{"id":2008086,"date":"2023-08-22T12:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-chinese-officials-over-forcible-assimilation-of-tibetan-children\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:55:31","slug":"us-sanctions-chinese-officials-over-forcible-assimilation-of-tibetan-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-chinese-officials-over-forcible-assimilation-of-tibetan-children\/","title":{"rendered":"US sanctions Chinese officials for &#8216;forcing assimilation&#8217; of Tibetan children."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-sanctions-chinese-officials-over-forcible-assimilation-of-tibetan-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008086&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>China\u200c Launches Education Program to Assimilate \u2063Tibetan\u200d Children<\/h2>\n<p>China has recently initiated an education program aimed at forcibly\u2062 assimilating\u2062 over one million\u2062 Tibetan \u200bchildren, according to U.S. officials who are\u200c taking action to address\u200b these abuses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese coercive policies seek to eliminate Tibet\u2019s distinct linguistic, cultural, and religious traditions \u200damong younger \u200dgenerations of Tibetans,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>-\u200c Secretary of State \u200bAntony Blinken<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Secretary Blinken&#8217;s denunciation of these policies was accompanied by the announcement \u200bof\u2063 visa restrictions for Chinese officials involved in the project. While the specific officials targeted were not disclosed, this move \u2063adds to \u2063the growing chorus of criticism from both \u2064Congress and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-hes-practically-declared-a-national-climate-emergency\/\" title=\"Biden: National Climate Emergency Almost Declared\">international\u200b community<\/a> \u2063regarding Beijing&#8217;s treatment\u200d of the Tibetan Buddhist community.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Blinken emphasized\u200b the need for the\u200c Chinese authorities to \u200dput\u200d an end to the coercion \u200bof Tibetan children into government-run boarding schools and to cease their repressive assimilation policies, not only in\u2064 Tibet but also throughout other parts of China. He also\u2063 expressed the \u2064commitment\u2062 to work with allies and partners to shed light on these actions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-released-of-violent-myanmar-protests-after-at-least-38-people-killed\/\" title=\"Footage Released Of Violent Myanmar Protests After At Least 38 People Killed\">promote accountability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Background:\u2064 Chinese Communist Forces and \u2064Tibet<\/h3>\n<p>In 1950, Chinese Communist forces invaded Tibet\u2063 and successfully subjugated the region in 1959 after a failed Tibetan revolt, which led to the Dalai Lama \u2062and\u200b other Tibetan \u200delites going into exile. Since \u200bat least 2008, Chinese officials have prioritized education as \u200ca means to combat\u200d separatism, maintain stability, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuban-born-alejandro-mayorkas-invites-flood-of-poor-cuban-migrants\/\" title=\"Cuban-born Alejandro Mayorkas Invites Flood of Poor Cuban Migrants\">promote development<\/a>. \u2064This has culminated in recent efforts to promote Chinese \u200dGeneral Secretary Xi Jinping as the true &#8220;spiritual\u200c leader&#8221; of Tibetans, challenging their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-w-wilber-theres-a-cancer-eating-at-america\/\" title=\"D.W. Wilber: There's a Cancer Eating at America\">traditional religious beliefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Che Dhala,\u200b the PRC-appointed chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet has been influenced by &#8220;bad old habits&#8221; due to the negative\u2063 impact of religion, which he claims emphasizes the afterlife and weakens the pursuit of\u2063 happiness in the present life.<\/p>\n<h3>The Compulsory Education Program<\/h3>\n<p>The Chinese\u200d government has implemented a compulsory\u2062 education program that operates through boarding\u2063 schools, \u2062where Tibetan students are educated separately\u200d from their families. This separation has raised concerns about the preservation of Tibetan culture and the potential conversion of Tibetans into\u200c loyal followers of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).<\/p>\n<p>Tencho Gyatso, President of the International\u200d Campaign for Tibet, strongly condemned China&#8217;s separation of Tibetan children from\u2062 their families, stating that it\u2062 reveals Beijing&#8217;s plan to\u200d eliminate the \u2063Tibetan way of life\u2063 and transform\u200d Tibetans into Chinese citizens. \u2063Gyatso \u2064emphasized the value of Tibetan\u200d culture, rooted in peace and \u2063compassion, and expressed concern that the boarding school \u200cprogram targets vulnerable and impressionable minds, ultimately aiming to solidify Chinese control over Tibet and eradicate Tibetan culture.<\/p>\n<p>This anxiety\u2062 has \u200creverberated within international \u2064and humanitarian circles. In\u200d February, a team of United Nations human\u200c rights experts expressed their \u2064deep concern \u200cabout the mandatory assimilation program, \u2063which they believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-sanctions-chinese-officials-over-forcible-assimilation-of-tibetan-children\/\" title=\"US sanctions Chinese officials for 'forcing assimilation' of Tibetan children.\">contradicts\u200c international human rights \u200bstandards<\/a>. They \u2063highlighted the loss of\u200c Tibetan\u200c children&#8217;s proficiency in their native language and their ability to communicate\u2064 with their parents and grandparents, contributing to their assimilation and erosion of identity.<\/p>\n<p>Washington has \u2063also\u200b taken notice, with lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties\u200b endorsing the right of self-determination for the \u200dTibetan people and rejecting the notion that the underlying\u200c conflict is settled.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Todd Young (R-IN) called for a refresh \u2064of\u2062 U.S. policy towards Tibet, advocating for \u2062negotiations that advance freedoms for \u2063Tibetans and seek a\u2063 peaceful resolution to the conflict with the Dalai Lama.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/china-launches-education-program-to-assimilate-tibetan-children\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s education program aims to forcibly assimilate over one million Tibetan children, prompting U.S. officials to take action. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the coercive policies, which aim to erase Tibet&#8217;s unique language, culture, and religious traditions among the younger generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2008087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2008086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2008086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2008086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2008086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}