Hundreds of Tibetans have taken to social media to demand that China restore Tibetan language studies in schools, just days after Beijing released a white paper claiming that the right to use Tibetan language is guaranteed in Tibet.
In the March 28 report about human rights in Tibet, China said the use of Tibetan language is widespread in government documents, public notices, media and schools, and that courses on both Mandarin and Tibetan are taught in primary and secondary schools in the region.
But Tibetans say that isn’t true, and that China has actively moved to suppress use of the language -- which they see as part of a wider plan to eliminate Tibetan cultural identity entirely.
In 2020, for example,





