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China Steps Up Assimilation of Ethnic Minorities by Banning Languages in Schools

October 26, 2021;

By Peh Hong Lim, Voice of America – 24 October 2021 TAIPEI — After experiments aimed at assimilating ethnic minorities in Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, the Chinese government now is moving to apply its cultural assimilation policy for managing all minority populations by eliminating classroom instruction in native languages. Late last month, Beijing released…
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