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Original link: https://www.newsweek.com/china-changing-tibet-english-name-1843391
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It’s remarkable that Tibetan culture has been so tenacious that there’s anything left of it today. If the government of 50 years ago had been able to exert the kind of control over its people that they do today, it’s hard to imagine that it wouldn’t have been fully eradicated by now.
We’re talking about the same Tibet where, throughout history, almost every single major government position has been held by a Tibetan, right?