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The Chinese authorities in the Golog Tibetan Autonomous region have ordered schools to stop teaching all subjects through the medium of Tibetan – except for the Tibetan language, for first grades only. Radio Free Asia confirms that the new rules will take effect from this fall. Subjects such as history, geography, maths and biology are currently being taught in Tibetan; They will all be taught in Chinese only.
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