China says it will step-up ‘re-education’ of Tibetans

BEIJING: China on Saturday signalled it would step up a campaign to re-educate Tibetans in an effort to turn them into “patriots”, following nearly a month of protests against Chinese rule of Tibet.

“It is necessary to reinforce patriotic education,” Tibet’s deputy Communist Party chief Hao Peng was quoted in the Tibet Daily as telling a group of influential monks in the remote Himalayan region.

“Guide the monks so that they continue to foster the tradition of love of religion, love of the country and to hold high the banner of patriotic progress.

AFP