Tibetan Culture in China Under Threat
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Is Tibetanness under threat? As more young Tibet are lured towards a dominant Chinese education, Tibetans are faced with hard realities of ethnocultural survival. Dr Adrian Zenz (European School of Culture and Theology, Germany) speaks to Associate Professor James Leibold (Politics, La Trobe University) about the challenges facing Tibetan language and culture in China. Follow Adrian Zenz on Twitter: @adrianzenz Follow James Leibold on Twitter: @jleibold
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