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Beijing-style blind allegiance re-re-surfaces in Tibet

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Singing patriotic songs ala communist China during the height of the Cultural Revolution. Chinese-style blind allegiance to political leaders appears to have surfaced in Tibet. Note the place - horse-riding dance festival in Gyantse, Tibet.

Parading Beijing-approved child reincarnations at the Gyantse Horse-riding dance festival. Reincarnations of high-ranking lamas are widespread in Tibet. One wonders [...]

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The Day I Stole into the Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

I am the kind of tourist the Chinese Government would love to ban, or even imprison as a lesson to others. I had not only committed a crime in their soil, I am also guilty of attempted bribery of a Chinese official.
The year was 2005 and it was my last day in Tibet before I [...]

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