Much of the research into these schools has been conducted by Dr. Gyal Lo, a sociologist and expert in Chinese education. Born in the traditional Tibetan region Amdo (in Gansu Province under the PRC), Gyal Lo received his master’s degree from the Tibetan Language and Culture Department at Northwestern University for Nationalities in Lanzhou, China. He later taught in that department for ten years, during which time he designed and taught the first ever sociology class in Tibetan.
onsdag 3. september 2025
INTERVIEW WITH DR. GYAL LO: TIBETAN CHILDREN ARE BECOMING “STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN HOMES”
In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use of colonial boarding schools to indoctrinate and forcibly assimilate Tibetan children into Han Chinese culture and society. (See CDT’s two-part interview with TAI’s Lhadon Tethong on this topic.) This May, TAI issued a follow-up report that looked more closely at the conditions and treatment of children in these schools, exposing widespread abuse and the use of boarding preschools for children as young as four.
Much of the research into these schools has been conducted by Dr. Gyal Lo, a sociologist and expert in Chinese education. Born in the traditional Tibetan region Amdo (in Gansu Province under the PRC), Gyal Lo received his master’s degree from the Tibetan Language and Culture Department at Northwestern University for Nationalities in Lanzhou, China. He later taught in that department for ten years, during which time he designed and taught the first ever sociology class in Tibetan.
Much of the research into these schools has been conducted by Dr. Gyal Lo, a sociologist and expert in Chinese education. Born in the traditional Tibetan region Amdo (in Gansu Province under the PRC), Gyal Lo received his master’s degree from the Tibetan Language and Culture Department at Northwestern University for Nationalities in Lanzhou, China. He later taught in that department for ten years, during which time he designed and taught the first ever sociology class in Tibetan.
