The Associated Press and Reuters reported on this story. Bryan Lynn adapted the reports for VOA Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.
A top Chinese official has called for “all-round efforts” to ensure Tibetans speak and write in Chinese.
The official, Wang Yang, spoke at a recent ceremony in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. The building is the ancient home of the Dalai Lamas, leaders of traditional Tibetan Buddhism.
In his speech, Wang said all Tibetans must share in, what he called, “cultural symbols and images of the Chinese nation.”
The official is a member of the small and powerful Politburo Standing Committee.
The ceremony was held to mark the 70th anniversary of the Chinese invasion of what is now the Tibet Autonomous Region. China has ruled the large Himalayan area since 1951, when the People’s Liberation Army seized the territory in what it calls a “peaceful liberation.”
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