Dharamshala, Feb. 6 -- A new United Nations (UN) report has issued warnings that Chinese state policies in Tibet are actively eroding the foundations of Tibetan civilisation, threatening the survival of Tibetans as a distinct people, said Dharamshala-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

It says that the findings appear in a report to the UN Human Rights Council by the Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Nicolas Levrat. While global in scope, the report explicitly identifies Tibet as a case where state-led policies are not merely discriminatory but constitute what the UN expert describes as "eradication in more subtle ways."

According to a report published by CTA, at the centre of this warning is China's vast boarding school sy...