U.S. tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price

The white dome of Boudhanath rises like a silent guardian over the chaotic sprawl of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, crowned by a golden spire that pierces the sky. Painted on each of the spire’s four sides are the benevolent eyes of the Buddha – wide, calm, and unblinking – said to see all that unfolds below.