China forcing Mandarin education on Tibetan preschoolers to accelerate assimilation, says Human Rights Watch report
May 06, 2026
The 72-page report, titled Start with the Youngest Children: China Uses Preschools to 'Integrate' Tibetans, outlines that a 2021 directive issued by China's Ministry of Education, known as the Children's Speech Harmonisation plan, requires the use of standard Mandarin Chinese for all preschool teaching in ethnic minority regions.