Progress in Xizang highlighted

White paper shows achievements of human rights protection in all aspects

The achievements of human rights protection in all aspects, including political, economic and social rights in the Xizang autonomous region in recent years, will not be undermined by the accusations of so-called "worsening of human rights in Xizang" disinformation spread by anti-China forces that collude with the Dalai group for political purposes, a newly released white paper said.

And the steady steps of improving human rights in Xizang, including the right to learn and use the Tibetan language and the right to religious freedom, will not be obstructed by anti-China forces in the United States and other Western countries, which have disregarded basic facts and whose real goal is to destabilize Xizang and separate it from China, according to a white paper titled "Human Rights in Xizang in the New Era" released in Lhasa, the regional capital of Xizang, on Friday.

Contrary to the claims that Xizang has been trying to prevent people from learning the Tibetan language, the right to study and use the Tibetan language is fully guaranteed, the white paper said. It added that the right to study and develop the Tibetan language is guaranteed in education and in the standardization of important terms. Courses on both standard Chinese and Tibetan are taught in primary and secondary schools in Xizang.