularly Xi, and to remove pictures of the Dalai Lama. The International Campaign for Tibet has reported news from eastern Tibet that Tibetans are being told even to prostrate and make offerings to pictures <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/tibetans-ordered-to-prostrate-to-pictures-of-chinese-president-as-tibet-leaders-prioritize-anti-dalai-lama-stance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not of Buddhist icons, but of Xi Jinping<\/a>. The Tibetan singers in the video conclude in a submissive pose, sinking to their knees and stretching out their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"footnote wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Footnotes:<\/strong><br><strong>[1]<\/strong> The Chinese government claims Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state, describing it as \u201cSouth Tibet\u201d. Lobsang Gyaltsen, chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region government, said during a meeting of Tibetan delegates to China\u2019s National People\u2019s Congress in 2016 that: \u201cWe really do place a lot of emphasis on this railway.\u201d (Reported by Associated Press following a news conference on the sidelines of the meeting, March 7, 2016). The Chinese state media said it would cut journey time from Chengdu to Lhasa from 42 hours by train and three days by road to less than 15 hours. Lin Shijin, a senior civil engineer at China Railway Corporation, was cited by China Daily as saying: \u201cIt\u2019s like the largest rollercoaster in the world. With a designed service life of 100 years, it is believed to be one of the most difficult railway projects to build on Earth.\u201d (China Daily, February 2, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/english.chinatibetnews.com\/ly\/lyxw\/201602\/t20160201_1064992.html\">http:\/\/english.chinatibetnews.com\/ly\/lyxw\/201602\/t20160201_1064992.html<\/a>).<br><strong>[2]<\/strong> The Yarlung Tsangpo flows into India, and becomes the Siang and the Brahmaputra downstream.<br><strong>[3]<\/strong> Xinhua\u2019s Yu Fei writing in the International Rail Journal, \u2018Bridging the Tibet-Sichuan Gap\u2019, August 16, 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.railjournal.com\/in_depth\/bridging-the-sichuan-tibet-gap\">https:\/\/www.railjournal.com\/in_depth\/bridging-the-sichuan-tibet-gap<\/a><br><strong>[4]<\/strong> A report by Xinhua in English on October 10, 2018, stated: \u201cXi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Wednesday called for efforts to improve the country\u2019s capability of safeguarding against natural disasters and fully launch the planning and construction of the Sichuan-Tibet railway. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at the third meeting of the Central Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs. He is also head of the committee.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2018-10\/10\/c_137523642.htm\">http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2018-10\/10\/c_137523642.htm<\/a><br><strong>[5]<\/strong> Dave Petley at the Landslide Blog, October 23, 2018, \u2018Jomda County: a large, valley blocking landslide in Tibet on 11th October\u2019, <a href=\"HTTPS:\/\/BLOGS.AGU.ORG\/LANDSLIDEBLOG\/2018\/10\/23\/JOMDA-COUNTY-1\/\">HTTPS:\/\/BLOGS.AGU.ORG\/LANDSLIDEBLOG\/2018\/10\/23\/JOMDA-COUNTY-1\/<\/a> VIDEO ON CHINESE OFFICIAL MEDIA, OCTOBER 12, 2018, AT: <a href=\"HTTPS:\/\/NEWS.CGTN.COM\/NEWS\/3D3D414E7A45444F7A457A6333566D54\/SHARE_P.HTML\">HTTPS:\/\/NEWS.CGTN.COM\/NEWS\/3D3D414E7A45444F7A457A6333566D54\/SHARE_P.HTML<\/a><br><strong>[6]<\/strong> Chinese state media report, China Tibet Online, October 23, 2017. The report stated: \u201cSince 2012, Tibet has opened the Lhasa-Shigatse Railway, and the Lhasa-Nyingtri Railway also enters its construction, starting a new era in railway construction. Highway distance increased from 62,500 kilometers in 2012 to 82,100 kilometers in 2016, an increase of 25.9 percent. There are 71 domestic and international air routes connecting Tibet with 41 cities.\u201d<br><strong>[7]<\/strong> Website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, 30 November 2018, \u2018World\u2019s hardest power grid project operates in Tibet\u2019, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.sasac.gov.cn\/2018\/11\/30\/c_676.htm\">http:\/\/en.sasac.gov.cn\/2018\/11\/30\/c_676.htm<\/a><br><strong>[8]<\/strong> Chinese State Council website, July 28, 2018, <a href=\"http:\/\/english.gov.cn\/premier\/news\/2018\/07\/28\/content_281476240005360.htm\">http:\/\/english.gov.cn\/premier\/news\/2018\/07\/28\/content_281476240005360.htm<\/a><br><strong>[9]<\/strong> See for instance Claude Arpi, Daily O, October 25, 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyo.in\/politics\/landslide-in-tibet-both-india-and-china-have-reasons-to-worry-about\/story\/1\/27408.html\">https:\/\/www.dailyo.in\/politics\/landslide-in-tibet-both-india-and-china-have-reasons-to-worry-about\/story\/1\/27408.html<\/a> and Wall Street Journal, \u2018China finds Big Ticket Spending is a Road to Nowhere\u2019, October 20, 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-finds-big-ticket-spending-is-a-road-to-nowhere-1540036800\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/china-finds-big-ticket-spending-is-a-road-to-nowhere-1540036800<\/a><br><strong>[10]<\/strong> The circular, issued in February 2018, urged the public to inform on people they suspect of being loyal to the Dalai Lama and his \u201cevil forces\u201d across Tibet. According to the Chinese state media, the circular was aimed at deterring the \u201cgangsters\u201d that \u201cthe Dalai group uses to spreading its message of separatism.\u201d International Campaign for Tibet report, \u2018Chinese police circular urges public to report on loyalty to \u2018evil forces\u2019 of Dalai Lama\u2019, February 13, 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/savetibet.org\/chinese-police-circular-urges-public-to-report-on-loyalty-to-evil-forces-of-dalai-lama\/\">https:\/\/savetibet.org\/chinese-police-circular-urges-public-to-report-on-loyalty-to-evil-forces-of-dalai-lama\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inside Tibet Report: Chinese scientists warn of environmental consequences as railway tunnel completed in Tibet ; Bizarre music video conveys harsh propaganda message on Tibet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12274,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categorie":[691],"news_tag":[675],"class_list":["post-12273","nieuws","type-nieuws","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-news","news_tag-environment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Environmental concerns over new railway tunnel in Tibet; 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