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Tibetan Man and Yamdroktso Lake  
   

Tibetan Man and Yamdroktso Lake

This is a dead lake; no outflow, evapouration compensates inflow from rain and local run off. The Chinese Government has started draining this sacred lake for hydro-electricity, while it lasts.
China/Tibet Postcard 4 - Evasive Everest

July 27th 2005
If you were discouraged about the state of Tibetan culture in Lhasa while reading my last Postcard, I am happy to report that rural Tibet remains distinctly Tibetan, for now. To see rural Tibet, in fact to just leave the two largest cities Lhasa or Shigatse, requires an Alien Travel Permit (in addition to the Alien Entry Permit required to come to Lhasa) and a way to get around since public tra ... read more
Asia » China » Tibet

Chinese Flag 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
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