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Men-Tsee-Khang Fights Back

December 10, 2018;

The Director of Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute based in Dharamshala, has condemned the move by UNESCO – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – to list Lum; medicinal bathing of Tibetan medicine as a nomination by China for the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. He has also condemned China for using the trademark Men-Tsee-Khang, which he says is illegal use of the name.

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