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Drama in Lhasa

August 2, 2013;

Chinese authorities are staging a multi-million drama about Princess Wencheng, the Chinese wife of Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo, in Tibet’s capital Lhasa, to increase tourism and promote Chinese propaganda concerning Tibet. Leading Tibetan writer and blogger Woeser said, “In reality this is a project to rewrite history, to ‘wipe out’ the historical memory and culture of a people.”

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