Dharamshala: In 2011, the spiritual leader of Tibet, His Holiness the Dalai Lama reiterated his belief that China is committing a form of 'cultural genocide'* in Tibet: consciously, deliberately and with intent. However, totaliatarian states, or even democratic ones for that matter, rarely signal their intent to commit genocide-cultural, economic or otherwise in actual overt policies.

Dharamshala: Gabriel Lafitte is a development policiy consultant to the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamsala, northern India. Here he considers China's attempts to erode Tibetan cultural indentity.