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Mandarin Replacing Tibetan

April 17, 2020;

Chinese government policies in Tibet are resulting in Mandarin replacing Tibetan as the dominant language amongst children. A source who “requested anonymity to avoid legal trouble” has described how “the standard of the Tibetan language… is very poor” whilst another shared that “for tests and exams, the children are more inclined to get better grades in Chinese and other subjects, with little care or attention [paid] to Tibetan”.

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