Editing Sinicization (section)

====Tibet====
{{Main|Sinicization of Tibet}}
{{See also|Antireligious campaigns of the Chinese Communist Party}}

The sinicization of [[Tibet]] is the change of Tibetan society to Han Chinese standards by means of state [[propaganda]], police presence, [[cultural assimilation]], [[religious persecution]], [[immigration]], [[population transfer]], land development, land transfer, and [[political reform]].<ref>Burbu, Dawa (2001) ''China's Tibet Policy'', Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0-7007-0474-3}}, pp. 100–124</ref><ref name="Samdup">Samdup, Tseten (1993) [http://www.tibet.com/Humanrights/poptrans.html Chinese population—Threat to Tibetan identity] [[Government of Tibet in exile]], {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205140639/http://tibet.com/Humanrights/poptrans.html|date=2009-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Warren |first1=James |date=May 18, 1997 |title=On Tibet, Senator's Daughter Shows More Spine Than the U.S. |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-05-18-9705180201-story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022210938/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-05-18-9705180201-story.html |archive-date=22 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=2013-06-27 |title="They Say We Should Be Grateful" Mass Rehousing and Relocation Programs in Tibetan Areas of China |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/06/27/they-say-we-should-be-grateful/mass-rehousing-and-relocation-programs-tibetan |url-status=live |website=[[Human Rights Watch]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910131806/https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/06/27/they-say-we-should-be-grateful/mass-rehousing-and-relocation-programs-tibetan |archive-date=10 September 2019 |access-date=10 September 2019}}</ref> According to the U.S. branch of the [[Offices of Tibet (Dharamsala)|Offices of Tibet]], it has been underway since the Chinese regained control of Tibet in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |title=Invasion & After: Tibet Since the Chinese Invasion |url=http://tibetoffice.org/tibet-info/invasion-after |website=tibetoffice.org |publisher=Office of Tibet, Washington, D.C. |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502040015/http://tibetoffice.org/tibet-info/invasion-after |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Sources quoted by [[Radio Free Asia]] have stated that in present-day Tibet, traditional Tibetan festivals have "been turned into a platform for propaganda and political theater" where "government workers and retirees are barred from engaging in religious activities, and government workers and students in Tibetan schools are forbidden from visiting local monasteries."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lodoe |first1=Kalden |last2=Demo |first2=Yangdon |last3=Gelek |first3=Lobsang |title=Tibetan Religious Festival Marred by Police Presence, State Propaganda |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/festival-09062019162424.html |access-date=10 September 2019 |publisher=[[Radio Free Asia]] |date=September 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909031105/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/festival-09062019162424.html |archive-date=9 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>