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Was wondering where the data for #Tibet was in this #China #power #climate update from Greenpeace East Asia
And then I realized to my shock and horror, that they were using the #CCP name, Xizang, in English. This is in line with the recent strong push by the Chinese government to eliminate the use of the term Tibet, in English.
A new, embarrassing low & I have to wonder what @greenpeace thinks of this.
@ncoca @greenpeace Horrific. I had no idea that this was a thing. I guess one benefit of this is you know which organizations are compromised or not doing their homework. I fear that the benefits that are coming from China's rapid production of green tech will cause many environmental groups to look the other way and compromise their values.
@seanbala @greenpeace Credit is due, as they've updated the report and changed "Xizang" to "Tibet."
Hopefully it was just an oversight during translation and not an intentional attempt to erase Tibet in English.
@ncoca @greenpeace Excellent. Glad it might have been simply an oversight. I often that most of the time, something is merely incompetence / oversight and not malice. But those times when it is malice is what you've really got to watch for!
Still, I think it is horrific the China would be push that sort of language erasure. And the point about green groups looking to China as a green savior in light of Western instransigence is something really dangerous.
Thanks for the article from before!
@seanbala @greenpeace its definitely happening - wrote about this last week - https://www.codastory.com/climate-crisis/chinas-green-energy-miracle-and-a-conspiracy-of-silence/
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