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Tibetan Protests

March 26, 2014;

Hundreds of Tibetans in China’s Gansu province have staged protests this week over the seizure of farm land for the construction of highways catering to state-linked gold mining and industrial activities. The Tibetans gathered on March 16 and 17 to voice their opposition to the highway projects in Sangchu (in Chinese, Xiahe) county in the Kanlho (Gannan), which will pollute the environment and destroy livestock.

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