-Radio Free Asia
The move threatens Tibetan children’s connection to their native language, often taught outside the schools.
Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province are blocking Tibetan children from taking classes outside their schools over winter holidays in a move aimed at further weakening t connection to their native language, Tibetan sources say.
News of the ban was sent out in October in a notice to all districts and cities in the province, historically a part of northeastern Tibet’s region of Amdo, a Tibetan living in the province told RFA in a written message.
“No individual or organisation is allowed to hold informal classes or workshops to teach the Tibetan language during the winter holidays when the schools are closed,” RFA’s source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Continue Reading