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Restrictions and their anomalies: the third forum and the regulation of religion in Tibet
Restriktionen und ihre Anomalien: das Dritte Forum und die Regulierung der Religion in Tibet
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Abstract In 1994, at a meeting known as the Third Forum on Tibet Work, the Chinese authorities
announced a series of restrictions on religious practice in the Tibetan Autonomous
Region. Described by many outsiders in terms of abuses of rights, in fact those measures
differed in important... view more
In 1994, at a meeting known as the Third Forum on Tibet Work, the Chinese authorities
announced a series of restrictions on religious practice in the Tibetan Autonomous
Region. Described by many outsiders in terms of abuses of rights, in fact those measures
differed in important ways. By analysing the target, rationale and procedure of these
restrictions, it becomes clear that some were relatively routine, while others were
anomalous – their purpose was not explained by officials, the source of their authority
was not clear, or the restrictions were simply not admitted to at all. These anomalous
orders can be linked to major changes in underlying discourses of modernization and
development among officials in Tibet at the time. They reflected undeclared shifts
in attitudes to religion and cultural difference, and seeded the dramatic worsening
in state–society relations that has taken place in Tibetan areas since that time.... view less
Keywords
Tibet; religion; development; modernization; autonomy; exertion of government pressure; society; China; religious policy; patriotism; Buddhism; Far East
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Free Keywords
Chen Kuiyuan; Third Forum; anomalies
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 45-107
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 41 (2012) 4
Issue topic
The politics of ethnicity in China
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works