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When Patricia Schiaffini, then working on her Ph.D. in Chinese literature, started conducting research in Tibet in 1999, she realized that many children were learning to read and write primarily in Chinese, and were not becoming fluent in their native Tibetan.

After receiving her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Schiaffini...

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