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  2. Tibet - Wikipedia

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    Tibet (/ t ɪ ˈ b ɛ t / ⓘ; Tibetan: བོད, Lhasa dialect: [pʰøːʔ˨˧˩] Böd; Chinese: 藏区; pinyin: Zàngqū), or Greater Tibet, [1] is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about 2,500,000 km 2 (970,000 sq mi).

  3. Tibet Autonomous Region - Wikipedia

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    The Tibet Autonomous Region, officially the Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, [note 1] is an autonomous region of China and is part of Southwestern China. It was formally established in 1965 to replace the Tibet Area , the former administrative division of the PRC established after the annexation of Tibet .

  4. Tibetans - Wikipedia

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    There is also a small Tibetan Christian population in the eastern Tibet and northwestern Yunnan of China. Also there are some Tibetan Hindus who mainly live in China, India and Nepal. According to legend, the 28th king of Tibet, Thothori Nyantsen, dreamed of a sacred treasure falling from heaven, which contained a Buddhist sutra, mantras, and ...

  5. China blasts US Tibet-China dispute bill, vows to ... - AOL

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    Attention has focussed on Tibet-China issues as the Dalai Lama, recuperating from a medical procedure, turned 89 last week. The exiled spiritual leader has said he will clarify questions about his ...

  6. Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China

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    Talks between Tibet and China were mediated by the governments of Britain and India. On 7 March 1950, a Tibetan delegation arrived in Kalimpong, India, to open a dialogue with the newly declared People's Republic of China and to secure assurances that the Chinese would respect Tibetan territorial integrity, among other things. The onset of ...

  7. China shows off a Tibetan boarding school that's part of a ...

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    SHANGRI-LA TOWN, China (AP) — First-grade students, hands folded on their desks, watch a teacher write a brush-like stroke on a blackboard in their Tibetan alphabet. The Shangri-La Key Boarding ...

  8. Tibetan sovereignty debate - Wikipedia

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    The Tibetan sovereignty debate concerns two political debates regarding the relationship between Tibet and China.The first debate concerns whether Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and parts of neighboring provinces that are claimed as political Tibet should separate themselves from China and become a new sovereign state.

  9. History of Tibet - Wikipedia

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    Tibet lies between the civilizations of China proper and Indian subcontinent.Extensive mountain ranges to the east of the Tibetan Plateau mark the border with the Chinese heartland, and the Himalayas of the republics of Nepal and India separate the plateau from the subcontinent lying south.