(Washington/Beijing Comprehensive News) The United States refers to some Chinese officials who are suspected of sending 1 million Tibetan children into boarding schools to carry out "mandatory assimilation" and announce that they will implement visa restrictions on these officials.In this regard, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that "mandatory assimilation" is purely virtual, and calls on the United States to immediately revoke the wrong decision.
According to Agence France -Presse, US Secretary of State Brillings on Tuesday (August 22) in a statement, referring to the Chinese government's "compulsory policy" aims to eliminate the unique language, culture and religious traditions of young generations in TibetEssenceHe urged the Chinese government to stop forcibly sent Tibetan children to the government's boarding schools and ended the compulsory assimilation policy implemented in Tibet and other parts of China.
Brinken also quoted the United Nations in February report in the statement, saying that Tibet children who have been forcibly transferred to the boarding school need to receive Mandarin teaching, and no longer learn the language, history and culture of Tibet, and have been forced into the Han culture.
According to the "Beijing Daily Client" report, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Wednesday (August 23) that the United States ignored the facts and imposed illegal sanctions on Chinese officials by Tibetan issues, seriously interfered with ChinaInternal affairs, seriously damage the interests of China, and seriously violate the basic criteria of international relations. China has resolutely opposed it and strongly condemned it.
He called on the United States to immediately revoke the wrong decision, otherwise China will make a resolute and strong response.
When it comes to the boarding school in Tibet, Wang Wenbin said that Tibet is high in altitude and has dispersed population. Especially for herdsmen's children to go to school far away, decentralized schooling is difficult to ensure the number of teachers and the quality of teaching.The power of power is set up according to actual needs.
He said that boarding students can go home every weekend and holidays, including the Tibetan New Year, Snowton Festival and other traditional Tibetan holidays and winter and summer vacations. Parents can visit their children at any time.At the same time, traditional cultural courses such as Tibetan language and ethnic dance are generally opened for schools, providing traditional plateau food, and students can also wear national costumes during the school.
Wang Wenbin emphasized that boarding schools are exactly the vivid cases of protecting Tibet's human rights and cultural traditions.
Special report authorized by the UN Human Rights Council, in April this year, it accused China of "forced" Tibetans to participate in vocational training programs.The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded at the time that "concern" was completely unrealistic. "
