MCLC: foreigners barred from Tibet

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: kirk (denton.2 at osu.edu)
Subject: foreigners barred from Tibet
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Source: NYT (6/6/12):
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/world/asia/china-foreigners-barred-in-tib
et.html

China: Foreigners Barred in Tibet
By EDWARD WONG

Several travel agencies in China said Wednesday that foreigners were
banned from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region, the Chinese name for
central Tibet, for at least June. The agencies said they had been told of
the ban recently. One agency said the ban was expected to last until
September, while another said there was a chance the ban could be lifted
by July. In late May, two Tibetans set themselves on fire in front of the
Jokhang, the holiest temple of Tibetan Buddhism, in the center of Lhasa,
the Tibetan capital, to protest Chinese rule. One man died. Those
self-immolations were among at least 38 that have taken place in Tibetan
regions since 2009. Foreigners were barred from Tibet from late February
to early April, a period that coincided with the anniversary of large
protests against Chinese rule.