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Qi Zhala, 58, the former Communist Party chief of Lhasa, has been appointed as the new Governor of the Tibet Autonomous Region. He replaces Losang Gyaltsan. Qi Zhala comes from the neighboring Yunnan province and held official posts there before being transferred to Tibet. He is known for imposing strong restrictive measures. His post is the second-most powerful post in Chinese occupied Tibet.
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