China: ‘Harmonization Plan’ Erasing Tibetan Language

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Policy for Kindergarten Children Imposes Chinese-Medium Environment, Indoctrination

– By Human Rights Watch, 4 May 2026

A 2021 Ministry of Education directive—the Children’s Speech Harmonization plan—mandates the use of standard Mandarin Chinese for all preschool instruction and care, including in ethnic minority areas. By severely limiting Tibetan-language education in early childhood, and imposing ideological indoctrination on kindergarten children, the Chinese government is speeding up its erasure of Tibetan language and culture. The Chinese government should end political indoctrination in early childhood and ensure that Tibetan children are a...
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