Tibetan sources who spoke to Radio Free Asia linked the closures to the Chinese government’s education policies and its promotion of the Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, which took effect on July 1, 2026. They said the shutdowns could further limit opportunities for Tibetan children to learn their mother tongue and cultural traditions.
There are other sources. Including China itself. What do you think ethnic unity is? Like I said I can understand people not trusting it explicitly. That’s fair. What’s truly frustrating, is the way I see so many especially here hand wave away and dismiss such things. Coming from a group that has experienced this it resonates personally.
Another thing to understand. Is that even if something is a propaganda outlet. Propaganda is typically based around something that is at some level true. The propaganda might misrepresent it. Or use it to imply something else. But just because someone uses it as propaganda doesn’t make it not true.
I wish we could have more nuanced discussions of China here. But we can’t. Because everything negative about China is automatically false propaganda. It’s like talking to magats. And big well-known sources are always lacking because of China’s lack of press freedom and access. Something which is not specific to china. It’s getting pretty bad here in the United States as well.