Testimony to the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing on Growing Constraints on Language and Ethnic Identity in Today’s China

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This hearing will look at the issue of language rights and ethnic identity in China, including through a discussion of government policy toward ethnic minorities, language rights, and educational policy. The hearing will examine recent developments in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, the Tibet Autonomous Region and other Tibetan areas, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and elsewhere in China where authorities have restricted the language and cultural rights of ethnic minority communities.

Video of the hearing available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QteAg-PDumg