China and the Genocide of Tibet, By James Reed
China's Sinicization of Tibet, a drive to make Tibet part of mainstream Chinese culture, has been described by the 14th Dalai Lama, as genocide or cultural cleansing: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-15617026. The latest news, which also goes to support the Dalai Lama's position of genocide, is that about one million Tibetan children have been subjected to forced assimilation linguistically, culturally, and religiously, though the residential school system. According to those supposed champions of human rights, the UN: "We are very disturbed that in recent years the residential school system for Tibetan children appears to act as a mandatory large-scale programme intended to assimilate Tibetans into majority Han culture, contrary to international human rights standards." These schools are focussed on Han Chinese culture, and abandons traditional Tibetan culture and learning. According to the UN:
"As a result, Tibetan children are losing their facility with their native language and the ability to communicate easily with their parents and grandparents in the Tibetan language, which contributes to their assimilation and erosion of their identity."
"This call re-affirmed the idea of building a modern and strong socialist state based on a single Chinese national identity. In this context, initiatives to promote Tibetan language and culture are reportedly being suppressed, and individuals advocating for Tibetan language and education are persecuted."
On this one, the UN seems to be right, and for once has taken a position contrary to communist China, which is something of a miracle. If something like this "stolen generation" occurred in the West the media would be beside itself, but as with everything, China just gets away with it.
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