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Young Tibetan Arrested

January 13, 2022;

Loten, 23, a college graduate, has been arrested after posting his views of Chinese language education policies in a WeChat group. Tibet Watch, the UK-based Tibetan advocacy group, reports that he said the Chinese policy aims to “cut off the link between the mother tongue (the Tibetan language) and Tibetan kids from a young age”. He is undergoing “re-education training” in Xiling City, capital of Amdo [Ch: Qinghai].

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