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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 23 > Foreigners barred from Tibet before anniversary

Foreigners barred from Tibet before anniversary

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
September 23, 2009

BEIJING — China has closed Tibet to foreign tourists and deployed soldiers armed with machine guns in the streets of Beijing — part of a raft of stringent security measures ahead of the 60th anniversary of communist rule. Even kite-flying has been banned in the capital.

Although the Oct. 1....

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