Thanks for appearing today before the committee.
It's very obvious that the Chinese regime and government is trying to use schooling to be able to impact changes on the culture of the Tibet region and Tibetans in general. Since 2008, these forced boarding schools have been running, and they may have been running before that.
I would like to start with Mr. Therchin.
In your own assessment, how much of an impact have these boarding schools had on the culture, the language and the community in general?