ICT Report (April 1996).
1994 and 1995 witnessed a significant surge in Chinese government efforts to restrict the growth of religion in Tibet. This report looks at the ways that China is explores to limit the resurgent power of Tibetan Buddhism and to crush those who defy its limits. It also shows how China has shifted its religious policy in Tibet to actively suppress and restrict further religious growth. It analyzes the structures and methods of Chinese government and Party controls over Tibet’s monasteries, revealing a thick web of bureaucracy, regulation, police power and controlled media to keep Tibetan Buddhism from becoming a serious challenge to China’s control over Tibetan territory.