(TibetanReview.net, Jan16’26) – Rather than being allowed to focus primarily on learning their mother tongue and the extensive religious texts which are written in it, China’s campaign for Sinicizing Tibetan Buddhism and making religion conform to its so-called socialist values have monks across Tibet learning to become proficient in Chinese language and the party-state’s narrative on “patriotism”, state media reports show.
On Jan 14, a “national consciousness, civic awareness, rule of law awareness” speech competition (finals) of the religious community in Dege County, Kardze (Chinese: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, was held, reported China’s ...





