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Student protests spread in Tibet

Following the protests of over 6,000 students in Rebkong County on 19 October, students in eastern Tibet took to the streets on 20 and 21 October against Chinese language policies that stipulate all subjects in schools should be taught in Chinese. On 22 October university students protested in Beijing.


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