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Warren W. Smith, a historian writing at Tibetan Political Review, stated in 2015 that tourism is turning Tibet into a theme park, and used Nyingchi's "fake Tibetan 'model villages' " as an example of Chinese "fantasies about primitive Tibetan society".<ref>Warren Smith, ''Origins of Middle Way policy'', (25 March 2015), https://sites.google.com/site/tibetanpoliticalreview/articles/originsofthemiddlewaypolicy|title=ORIGINS OF THE MIDDLE WAY POLICY - Tibetan Political Review}} quotation: ''Tourism is aimed at turning Tibet into something like a theme park where Chinese can go to indulge their fantasies about primitive Tibetan society'' ... ''Theme parks and cultural performances are being developed in Lhasa where Chinese tourists can experience an unthreatening version of Tibetan culture and an altered version of Tibet history in which Tibet has “always” been a part of China. Fake Tibetan “model villages” are being built in lower areas of eastern Tibet like Nyingtri in Kongpo where Chinese tourists can live in Tibetan houses and be entertained by Tibetan singers and dancers. Tourist numbers reached almost 13 million in 2013 of whom 99 percent were Chinese. The perpetual presence of so many Chinese tourists in Lhasa significantly alters the population balance and cultural dynamic.''</ref>
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== Detention of Larung Gar nuns ==
== Political re-education camps ==
AThe ''[[Tibetan Review]] report citing'', a localDelhi, residentIndia states 100 nuns and monks which had been studying atbased [[Larung Gar Buddhist Academy]] and residing in [[Larung Gar#Political Re-education|Larung Gar]] were bused to re-education camps at Nyingtrijournal,<ref name=TR1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tibetanreview.net/political-re-education-awaits-monks-and-nuns-expelled-from-larung-gar/|title=Political re-education awaits monks and nuns expelled from Larung Gar|date=November 6, 2016|website=Tibetan Review}}</ref> reports that according to a "local resident", 100 nuns and monks studying at [[Larung Gar Buddhist Academy]] and residing in [[Larung Gar#Political Re-education|Larung Gar]] were bused to government facilities at Nyingtri after their residences were demolished andin 2016, leading to their subsequent forced evictions. byThe Chinese''Tibetan authoritiesReview'' innotes 2016.that most have returned home after two months.
The Tibetan Review report has been confirmed by a [[Human Rights Watch]] report,<ref>''China: Major Tibetan Buddhist Institution Faces Further Demolitions: Halt ‘Re-education,’ Humiliation of Monks, Nuns'', 29 March 2017, https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/03/29/china-major-tibetan-buddhist-institution-faces-further-demolitions (quotation: ''A second video, circulated a few days after the first, shows 12 Tibetan nuns dancing on the stage of a theater in front of what appears to be an audience of officials. The nuns, dressed in religious robes, perform a choreographed dance routine to the song, “The Song of the Emancipated Serfs.” The song is associated with official Communist Party celebrations and was originally performed in front of Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1959.'')</ref> which also details persecution and abuses to which the nuns are subjected.
The Tibetan Review states that some nuns and monks are under "continued political re-education", while those allowed to return home face six additional months of political re-education, and are not permitted to rejoin monastic institutions.
Reports indicate more nuns than monks were sent tointo re-educationdetainment. campsIn froma Larungreport, Gar and fromthe [[YarchenHuman GarRights Watch]] (HRW)<ref name=HRW>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/03/29/china-major-tibetan-buddhist-institution-faces-further-demolitions|title=Halt The‘Re-education,’ Humiliation of Monks, Nuns|date=March 29, 2017|website=Human Rights Watch}} reportquotation also''A referssecond video, circulated a few days after the first, shows 12 Tibetan nuns dancing on the stage of a theater in front of what appears to photographsbe an audience of officials. The nuns, dressed in religious robes, perform a choreographed dance routine to the song, “The Song of the Emancipated Serfs.” The song is associated with official Communist Party celebrations and was originally performed in front of Chairman Mao Zedong in Beijing in 1959.''</ref> also refers to a video<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://freetibet.org/news-media/na/video-dancing-nuns|title=Controversial footage shows nuns in choreographed performance | Free Tibet|website=Free Tibet}}</ref> in which ordained nuns are forced to sing and dance on a stage at Nyingtri.
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