Interview with Dr. Gyal Lo: Tibetan Children Are Becoming “Strangers in Their Own Homes”
In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use...
Tibetan language
Colonial Boarding Schools and Reincarnation Policies Help China Control Tibet’s Future
Tibet’s future remains imperiled by the Chinese government’s continued efforts to sever the generational links that sustain Tibetan culture. Recent reports have analyzed how this dynamic plays out in the realms of education and...
Reports Describe Expanding Digital Repression in Tibet
Recent reports detail ways in which the Chinese government has instrumentalized digital connectivity to enhance its repression of Tibetans on the plateau and in the diaspora. On Wednesday, Turquoise Roof and Tibet Watch...
Languages in Tibet Struggle for Survival
Friday marked the 25th International Mother Language Day, a UNESCO observance for promoting the preservation and protection of linguistic diversity. For Tibetan communities on the Tibetan plateau and in the diaspora, the issue...
Chinese Schooling, Tourism, and Language Contribute to Cultural Erasure of Tibet
Earlier this month, a massive earthquake struck Tibet and severely damaged numerous monasteries and nunneries. Recent media articles since then have highlighted other ongoing threats to Tibetan culture from the Chinese...
Dam Construction in Tibet Threatens Local Communities and Environment
Infrastructure projects in Tibet have often drawn controversy for failing to balance development, human rights, and environmental protection. As CDT has covered this year, state-sponsored hydropower projects have forcibly...
Interview: Gerald Roche on the Erasure of Tibet’s Minority Languages
As the Chinese Communist Party has intensified its policy of assimilation for cultural and ethnic minority groups in recent decades, language has been a key part of that effort. Standard Tibetan is recognized as the official...
Censors Take Down Discussion of Last Mongolian-language College Entrance Exams
The Douban comment was not inflammatory. In fact, it didn’t even betray an overt opinion. But for censors, it was too much. “A note for posterity: this will be Inner Mongolia’s last Mongolian-language gaokao,” it read. Censors...
Interview with Lhadon Tethong on Tibet’s Colonial Boarding Schools: “They Are Stealing an Entire Generation”
In December 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) issued a report “Separated from Their Families, Hidden From the World,” exposing a vast system of boarding schools for Tibetan children that aims to assimilate them into Han Chinese...
Interview: Lhadon Tethong on Tibetans’ “Spirit of Resistance and Desire for Freedom”
In the current repressive environment, how do Tibetans in Tibet hold onto their cultural identity? How does the world find out what is happening there? How do exiles stay connected with their families and homeland? Where can we...
Repression in Tibet Remains Shrouded in Opacity
In recent weeks, Tibet-focused media outlets have reported that Tsewang Norbu, a popular young singer, died after self-immolating in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. CDT was unable to independently confirm the reports and...
Language Learning App Emphasizing Linguistic Diversity Deletes Tibetan and Uyghur Languages
Minority languages in China are increasingly under threat. Over the past week, the language learning app Talkmate and the online video streaming site Bilibili appeared to remove Tibetan and Uyghur languages from their platforms...
In Tibet, Party Cracks Down On Religion And Demands Gratitude
In Tibet, the Party is pushing a political education campaign to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the region’s annexation. This latest campaign comes amid a widespread “Sinicization” effort that critics claim has severely...
Tibetan Language Advocate Tashi Wangchuk Released After Five-Year Imprisonment
Five years after his arrest on charges of inciting separatism, Tashi Wangchuk, an advocate for Tibetan-language education, has been released from prison. He attempted to use legal avenues to reinstitute Tibetan-language...
23 Detained, CCP Members Disciplined After Inner Mongolia Language Protests
The Associated Press’ Huizhong Wu reports that at least 23 people have been detained following protests across Inner Mongolia against recently announced language education reforms. The new policies would gradually replace...
Tsering Shakya on Tibet, Development, and Diversity
In an interview with Himal Southasian, University of British Columbia historian Tsering Shakya...
Tibetan Language Activist Sentenced to Five Years
Tibetan entrepreneur and language education activist Tashi Wangchuk was detained in January 2016,...
Badiucao: Silencing the Snow Lion
Last week, Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk was tried in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,...
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