Mandarin Learning Law Already Being Actively Implemented in Tibet’s Monasteries - Tibetan Review

Mandarin learning law already being actively implemented in Tibet’s monasteries - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Apr17’26) – Following China’s adoption last month of its law on so-called promoting ethnic unity and progress, mandating the predominance of Mandarin learning and use across the PRC, monks in Tibet are now required to take time off their traditional Tibetan grammar and scripture learning to study the language of their rulers. As in […]

Legislating Assimilation- China's 2026 Ethnic Unity Law and the Dimming Prospect of Tibetan Autonomy

By Kaydor Aukatsang A Law That Closes a Door On March 12, 2026, the National People’s Congress — widely regarded as a rubber-stamp legislature whose primary function is to formalize decisions made by the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo Standing Committee — adopted the Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress. Set to take effect on July 1, 2026, the law represents a culmination — the legal codification of a policy of assimilation tha…