An American official expressed deep concern about the arrest of over 1,000 Tibetans protesting a dam project in central China that would destroy several Buddhist monasteries, saying the United States “stands with Tibetans in preserving their unique cultural, religious, and linguistic identity.”
Reaction to Tibetan crackdown in China over planned dam | Radio Free Asia (RFA)
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