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Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

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KFC in Lhasa

March 16, 2016;

The giant fast food company KFC has opened its first branch in Lhasa, Tibet after years of speculation. Hundreds of customers swarmed to the opening to eat fried chicken. HH the Dalai Lama wrote a letter in 2004 to Yum Brands, who subsidies KFC, opposing the proposal and saying that chickens raised and killed to be eaten at KFC “violates Tibetan values.”

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