China is facing new political pressure from conservatives following reports it is employing draconian surveillance tactics to monitor Tibetans.
According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), China is persecuting Tibetan dissidents by increasing its police presence in Tibet, suppressing social media use, and employing surreptitious civilian surveillance officers.
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) publicly lamented Tibetans’ oppression at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
China invaded Tibet in 1950 and has retained control of the country since then.
The US has historically sided with Tibetan rebels, who resisted Chinese authority in the years shortly after the latter’s invasion to no avail.
The United Nations (UN), notwithstanding condemnations of China’s human rights abuses in Tibet, has refused to recognize Tibet’s self-determination rights.
Senator Rubio, a leading China hawk, called on the international community to respond to the CCP’s persecution of Tibetans.
“Tibetans face harsh scrutiny and oppression by the occupying Chinese Communist Party,” said Rubio. “The international community cannot remain as bystanders to these injustices”
Rubio has politically attacked the CCP extensively throughout this year.
From recommending the US deny Chinese companies IPOs to congressionally investigating investment funds engaged in Chinese markets, Rubio’s animosity towards the CCP is palpable.
In June, Rubio sent a bipartisan letter to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MSCI Henry Fernandez after MSCI seemingly ignored the CCP’s alleged abuse of Uyghurs.
MSCI upgraded Volkswagen standing within its network although the latter was discovered to be harnessing Uyghur slave labor in its factory in Xinjiang.
Many have accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of committing genocide against Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups in Xinjiang via forced labor and other genocidial acts.
