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If I Were a Tibetan Man ...
Protests in Tibet partially spurred by environmental resentment |
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18 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:41 PM on 18 Mar 2008 Violent protests that rose this week against Chinese rule in Tibet were spurred in part by anger about environmental destruction in the Himalayas, an area that Tibetans consider sacred. A Beijing-to-Lhasa railway opened by the Chinese in 2006 has provided easy access for Chinese miners to the pristine Tibetan highlands, where they've begun digging up copper, iron, lead, a ... |
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