HN_ANI2_HP_SIKYONG_PENPA_TSERING_ON_CHINA_USING_THE_TERM_XIZANG_12-54-29

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00:00Despite our request to many governments and newspapers not to use the word Shizang because

00:29you are playing into the hands of propaganda of the Chinese government, it's not just a

00:34name change from Tibet to Shizang, because the Chinese interpretation of using Shizang

00:40is referring to Tibet only as the Tibet Autonomous Region, not beyond those areas, because Tibet

00:46Autonomous Region is only half of Tibet.

00:49So if you fall into this trap of using Shizang, then you are very much being complicit in

00:55China's narrative on Tibetan territory, as well as Tibetan historical sovereignty.