[lg policy] Tibetan Monasteries in Nangchen Banned From Teaching Language to Young Tibetans 2019-01-30 Email story Comment on this story Share Print story Print Share Comment Email A map showing the location of Nangchen county in Qinghai's Yulshul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. A map showing the location of Nangchen county in Qinghai's Yulshul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. RFA Chinese authorities in a Tibetan-populated county of Qinghai are banning monasteries from teaching language classes to young Tibetans during their holidays from school, fearing that promotion of their native language will strengthen their resistance to domination by Beijing, Tibetan sources say. The order, issued on Dec. 25 by the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department and the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Nangchen county, forbids informal classes taught by Tibetan monks or other unapproved groups, a source living in the area told RFA’s Tibetan Service this week. “The Chinese g

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 Harold F. Schiffman

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