CHINA-TIBET: QINGHAI PROVINCE AUTHORITIES ARREST TWO TIBETAN STUDENTS FOR OPPOSING IMPOSITION OF MANDARIN IN TIBETAN ETHNIC SCHOOLS
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Radio Free Asia (RFA-August 27) reported that Qinghai province authorities arrested two 19-yearold Tibetan Middle School students of Darlag county for opposing the use of the Chinese language
as the only medium of instruction in Tibetan schools. The two students, identified as Gyuldrak and
Yangrik, spoke out on the WeChat social media platform against the Chinese policy mandating,
beginning in September, that all classes in local schools be taught only in Chinese. The students
are presently being held at the Darlag county police station.
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