Chinese White Paper: Equal importance given to Tibetan and Chinese in Tibet</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Chinese White Paper: Equal importance given to Tibetan and Chinese in Tibet"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Chinese,White,Paper,Equal,importance,given,to,Tibetan,and,Chinese,in,Tibet"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">25-09-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Chinese White Paper: Equal importance given to Tibetan and Chinese in Tibet</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Beijing, China (Xinhua): Equal importance is given to both Tibetan and Chinese in Tibet, with priority given to Tibetan undercurrent laws and regulations, according to a white paper issued bythe Information Office of the State Council on Thursday. The Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Law on Ethnic Regional Autonomy both clearly prescribe that all ethnic minorities have the freedom to use and develop their own spoken and written languages, said the white paper titled "Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture". <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/25/content_10108564.htm " target="blank">news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/25/content_10108564.htm </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show