China: Mass Surveillance and Minority Regions
On 29 November 2018, IPCS hosted Dr Tenzin Tsultrim, Research Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute; Dr Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Director,
UGC Area Studies, Centre for Inner Asian Studies, SIS, JNU; and Saikat Datta,
South Asia Editor, Asia Times, for a panel discussion titled ‘China: Mass
Surveillance and Minority Regions’. The interaction took place from 1530-1700 hrs in the IPCS Conference Room.
PROGRAMME
1530-1540 hrs | A Boiling Pot: Impact of CCP's Increasing Intrusive
Surveillance in Tibet
Dr
Tenzin Tsultrim | Research Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute
1540-1550 hrs | Xinjiang: Mass Surveillance & the Logic
of Re-Education Camps
Dr
Mahesh Ranjan Debata | Director, UGC Area Studies, Centre for Inner Asian Studies, SIS, JNU
1550-1600 hrs | The Future of Mass Surveillance in China
Saikat Datta | South Asia Editor, Asia Times
1600-1700 hrs | Discussion
SPEAKERS
Dr Mahesh Ranjan Debata is Director, UGC Area Studies Programme, Centre for
Inner Asian Studies, School of International Studies (SIS), (JNU). His research
focuses on issues related to Xinjiang, China, and Central Asia. Dr Debata has
authored China’s Minorities:
Ethno-Religious Separatism in Xinjiang (Pentagon Press, 2007), and has edited
Central Asia: Society, Security and
Economy (Lambert, 2017). His peer-reviewed works have been published by KW Publishers, Routledge, Pentagon Press and
China & Eurasia Quarterly. Previously he was a guest lecturer at
Tianjin University and Jishou University in China.
Dr Tenzin Tsultrim is Research Fellow, Tibet Policy Institute (TPI),
Dharamsala, India. He holds a PhD in the history of India-China relations from
the University of Madras and his research interests include India-China
relations and developments in Tibet. His works have been published in the Tibet Policy Journal, Strategic Analysis Journal, Think India Quarterly Journal and World Focus Journal. Recently, he authored
a chapter on internal developments in China and its impact on foreign policy in China's
Foreign Relations and Security Dimensions (Routledge, 2018).
Saikat Datta is South Asia Editor, Asia Times; Policy Director, Centre for Internet and Society; and
Senior Fellow, Internet Democracy Project. Previously, he has been a defence
correspondent, The Indian Express; assistant
editor, Outlook; Resident Editor, DNA; Member, Editorial Board, Zee News; and editor (national security),
Hindustan Times. He is a recipient of
the International Press Institute Award (2007); the Jagan Phadnis Memorial Award
(2008); and the National RTI Award (2010) for investigative journalism. He is
also the co-author of India's Special
Forces (VIJ Books, 2013), a book on the history and the future of India's
special operations capabilities.