US EditionUS hits China with visa sanctions over ‘forced assimilation’ of Tibetan children
- The United States will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials to address the "forcible assimilation" of Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Chinese authorities to end the coercion of Tibetan children into these schools and to stop repressive assimilation policies.
- China has ruled Tibet since 1951 and claims to protect ethnic minority cultures, allowing the freedom to use and develop their own languages.
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US announces visa sanctions on Chinese officials for forcible assimilation of Tibetans
The United States has announced it will impose visa sanctions on Chinese officials that are pursuing "forced assimilation" of children in Tibet. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (August 23) said Washington would go after Chinese officials who are behind the policy of state boarding schools forcefully assimilating over one million Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools.
The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday against Chinese officials who are enforcing a policy of forced assimilation of Tibetan children, more than a million of whom have been separated from their families, UN experts said on Wednesday.
China officials hit by US sanctions over ‘forced assimilation’ of children in Tibet
Antony Blinken criticises China’s state boarding schools that ‘seek to eliminate Tibet’s distinct linguistic, cultural and religious traditions’The United States will impose visa sanctions on Chinese officials pursuing “forced assimilation” of children in Tibet, where UN experts say one million children have been separated from their families.Secretary of state Antony Blinken said the US would restrict visas to Chinese officials behind the polic…
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