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In this July 21, 2007, file photo, an elderly man belonging to the Changpa, the nomadic herders who rear the Pashmina goats, holds his Himalayan goat as his son cuts its horn that was hurting the animal's eye in Kharnak, some 185 kilometers (116 miles) from Leh, India. A months-long military standoff between India and China in 2020 has taken a dire toll on local communities as tens of thousands of Himalayan goat kids die because they couldn't reach traditional winter grazing lands, officials and residents said. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

India-China Himalayan standoff deadly for cashmere herds

By Aijaz Hussain - Associated Press

Tibetan President-in-exile urges UN official to visit Tibet

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, center attends a bilateral meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Xi on Saturday became the first Chinese president in more than two decades to visit Nepal, where he's expected to sign agreements on some infrastructure projects. (Bikash Dware/The Rising Nepal via AP)

China, Nepal sign deals for connectivity, security and trade

By ROSHAN SEDHAI - Associated Press

In this April 12, 2018, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks after reviewing the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet in the South China Sea. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)

China says U.S. has ‘undermined global strategic stability’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2017, file photo, U.S. Ambassador Terry Edward Branstad, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The U.S. ambassador to China is making a rare visit to Tibet to meet local officials and raise concerns about restrictions on Buddhist practices and the preservation of the Himalayan region's unique culture and language. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US ambassador in China makes rare visit to Tibet

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Gedhun Choekyi Nyima is shown in an undated photograph from the Dalai Lama's New Delhi office. He was selected to become the 11th Panchen Lama, second most revered Tibetan religious figure after the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/ho) **FILE**

Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima portraits fuel Tibetan anger to China

By Richard S. Ehrlich — Special to The Washington Times

Tibet Executive vice governor Norbu Dondrup bites his lips during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Chinese officials responsible for Tibet are praising development in the Himalayan region in the 60 years since the suppression of an uprising against Beijing's rule. Norbu Dondrup on Wednesday reviewed gains in the economy, health care and education since 1959 and castigated the self-declared government-in-exile established by Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama as illegitimate. The now-83-year-old Dalai Lama fled to India after the uprising was suppressed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China defends Tibet policies, bashes exile government

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FILE - In this April 18, 1959, file photo, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, arrives at Tezpur, Assam in India. Tibetan activists put up posters and hoisted a Tibetan flag in India's capital New Delhi on Sunday, March 10, 2019, to mark the 60th anniversary of 1959 uprising against Chinese rule. (AP Photo, File)

60 years after Dalai Lama fled, China defends Tibet policies

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 9, 2019, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, tourists pose for souvenir photos in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China is barring foreign travelers from Tibet over a period of several weeks that includes a pair of sensitive political anniversaries. Travel agencies contacted Wednesday, Feb. 20 said foreign tourists would not be allowed into the Himalayan region until April 1. (Jigme Dorje/Xinhua via AP)

China closes Tibet to foreigners for sensitive anniversaries

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

China steps up ‘training’ of Tibetan clergy, officials

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Illustration on China's dam building frenzy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Beijing must curb its dam-building and respect the rights of downstream nations

By Brahma Chellaney

Chinese and American flags fly outside of a JW Marriott hotel in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. The Marriot hotel chain apologized Thursday to China's government for referring to Tibet and self-ruled Taiwan as countries in a customer survey that news reports said Chinese police investigated as a possible crime. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China orders Marriott to suspend website, app in map furor

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Tibet to suspend foreign visits until after party congress

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Tibet women’s soccer team denied US travel visas

By JOE REEDY - Associated Press

Illustration on China's coverup of it's abuses in Tibet by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

MAURA MOYNIHAN: Forgotten Tibet

By Maura Moynihan

The Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader, gestures as he talks during a special ritual ceremony at the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, in this Friday, May 29, 2015, file photo. The National Constitution Center CEO Jeffrey Rosen announced Wednesday, June 17, 2015 that the Dalai Lama will be honored with Philadelphia’s Liberty Medal for his efforts to promote compassion and human rights around the globe. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)

MAURA MOYNIHAN: Tibet & China at the same Washington lobbyist

By Maura Moynihan

Exile Tibetans perform a religious song during an inter-faith meeting in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The Dalai Lama brought religious leaders together Saturday to mull some of India's most pressing problems, from gender violence to widespread poverty, while praising the country's religious harmony as proof to the world that different communities can live peacefully together. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

MAURA MOYNIHAN: Mission failure at the International Campaign for Tibet

By Maura Moynihan

Rescue teams carry a body dug out of the collapsed Sitapyla church in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. A strong magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook Nepal's capital and the densely populated Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, causing extensive damage with toppled walls and collapsed buildings. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Nepal earthquake aftermath: Rescuers struggle to reach remote areas as toll rises

By Katy Daigle and Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

New Mexico to proclaim ‘Tibet Day’

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Court dog helps traumatized children

By KEITH MORELLI - Associated Press