Mandarin replaces Tibetan: China closes school that spent 17 years protecting language and culture
Image source: International Campaign for Tibet China has permanently closed Hongka Dorje Vocational High School, a prominent Tibetan education institution in Qinghai province founded by the late Buddhist leader Hongka Dorje Rinpoche. The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) said the closure ended nearly two decades of efforts to protect Tibetan language, culture and traditional knowledge…