2020 05 20 Uncle Buddhist 9

China's Covid policies are particularly harsh in places like Tibet and Xinjiang. Lhasa, for example, is enduring the longest Covid lockdown since Shanghai’s. Inhumane restrictions are said to be behind a spate of suicides. w/@Lindadalew https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-30/xi-s-covid-zero-policy-takes-toll-in-lhasa-s-long-lockdown via @BBGEquality

CMP's David Bandurski writes about a so-far unremarked change in official translations for "Tibet" at the Global Times and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Is this a trial for changes at other state media down the line? https://chinamediaproject.org/2022/09/29/tibet-by-any-other-name/

We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by @tseringylama is on the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist! It was published by @McClellandBooks. Congratulations!

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