Nyima Tashi, a 25 year old farmer monk from Lhading village, Ngamring county (Shigatse region) reports on the stifling socio-economic policies the Chinese intend to implement in his village.
“It was recently declared in our village that grazing land will be distributed to each household, regardless for whether a particular household rears animals or not. It was suggested that households who do not have animals could sell their allotted share of grazing land to those who do.
My greatest fear is that this type of land distribution could be the cause of many disputes and soon people will start saying, “My land, Your Land” which was totally unheard of in earlier times. Such actions may sound superficial but the Chinese do not make policies for no reason. Very often such policies act as a façade for the actual goal of destroying communal harmony.
The animals are receiving the worst treatment from these new policies that are constantly being revised. A quota on the number of animals that can be reared has been imposed and any household exceeding this limit must kill the rest of the animals. I think this is to cause stagnation within households and to suppress any prosperity.”
