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Tibet in Context is a podcast series that gears in gaining a deeper understanding of Tibet through conversations with Tibetans, China Watchers, Tibetologists, Environmentalist and Security Experts.
A conversation with Professor Gyal Lo la.
Tibetan scholar Professor Gyal Lo is a remarkable witness to China's accelerated assimilationist policies, aimed at the extinction of a separate Tibetan identity and sense of history.
In this podcast, he reflects on why he had to defect from the PRC in 2020, his fears for the future and the immense emotional impact of his meeting with the Dalai Lama. In this conversation with FNVA, Professor Gyal Lo speaks to FNVA about the importance of India to the survival of Tibetan Buddhist culture, and warns India to watch what China does, not what it says. He gives personal testimony of the impacts of C ...