Chinese government officials are systematically using extreme forms of pressure to coerce rural Tibetans into relocating from their long-established villages. These methods include denigrating Tibetan culture and beliefs, and implicit threats of cutting essential services like water and electricity.
China's excessive mining exploitation in occupied territories of Tibet has also led to health hazards, cultural subjugation of Tibetans, irreparable damage to land use patterns, pollution, severe environmental degradation, and disturbances to the pristine and ecologically sensitive Tibetan plateau.
On Tuesday, the White House stated that China's "unfair trade practices concerning technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation" have harmed America and accused China of "flooding global markets with artificially low-priced exports".
This verdict follows Wu's conviction in January on charges of cyberstalking and interstate transmission of threatening communication, as announced by the US Attorney's Office in Massachusetts.