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Chinese in Tibetan Classrooms

April 10, 2020;

Tibetan is reported to be being replaced by Chinese languages in schools in Sichuan’s Ngaba prefecture. It has been stated “that beginning this summer the medium of school instruction will be switched entirely to Chinese”. A March 5 Human Rights Watch report has described the growing emphasis on Chinese language schooling in Tibet, as “an assimilationist policy for minorities that has gained momentum under President Xi Jinping’s leadership”.

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