Bhutan's reputation as a utopia doesn't reflect its gritty reality

Bhutan's reputation as a utopia doesn't reflect its gritty reality | CNA Correspondent podcast

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The once isolated nation of Bhutan, nestled deep in the Himalayas, is now being forced to reckon with reality. Its government is eyeing cutting-edge technology to stem a brain drain and growing economic unhappiness. Teresa Tang speaks to CNA's Saksith Saiyasombut about how the country can hold onto its past even as it forges a new future.
0:00 Intro
2:54 How important is tourism to Bhutan?
5:55 Unemployment and brain drain
8:27 Gelephu Mindfulness City
15:58 Between China and India
19:00 What's next for Bhutan?
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@wonderfullife737 17 күн бұрын

It’s a country that practices Ethnic cleansing

@sukizuki9497 17 күн бұрын

It's the *only* country within the region committed to law, justice & order where upon detecting unwanted guests in their homeland, they take swift action to dispatch of them.

@sukizuki9497 17 күн бұрын

Similar to sweeping/vaccuming dirt from your home and dumping them into the trash(Nepal) lol

@ThickBanana 16 күн бұрын

It's a bit concerning that China has moved into northern Bhutan (illegally) and started building structures, including a radar...

@wonderfullife737 16 күн бұрын

Why are you worried? 😂 king told bhutanese people not to worry about china grabbing land 😂

@ThickBanana 15 күн бұрын

@@wonderfullife737 Anyone who sees what happens to Uyghur people in Xinjiang or minorities in Tibet should be worried.

@olderchin1558 15 күн бұрын

@@ThickBanana Just came back from Tibet. What are you seeing there? Beautiful place. Tibetans dominates the place, they speak to each other in Tibetan. Loads of speed camera and every district crossing requires a ID check and almost all the officers are Tibetan who speaks to our Tibetan guide in Tibetan. Everywhere Tibetans dominates every facility except the hospital, kid had attitude sickness, the Doc was Han. A lot of the main street shops were Han. Loads of internal Chinese tourist, we were given special scrutiny at every ticket counter, being foreigners.