China to punish entities, local officials behind the ‘rising dragon’ fireworks in Himalayan Tibet in rare environmental action

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(TibetanReview.net, Oct15’25) – In a rare instance in Tibet of China taking action against perpetrators of serious environmental damage involving nationally prominent entities, as well as local party and government officials, an investigation report has on Oct 15 recommended legal action against those responsible for the “Rising Dragon” fireworks publicity stunt that took place in Shigatse City of Tibet Autonomous Region on Sep 19. The Gyantse county party secretary has been sacked. While the county governor is under investigation

What made the big difference this time appears to be that the complaints or the protests did not come from the local Tibetan people, but from the Chinese public in online...

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