Tibetans' mother tongue faces tide of Chinese

[Francis Hult]

The Washington Post

 

Tibetans' mother tongue faces tide of Chinese

 

Teenager Dawan Dunjhu is Tibetan and lives in Tibet, but says that if his friends and classmates can't master Mandarin Chinese, they have little hope of a professional future. 

 

"I want to be a lawyer, and for me Chinese plays a very important role both in my life and my study," Dawan Dunjhu, 16, told Reuters during a government-organized visit for foreign media to Tibet. 

 

Full story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/13/AR2010071306848.html

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