Tibetan culture falters under Chinese influx
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ZHANG JUN says his two-storey frosted glass and chrome beauty salon near the Tibetan capitalâs imposing Potala Palace is the biggest in town.
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LHASA, China  - In the dusty bowels of the Tibet  capital's huge Potala Palace, a handful of laborers slowly chip  away at ancient plaster holding together the 13-story  building's crumbling foundations.
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Visitors to Tibet can see clearly that commercialism has invaded this ancient land.
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LHASA, China  - On a dusty river bed in the shadow  of the Potala Palace, home of Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama, a  bridge is rising that China says will bring prosperity to the  Roof of the World.
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The boy chosen by the Chinese government as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama was greeted warmly by dozens of monks when he visited Tibet's most sacred temple, state television reported, giving rare publicity to one of his appearances.
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China's economic growth slows for a third straight quarter as efforts to rein in booming expansion continue to take hold.
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Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday criticised a new railway linking Tibet with China's densely populated east, saying it had led to more outsiders flooding the region.
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Chinese industrial output slows in October, the latest evidence that its booming economy is being reined in.
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"The Chinese authorities are really stepping up their anti-Dalai Lama rhetoric and propaganda"  BEIJING - Chinese authorities have been forcing Tibetans to sign a petition opposing the Dalai Lama's return, a London-based group said, in apparent retaliation for the award of a high U.S. ... via Reuters
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As Bush prepares to honor him, China's continuing obsession with the Tibetan spiritual leader reveals a grudging respect
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In China, a sprawling lakefront is redeveloped with an eye toward the past.
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The Dalai Lama warned Friday that Tibetan culture could be "finished" in 15 years if China does not allow the region to govern itself.
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The growing number of Chinatowns in South Korea have not progressed very far because of a host of obstacles including a shortage of Chinese residents.
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China criticised Russia on Saturday over its decision to give the Dalai Lama a visa, the first Moscow has granted the Tibetan spiritual leader in a decade.
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China's economic growth may ease slightly this year to 10.5 percent from the estimated 11.5 percent rate of expansion in 2007, a researcher at a state think-tank said on Friday, as the government cooling steps take effect.
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China is suffering from the most severe brain drain in the world, state media says.
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Unofficial count finds increased Chinese presence in Tibet.