Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering urges Canada to counter China’s cultural genocide

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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 4 (ANI): President Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), also known as the Tibetan government in exile, has called on the Canadian government to adopt a firmer stance on Tibet, warning that Chinese policies are systematically eroding Tibetan language, culture, and identity.

Addressing the media at the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa on Thursday, Tsering highlighted the impact of state-run boarding schools in Tibet, likening them to colonial-style institutions designed to assimilate an entire generation of Tibetan youth, as reported by Phayul.

According to Phayul, speaking on Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, Tsering drew a direct parallel between China’s boarding schools and Canada’s own history of residential schools.

“Canada has confronted its past, recognising that residential schools were wrong. Unfortunately, Tibetans are facing a similar experience today," he said, em...

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