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Tibet: An Ancient Threat to Modern China

Jul 16, 2015 | 09:16 GMT

Tibet: Modern China Focuses on a Historical Threat
A Tibetan man (L) in traditional clothing watches as Chinese paramilitary troops in riot gear march along the streets of Guomaying in northwest China's Qinghai province, in a vast region on the Tibetan Plateau known as Amdo.

(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

Tibet menaced China's Silk Road during the Tang Dynasty. Today, it has a similar ability to disrupt much newer trade routes....

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