China’s first national security White Paper labels Tibet and East Turkestan as ‘security concerns’

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By Tsering Dhundup

Dharamshala, May 27: The Chinese government has released its first-ever National Security White Paper, marking a significant shift in the framing of national security by positioning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as the central pillar of the country’s security strategy.

Issued on May 12 through the State Council, the document underscores the primacy of “political security”, placing the CCP’s leadership and ruling status at the core of China’s national stability and unity.

The White Paper repeatedly stresses that safeguarding the CCP and the continuatio...

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