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Lhadon Tethong in The Guardian on Forcible Assimilation of Tibetan Children
May 7, 2026May 7, 2026
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Lhadon Tethong in The Guardian on Forcible Assimilation of Tibetan Children

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‘They have built a machine that pulls out their mother tongue’: why Tibet’s children ‘think they are Chinese’Parents say the insistence on Mandarin in schools is eroding the Tibetan language and culture right from early childhood By Kris Cheng Weeks after a Tibetan-speaking five-year-old started preschool, she had “completely stopped speaking Tibetan”, according to her...

The Guardian’s Today in Focus Podcast – “The Hunt for the Next Dalai Lama”
July 28, 2025July 28, 2025
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The Guardian’s Today in Focus Podcast – “The Hunt for the Next Dalai Lama”

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On The Guardian’s “Today in Focus” podcast, listen to Tibet Action Institute’s Lhadon Tethong and The Guardian’s South Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, discuss the battle between Tibetan Buddhists and China over the successor to the Dalai Lama. Listen here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jul/28/the-hunt-for-the-next-dalai-lama-podcast Before long, Tibetan Buddhism will enter an unknown world – one without its current Dalai...

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