Thread: China Mandates 'Happiness' Campaign in Restive Tibetan Area

Chinese authorities in a notoriously restive region in eastern Tibet are forcing residents to participate in a local annual festival, which many started boycotting five years ago following the start of self-immolation protests.

A Tibetan source told VOA the locals in Driru county have been warned they may face punitive actions or even imprisonment for defying the orders.

The source, who did not want to be identified because he has close contacts in the area, said residents of Tsala town have been warned they might lose the right to collect the highly priced cordyceps fungus, which many rely on for their livelihood.

Youth in the town are now being compelled to practice songs and dances for the festival, added the source, who lives outside of China. “We know that the real purpose of the [Chinese] plan is to allow senior leaders to show that the Tibetan people are happy and living in prosperity,” he said.

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What is it with this happiness bullshit?...Heh...

^ you'll fukinwell be happy or we'll make you happy, and if that doesn't work we have happy reeducation centres for troublemakers like you!!!

^Yeah? Well I'll put a smile on the face of your favourite goat...How do you like them happiness apples?...

Its a con

Tibetan Monk Self-Immolates in China; Another Dies in Police Custody

It's an infernal matter.