BROADCASTS IN TIBETAN DIALECTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
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INFORMATION FROM
FOREIG ~N DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Communist China STAT
SUBJECT BROADCASTS IN TIBETAN DIALECTS
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On 2l~ April, while a Tibetan delegation r-as in Pelting negotiating the treaty announced in
late May, Peking more thaw doubled its broadcasts i.n Tibetan. Formerly the schedule con-
sisted of one half-hour program on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and now it cgaaista
of a daily half-hour broadc~?:. Chungking relays this program six days a,week. ?rhe..:
content of the broadcasts ',indicates that Peking is primarily concerned td reassure Tibetan
listeners of the kind treatment-they are receiving and will continue' to receive from thA
Central Govermnent in Peking. Developments in Tibetan or adjacent localities recei'vo
primary attention; only oncasional're?erences are made to other Chinese or international
afftiir~?. ~ ~~
y~tructure of Programs: The daily programs usually incl~ about four news items, e
commentary, and some musical interludes. The programs broadcast on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays are regularly ',repeated on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, respectively.
Frequently, however, a given day's program is repeated as often as three times; and one
tran~ission was rebroadcsst_six.times.. Peking broadcasts are given in the Lhasa dialect:.
Chungking originates its own Sunday program. Tt Foll.owe P^king's lead in concentrating
on local news, but the program is given in the Kham dialect of eastern Tibet.
gontent oAf~ama: Thellsub~ect-matter of the Peking and Chungking programs is limited
in scope, repetitious, and frequently old. News items and commentaries make a marked
attempt to heroize Chairman Mao Tae=tong as the leader of China and of all its racial
groups. The Panchen Lama',is seldom mentioned and the Da1si Lema is 'ignored. The Central
Government's protective attitude toward minorities is directly stressed in commentaries.
It is also stressed indirectly in news reports of aruch developments as the opening of
language schools in Peking or the sending of an inspection mission to some remote section
of Northwest China. T'ne Peking Government's constructive concern in matters of regional
or minority interest is illustrated in reports of medical care offered isolated groups or
of studies being made of a newly-discorered disease of the yaks. '
Primary emphasis is given to developments of local interest. ];',rents concerned wit>a
minorities in Tibet, Sinkiang, Sikang, or Kansu make up the bulk of ',the news items. The
1Corean war is discussed ory occasdonally in delayed battle reports ar accoun#,s of
American losses. Both types of" references tend to call attention to the strength of the
Coammiaist forces and a similar tendency occurred in broadcasts couunemorating the 1 August
anniversary of the Feople!s Liberation Army. Other domestic problems of the Peking regi>ae,
e.g., counter-revolutionaries, are not discussed.
Religious matters are notl!,diecussed; but frequent neMS reports of Peking's protective
attitude toward Moslems have obvious implications t'or Buddhist listeners. One departure
from the avoidance of religious affairs occurred in a commentary deacribin.g the Communist
regime's efforts to ens~ire the Tibetans' tea supply; it closed frith ,the claim chat many
people now consider Mao Tae-tong to be a modern Bluddha.
New Stations: On 27 Ju1y'~Peking announced that new regional radio stations had been in
operation since 1 July at!,Yaan and Paochi. This a:uwuncensr~nt typifies the txo~ma~or
characteristics of .Peking~s Tibetan broadcasts:. (1) :?hpir delay in reporting nevrs; Rod
(2) the regional nature o? 1?he netts that is reported. --~
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