Gillian Wong

In Tibet, Chinese Boarding Schools Reshape the ‘Souls of Children’ Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.

China is separating Tibetan children from their families and placing them in boarding schools for assimilation and heavy political indoctrination. Many Tibetans fear a whole generation of children will lose their culture, religion and language.

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In Tibet, Chinese Boarding Schools Reshape the ‘Souls of Children’ Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.

Hundreds of thousands of Tibetan children are being separated from their families and placed in boarding schools by the Chinese government where they face political indoctrination. The children are at risk of abuse, and of being stripped of their Tibetan identity and bonds with family.