In the shadow of the Himalayas, a centuries-old spiritual tradition is being systematically dismantled under the heavy hand of the Chinese Communist Party. Under the banner of "ethnic unity" and "national rejuvenation," Beijing is waging a quiet war against Tibetan Buddhism not with tanks, but through political manipulation, religious interference, and cultural erasure. Now, with the announcement that Gyaltsen Norbu the Chinese-appointed “Panchen Lama”, will conduct the sacred Kalachakra empowerment at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in 2025, the CCP is taking yet another calculated step to co-opt and re-engineer a deeply spiritual ritual for propaganda purposes. This is not religious reverence; it is state theatre, staged by an atheist regime that has abducted the rightful Panchen Lama, suppressed
From Monastery To Machine: China’s Cultural War On Tibetan Faith And Identity Explained

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