On October 19 Qinghai province witnessed a major protest against the Chinese government decision to replace Tibetan with Chinese language as a medium of instruction in Tibetan schools. Around 1500 students from six schools, and monks of Rongpo monastery gathered at Rebkong in Malho Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) to express their opposition. Around 30 police vehicles surrounded the protestors but no arrests were made. Later, Ah Gendun, the Deputy Head of the Malho TAP and…