Agency, Beijing.
Published by: Dev Kashyap
Updated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 05:48 AM IST
Summary
Along with local policemen, China’s central government has also deployed a surveillance officer to examine the monks. In addition, the authorities keep pressuring young monks to attend government schools in China. China has been suppressing Buddhist culture in Tibet for a long time.
In order to keep Tibet under its control and suppress Buddhist culture, China has set up surveillance sites in the Buddhist monasteries of Tibet. Giving information about the situation, a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA) said that a surveillance unit has recently been set up at Palyul Thartang Gonchen Monastery in Qinghai province of Tibet. For many years there was a police post outside the monastery, whose primary function was to oversee the activities of the monastery. Now it has been made inside the monastery.
Along with local policemen, China’s central government has also deployed a surveillance officer to examine the monks. In addition, the authorities keep pressuring young monks to attend government schools in China. China has been suppressing Buddhist culture in Tibet for a long time, but it remains so because of the Buddhist monasteries. Now China has started targeting Buddhist monasteries. China occupied Tibet in 1950. During the 1959 rebellion, the 14th Dalai Lama had to save his life in India. The Dalai Lama has been running the Tibetan government-in-exile since then while staying in India.
Police cameras everywhere, app installed on monks’ mobiles
Everywhere in the monastery, police cameras are being monitored 24 hours a day. The government has installed an app on the mobiles of all the monks, which keeps an eye on their every move. Due to this the people of the monastery are afraid to talk to anyone.
Expansion
In order to keep Tibet under its control and suppress Buddhist culture, China has set up surveillance sites in the Buddhist monasteries of Tibet. Giving information about the situation, a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA) said that a surveillance unit has recently been set up at Palyul Thartang Gonchen Monastery in Qinghai province of Tibet. For many years there was a police post outside the monastery, whose primary function was to oversee the activities of the monastery. Now it has been made inside the monastery.
Along with local policemen, China’s central government has also deployed a surveillance officer to examine the monks. In addition, the authorities keep pressuring young monks to attend government schools in China. China has been suppressing Buddhist culture in Tibet for a long time, but it remains so because of the Buddhist monasteries. Now China has started targeting Buddhist monasteries. China occupied Tibet in 1950. During the 1959 rebellion, the 14th Dalai Lama had to save his life in India. The Dalai Lama has been running the Tibetan government-in-exile since then while staying in India.
Police cameras everywhere, app installed on monks’ mobiles
Everywhere in the monastery, police cameras are being monitored 24 hours a day. The government has installed an app on the mobiles of all the monks, which keeps an eye on their every move. Due to this the people of the monastery are afraid to talk to anyone.