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* Technology Reaches Remote Tibetan Corners, Fanning Unrest
NY Times: “The young Buddhist monk, his voice hushed and nervous, was discussing the self-immolations and protests that have swept Tibetan regions of China when the insistent rap of knuckle on wood...
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China protects key river sources – Xinhua | English.news.cn
China plans to strengthen the environmental protection of the Sanjiangyuan region of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, the source of important rivers. With an average altitude of 4,000 meters, Sanjiangyuan,...
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One injured as explosion hits Xining airport car park in Qinghai | South...
An explosion rocked the car park of Xining’s main airport today, state media reported. One person was injured by shrapnel, according to the authorities. Police and bomb experts rushed to the scene...
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Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces at Work in the Nation-State | Stratfor
“Here begins our tale: The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been.” This opening adage of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, China’s classic novel of war and...
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Massive Himalayan hydropower dam comes on stream in Tibet | South China...
Tibet‘s biggest ever hydropower project has begun generating electricity, state-run media reported, the latest dam developed on Himalayan rivers to prompt concern in neighbouring India. The first...
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The plateau, unpacified | The Economist
AN ELDERLY woman with long, grey plaits, wearing a traditional Tibetan apron of wool in colourful stripes, has spent her day weaving thread outside her home near the southern end of Qinghai Lake, high...
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