Waiting for Silence: Xi Jinping’s Calculated Non‑Policy on Tibet – Tibet

Waiting for Silence: Xi Jinping’s Calculated Non‑Policy on Tibet – Tibet

By Khedroob Thondup The Strategy of Inaction. Xi Jinping’s government has perfected the art of strategic silence on Tibet. Beijing’s refusal to engage with the Dalai Lama or the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) is not indecision—it is deliberate policy. The Chinese leadership believes that time itself will resolve the “Tibet question.” Their calculus is stark: once the Dalai Lama passes away, the spiritual and political force that sustains T…