tibetan language
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China’s Forced Assimilation of 1 Million Tibetan Children in Residential Schools
Chinese government has a plan to assimilate the ethnic Tibetan children living in Tibetan autonomous regions: send them to boarding schools. In the early 20th century, tens of thousands of Tibetans were castrated and sterilized as part of an effort by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to achieve “ethnic homogenization” and wipe out the culture,…
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Tibetan Language Advocate Barred Entry to Hotels by Chinese Authorities
Chinese authorities’ restrictions and monitoring of Tibet’s former political prisoners are nothing new. Authorities instructed hotel operators in Tibetan areas of western China to bar a Tibetan activist who was traveling to promote language rights, as per the RFA report. Tashi Wangchuk, a former political prisoner of roughly 35 years old, had been traveling around…
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2 Tibetan students arrested at school for opposing only Chinese instruction
According to RFA, In the province of Qinghai in northwestern China, two Tibetan students have been held accused of not using the Chinese language as the only teaching medium in Tibetan schools. Gyuldrak and Yangrik had challenged a new Chinese education policy that would require only Chinese-language instruction at middle school. The two 19-year-old inhabitants,…
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Chinese authorities’ true attitude toward minority languages: they are second-class languages
Despite enacting legislation to safeguard Tibetans, China forced the Chinese language on people inside Tibet. The Chinese government has long produced laws and comments expressing its support for minority languages, including regulations requiring bilingualism on all public signs in minority areas. However, the recent data from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) reveals the Chinese authorities’…
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First Tibetan Terminology App Called TibTerm Launched
The Terminology Desk of Department of Education at the Central Tibetan Administration has recently launched a new Tibetan language App called ‘TibTerm’. This is the first of the kind Tibetan language app which is dedicated to the standardization of standard Tibetan Terms, already published by the official desk of CTA.
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China Ban Tibetan Kids Attending Classes in Monasteries During Vacation
The local Chinese authorities in parts of occupied Tibet has banned Tibetan school going kids from attending extra classes provided by the local monasteries during their vacations. In a circular release by the local Chinese authorise in Qinghai’s Nangchen county seeks to stop Tibetan kids from attending classes given by the local Tibetan monasteries.
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Australian National University to Teach Tibetan Language
The Australian National University (ANU) is planning on a project to teach Tibetan language as a part of a program which will be teaching eight less commonly taught languages such as Mandarin, Hindi, Korean, and Japanese.
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Top Australian Radio Launches Tibetan Language Program
The top Australian radio service SBS has launched the Tibetan language program on Monday according to the press release from the radio service. Along with the Tibetan language, four other languages have also been launched in their new radio app with an aim to cater to the increasing number of immigrant listeners to their service.
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US State Adopts Tibetan as Official Minority Language
The Tibetan language has been unanimously adopted as the official language by the Common Council of Madison in the the US state of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Tibetan Association has announced the news on their official Facebook page on Wednesday after a special meeting with the council.
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A Tibetan Faces Upto 15 Years In Prison For Approaching Law to Protect His Language
Tibetan man now faces up to 15 years in prison for approaching law to protect the ethnic language, Tibetan which is being suppressed everywhere across the country with the promotion of Mandarin in Schools and offices. Tashi Wangchuk tried to approach the constitutional rights defined to protect the ethnic Tibetan language and his journey was…