After the strong earthquake levelled thousands of houses and killed over 100 people in Tibet on Tuesday, Tibet was referred to as ’Xizang’ or China’s Xizang, in Chinese media coverage

The Tibetan people in-exile feel sad as China is using the term ‘Xizang’ for Tibet to gain global recognition in the wake of the recent earthquake in the region. Tibetans in exile believe that China and some media houses are using mournful events to downplay the name Tibet

The recent earthquake in Tibet has once again raked up the issue of China using the term ‘Xizang’ instead of Tibet. President of the Central Tibetan Administration in exile, Penpa Tsering said, "Despite our request to many governments and newspapers not to use the word 'Xizang',