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Two Tibetan Students Detained for Opposing Chinese-Only Instruction in School

August 31, 2021;

Reported by Sangyal Kunchok for RFA’s Tibetan Service. Translated by Dorjee Damdul. Written in English by Richard Finney. Middle School students Gyuldrak and Yangrik had opposed a new Chinese education policy mandating classroom instruction only in the Chinese language. Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province have detained two Tibetan students accused of opposing the use…

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