thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 1月6日 03時57分

Photo: @rezaphotography // #China #Xinjiang(#EasternTurkestan). North of the#Taklamakan #Desert // I was on assignment for National Geographic on Xinjiang.

The famous Taklamakan Desert stretched away in front of me. I was going to take on a 370-mile-long road crossing through the vast expanse with no landmark, deprived of oasis, rocks and small shrubs, a mere succession of sand dunes. By the dried-out bed of the Tarim River, a Uyghur village was the last possible stop before the desert. As I often did while traveling, I asked where the school was. Ten students of all ages were listening to the teacher. The broken benches, the dirty walls, the rare and sorry-loo- king school books showed that no subsidies had been granted for a long time by the Chinese authorities. First, I was agreeably surprised to notice that the books were written in Uyghur. Then I quickly understood that I had been deceived. Elementary school students may have the right to study texts written in their native language, but only until junior high school where only Mandarin is taught. However, the Chinese assimilation policy for minorities is much more efficient and deceitful. Moreover, elementary school students do have the right to read and write in their native language, but their books are always made under the control of the Chinese authorities, which impose their own version of History.

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