A sign in the han-chinese dominated west side of lhasa that says "the developing zone is very promising"

Less than a year, and I'm back in Lhasa...

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August 6th 2009
We arrived in Lhasa the afternoon of August 3rd. After much debate and members of the group having to come to terms the fact that the chinese bureaucracy owned us, we decided to stay at the Kirey Hotel off of Beijing Zhonglu near the Barkhor and Jokhang. While in Lhasa, the majority of my time was spent wandering around town and talking with locals. I visited a few temples, bought some cool souven ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more