Wang Linpeng, a professor at Harbin University of Technology’s Faculty of Marxism, said the use of the name Tibet “seriously misleads the international community” about the “geographical extent” of the region.
The researcher said the area should instead be called Xizang, which is translated (pinyin) according to its name in Mandarin.
This would “help rebuild the media image of Tibet,” said Xia Yan, editor-in-chief of a Chinese state news agency, at a regional conference in Beijing earlier this week.
Chineseization of the region. Hong Kong is also worried
Such a change would be another manifestation of the deepening of the region.
Beijing authorities claim that Tibet has belonged to China for centuries. According to official propaganda, in 1950, the Chinese army peacefully “liberated” Tibet, freed its people from feudalism and slavery, and opened the way for economic development and improvement of living conditions.
The name Xizang has appeared in English-language editions of the Party People’s Daily and the nationalist tabloid Global Times since 2019. It is also used by Xinhua News Agency and state broadcaster CGTN in English-language publications.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have expressed similar concerns about the name change, saying that Hong Kong, like Tibet, may soon be called Xianggang.
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