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Mining Banned

October 24, 2014;

Chinese authorities have banned mining operations Dzatoe county in Yulshul, in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in an environmentally sensitive area where clashes last year between police and Tibetan protesters left dozens injured and eight detained. This follows widespread coverage in foreign news media of the protests and community leaders’ petitioning the central government in Beijing, and the area affected has been declared a protected zone.

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