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Reports are emerging from the Qinghai province (Amdo) that young Tibetans are becoming addicted to gambling. Radio Free Asia has reported that young Tibetans are gambling the proceeds of harvesting caterpillar fungus and becoming addicted, meeting in secret to gamble sums of up to 100,000 yuan (US$15,000 / £11,000) in a night, causing family and social hardship. The report says that it is affecting Tibetans and not the Chinese.
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