Document #1019297
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No information on whether Korean was the language of instruction at the Hongqi Tai primary school and at the Number 3 Daxing middle school in Shenyang, Liaoning province, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
Please consult CHN33895.E of 7 March 2000 for general information on education and language rights for China's ethnic minority groups. For information on treatment of Koreans in China, please consult CHN31919.E of 6 May 2000 and CHN31735.E of 20 April 1999.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
China's Minorities: Integration and
Modernization in the 20th Century. 1994
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 1993. 1994
IRB Databases
The Population Atlas of China.
1987
World Directory of Minorities.
1997
World News Connection (WNC)
Two oral sources contacted
Internet Sites, including:
Chinese Law Net
ChinaOnline.com
China-Widow.com
Human Rights in China
Inside China
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