Patriotic Education in China

News has gotten out via Radio Free Asia and the internet that Chinese authorities have surrounded 3 Tibetan monasteries and arrested monks taking part in the largest protest in 20 years over Chinese rule of Tibet and other human rights issues. NY Times quoting a Columbia University Tibetan specialist:

But Mr. Barnett said the remaining monks held the equivalent of a sit-down strike and were joined by an additional 100 monks from Drepung.

“They were demanding specific changes on religious restrictions in the monastery,” Mr. Barnett said. He said monks wanted the authorities to ease rules on “patriotic education” in which monks are required to study government propaganda and write denunciations of the Dalai Lama.

What a concept--monks who want to study and practice their religion. Next--the Chinese will brand the peaceful, non-violent monks as terrorists.