Tsering Topgyal

Department of Political Science and International Studies

University of Birmingham

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

Full article: “The greatest risk facing China in the 21st century is national disintegration”: ontological insecurity and self-grasping in China’s nationalities Policy https://t.co/tNtlWOmBUZ

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

EU being EU!
https://t.co/9JUBT6B2lo via @ft

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

@ReasonablyRagin @EricTSchluessel @ShefUniSEAS While I have your attention here, do you need room for both 9th and 10th June for the Birmingham workshop? I have reserved for both nights. Also, your choice for the dinner? The dinner options are in the emails, but happy to share that here too.

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

@ReasonablyRagin @EricTSchluessel @ShefUniSEAS Thanks, David. Yes, I found Eric's book.

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

@AndrewM_Fischer It would also be interesting to see the numbers and trends around Tibetans out-migrating to Chinese cities and what they are doing there.

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

@AndrewM_Fischer I look forward to hearing more when you get to it!

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

@AndrewM_Fischer Very useful data! Are you able to extract similar data on other major towns/cities in Tibet?

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

Tibet in Asia’s Future: Repression, Resilience and Relevance https://t.co/505vwrz8nY

Forthcoming on the RSAA Blog, but self-published here in time for the 10th March Anniversary.

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

Yay! We are no longer 6 million! :-)

[Andrew M. Fischer @AndrewM_Fischer]

Some #Tibet data as I'm getting back into #China's 2020 population #census. The census counted just over 7 million Tibetans.

Assuming a conservative natural pop increase rate of around 0.8% (based on what I've seen from the data) current population would be about 7.232 million.

[Jessie Lau is on Insta & @laujessie.bsky.social @jessielauwrites]

NEW: Thousands of Tibetans around the world have been subjected to spying, bribery, blackmail and threats against family members still living in Tibet, says a report by @tchrd_ published ahead of Lunar New Year.

I spoke to some and wrote a story @guardian https://t.co/vLr47ajjeC

[Tendor @tendor]

This new article from Prof. James Leibold @jleibold & me looks at what goes on inside China's colonial boarding schools in Tibet. If u need a free eprint, pls DM me. @tibetaction @SFTHQ @UnderSecStateJ @fernanddev @adrianzenz @CECCgov https://t.co/trTGB1N5EO

[Tendor @tendor]

Happening at High Asia Research Center in NYC on May 20, featuring @dibyeshanand @BhamTsetop @NitashaKaul @ReasonablyRagin @jaynorbu in conversation.

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

@palden_gyal Or may be the 'Tibetan' Monasteries are full of Indian citizens? :-)

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

@palden_gyal Dear friends, you can now sign the letter at this link https://t.co/PKsjNPFTPH. There was a collective decision to restrict this to only professional Tibetologists with institutional appointments. Sorry I am just the messenger :-)

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

@palden_gyal @angrant_1 We are in the process of doing just that. Please give us a day or two!

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

Thanks! My Conservative MP did not even bother to reply to my request for his help in this dispute.

[Beth Winter @BethWinterCynon]

.@UCU's demands in their dispute are reasonable, realistic and affordable.

That's why 50 MPs and Peers have written to @UCEA1 and @UniversitiesUK urging them to invest in their staff.

#ucuRISING

[Soutik Biswas @soutikBBC]

From China's point of view, it might make strategic sense to keep the border dispute with India alive as a means to restrain India's ambitions and regulate its behaviour, for instance the growing ties with the US, @BhamTsetop says. https://t.co/0q8wusBKZq #Tawang

[David Tobin @ReasonablyRagin]

Urumchi is not Zhengzhou. I lived there for several years, observing and interviewing around many protests. I want to add some overlooked background to #UrumqiProtest conversation. Many dominant voices on the subject have never been there. 🧵

#Xinjiang #ZeroCovidChina #Uyghurs

[Tsering Topgyal @BhamTsetop]

On Argumentative Indians debating "Is the Tibet movement a lost cause?"

https://t.co/xqAScKWleR