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Beijing to Dalai Lama: Only We Can Choose Your Successor

THE CHINESE FOREIGN ministry warned the Dalai Lama on Monday that only Beijing can approve his successors and that any decision by the Dalai Lama to appoint a successor through traditional Tibetan reincarnation would break Chinese law. China's foreign ministry … Continue reading

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Groupon’s Tibet Superbowl Ad Makes Many Unimpressed

Groupon's Tibet commercial played at the Superbowl has rankled many. The advertisement first shows serene, ice-capped mountain tops, and archive shots of traditional Tibetan people, playing horns, doing traditional things. "The people of Tibet are in trouble," an actor, Timothy … Continue reading

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