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China Set To Take Foreign Diplomats To Lhasa

Following a foreign media tour of Lhasa (notably disrupted by tearful Tibetan monks), the Chinese government issued a last-minute announcement yesterday that it would be taking foreign diplomats on a similar tour. The two-day trip was scheduled to start today (Friday). What surprises lurk for government handlers this time around? From AFP via Times of India: “I suppose the objective of the