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26/12/20 10:20 AM IST

New US policy on Tibet

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The Tibet Policy and Support Act, passed by the US Senate bookends a turbulent year in US-China relations.

US and China

US-China relations have become much more difficult over the last two decades, particularly worsening in the Trump Administration.
Earlier this month, the Holding Foreign Companies Accounting Act, targeting Chinese investments in the US, was signed into law.
Earlier in the year, President Donald Trump signed into law the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.

Tibet Policy and Support Act
  • The TPSA, once signed into law would make it the official policy of the US Government to oppose any effort by the govt. of People’s Republic of China to select, educate, and venerate Tibetan Buddhist religious leaders in a manner inconsistent with Tibetan Buddhism.
  • The proposed legislation will empower the US Government to impose sanctions on the China who might try to interfere in the process of selecting the next incarnation of the Dalai Lama.
Among the most significant amendments is that the TSPA makes it US policy to oppose attempts by Beijing to install its own Dalai Lama “in a manner inconsistent with Tibetan Buddhism in which the succession or identification of Tibetan Buddhist lamas, including the Dalai Lama.

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