The Tibetan children taken to boarding schools to sever their roots

The Tibetan children taken to boarding schools to sever their roots

China is increasingly creating boarding schools for Tibetan children, who are often separated from their families as young as 4 years old. The policy of deliberate assimilation creates distance between parents and children and contributes to the erosion of Tibetan culture.

Tibetans call out China's language policy amid claims of cultural erasure and human rights violations

Hundreds of Tibetans have flocked to social media to urge the Chinese government to reinstate Tibetan language education in schools, following Beijing’s release of a white paper asserting that Tibetan language rights are guaranteed in the region, according to a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA). In the report from March 28 discussing human rights in Tibet, China declared that Tibetan is frequently used in government documents, public announcements…