China Begins Extending Plateau Railway to Tibet’s Second Largest City
The controversial railway into Tibet is going to be expanded to Tibet’s second largest city, Shigatse (Xigaze), Xinhua reports:
The Lhasa-Xigaze railway, with a budget of 13.3 billion yuan (1.95 billion U.S. dollars), is capable of transporting 8.3 million tonnes of cargo per year. The local a ...
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The USA used railroads to conquer the American West & drive American Indians from their native lands. Britain used railroads to maintain its colony of India until 1947. China is doing the same thing in Tibet. It’s called colonialism, pure & simple. The CCP plans to spend US$2 billion the rail extension b/t Lhasa & Shigatse. Meanwhile Tibetans have the lowest income & education in all of the PRC. We can see the CCP’s priorities are in exploiting Tibet’s natural resources & maintaining control over Tibet, not in improving the lives of the Tibetan people.