Published in July 2019 by Springer, “Becoming Bilingual in School and Home in Tibetan Areas of China: Stories of Struggle” by YiXi LaMuCuo offers a deep understanding of bilingualism and bilingual education by examining the stories of five individuals’ learning experiences over a period of almost 60 years.

High Peaks Pure Earth present an English translation of a talk given by Professor Thubten Phuntsok presented at the 2nd Conference on Tibetan Language at Nankai University, Tianjin, in August 2017. The Tibetan language post was published on WeChat on August 25, 2017.

Published by Australian National University Press, “Introduction to the Tibetan Language: An eTextbook for Spoken and Literary Tibetan” by Ruth Gamble, Tenzin Ringpapontsang, Chung Tsering and Grazia Scotellaro is a free resource for those wishing to learn Tibetan language.

  High Peaks Pure Earth presents the English translation of a letter written by the writer Tashi Rabten (pen name: Theurang) to his younger sister Guru Kyi while he was in prison in 2012.

As the online debate surrounding proposed “reforms” to bilingual education in Amdo continues, High Peaks Pure Earth presents an English translation of an important voice in that debate, that of prominent lama, scholar and Professor, Alak Dorshi (Dorshi Rinpoche). 

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated an open letter to the Party Secretary of Tsolho (Ch: Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Zhang Wenkui, from a netizen called Tsering Kyi. The open letter was written on April 4, 2017 and posted on social media such as WeChat and Weibo.

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser, originally written for the Tibetan service of Radio Free Asia on August 23, 2016, and published on her blog on August 27, 2016.

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a short post and comments to an online poll that circulated on WeChat in December 2015. The online poll was related to Tibetan language, pointing out that Xining Railway Station only has Chinese language signage. 

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost by Woeser written in February 2015 for the Tibetan service of Radio Free Asia and published on her blog on March 26, 2015.

High Peaks Pure Earth has translated a response from students in Ngaba, Amdo, to a speech that was given by the Director of Ngaba’s Education Department at the end of October 2014. The response was written on November 5, 2014 and subsequently widely circulated on social media.