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Political Demands Highlight Pressure on Religion

As part of the Chinese government’s national campaign to “Sinicize” religion, authorities are imposing new political demands on Tibetan Buddhists, requiring select monks and nuns in the Tibet Autonomous Region to undergo mandatory political and ideological training designed to produce a new generation of “patriotic religious professionals” versed in state propaganda. The government is hoping to expand political indoctrination in monasteries