Dharamshala, July 23 -- The Dharamshala-based Tibetan government-in-exile has raised alarm over a fresh wave of demolitions allegedly launched by Chinese authorities at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy, the world's largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in eastern Tibet, describing the action as an assault on Tibetan identity.

The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), while citing sources, said in a report that demolitions began around July 13. According to the report, at least six residences have already been torn down as of July 15, and in the coming weeks and months, they said that the authorities are set to systematically destroy an estimated 1,060 quarters belonging to monks and nuns.

Following the demolitions in 2001 and 2016-2017, which s...