Tibet-Aid Program at 30: Driving Tibet’s Development in Xi’s ‘New Era’

• The Tibet-Aid Program (TAP), a principal driver of development in Tibet, has ramped up significantly under Xi Jinping’s rule.
• The TAP has, throughout its 30-year history, sought to use material development to placate local tensions that have periodically arisen from the Party’s governance failings in the region. Most recently, the emphasis has been on improving the quality of healthcare and education.
• The TAP is a focus for the Party’s priorities, and the increasing flow of resources to “moderately prosperous” villages on the Indian border could be a cause for concern for neighboring India.
• Tibet remains an unattractive destination for cadres despite copious propaganda suggesting otherwise, which has helped perpetuate a relatively poor standard of governance in the region.

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