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With or without foreigners, tourism grows in Tibet

Tibet

Tibet is seeing a boom in Chinese visitors, meaning that the government's latest ban on foreigners following self-immolation protests against Beijing's rule has barely dented the region's tourism industry....

 

Self-immolations in Tibet show no sign of slowing

Self-Immolations

More than two dozen Tibetans protesting Chinese repression have set themselves on fire in the last year. The government in Beijing portrays them as societal misfits. During the winter break from high school, Tsering Kyi would spend her days tending the yak and sheep, always taking a book with her out to pasture.

 

Tibet's season of protest may be foiled by fear

On 50th anniversary of the province's failed uprising, China takes unprecedented security measures. If it had happened elsewhere, it might have been dismissed as a teenage prank.

 

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