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A Better Life?

April 19, 2019;

China state media the Global Times has published a report claiming that “more than 50,000 Tibetan herdsmen have abandoned the nomadic life in order to preserve the fragile ecology in […] Qinghai Province [Amdo]”, saying they now have better living conditions. There are many confirmed reports that the nomads were forced off their land and now live in poverty, not having received the compensation, retraining and support they were promised.

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