Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, March 4: China is set to enact a sweeping legal framework that will formally entrench Mandarin Chinese as the dominant language in education and public life, while sharply restricting the use of so-called minority languages, such as Tibetan, Uyghur, Mongolian, and others, across occupied regions.
At a parliamentary session expected in March 2026, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee is set to approve a revised Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. The legislation will legally cement Mandarin (Putonghua) as the primary medium of instruction and official communication nationwide, including in historically multilingual regions ...





