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Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, April 9: Ahead of the final election for the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on April 26, the Chinese state-owned outlet Global Times on Tuesday dismissed the preliminary phase of the 2026 Tibetan general elections conducted by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) as an “institutional illusion” and branded it a “separatist” exercise lacking legitimacy.
The state mouth-piece publication described the Tibetan elections as an “election without land,” citing Chinese experts who argued that the democratic process in exile is artificially sustained by “separatist groups” to maintain political...
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