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Diplomats Visit Tibet

June 25, 2020;

A group of diplomats from ten European and other countries have been permitted to undertake a strictly limited visit to Tibet. Activists have warned against such visits “being used for propagandistic means” as China denies access to Tibet “except on state-sponsored, restricted tours”. Chinese state media reported that the delegation’s visit was intended to “show the positive image of the opening of Tibetan areas in Sichuan Province to the outside”.

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