Use of cultural power for territorial integrity

Question 1

Tibet schooling

Answer 1

• secondary schools only in Mandarin
• university entrance exams only in Chinese
• more propaganda through village education sessions and provision of free TVs with fixed reception to government channels
• strong controls on internet, SMS, phone ownership

Question 2

Xinjiang

Answer 2

• 2004 50 ethnic schools merged with Chinese schools
• goals are to have more Mandarin speakers and reduce links to Islam
• best students are sent to Chinese schools

Question 3

Village relocation

Answer 3

• July 2013 report by HRW
• 2 million forcibly relocated to “New Socialist Villages”, by end of 2013 90% of Tibetan population will live in these
• 2011, plan to station Communist party cadres in ever one of Tibet 5,400 villages to “live, work, eat” with locals
• US ambassador Gary Locke warned that there is a “deteriorating human rights situation” in Tibet