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The Cultural and Environmental Cost of ‘Modernizing’ Lhasa

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20.05.2013
It is unclear whether China is embarking on a renovation project to preserve Lhasa’s historical district or whether it is engaging in commercially driven construction that is “destroying Lhasa”, as some have described it. More

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