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Overseas Dalai Lama reincarnation ‘could not be recognised’ by Beijing • Mar. 29, 2025, 3:05 AM ET (South China Morning Post)
Young Chinese man embarks on 3,300-km Lhasa trek, emerges looking like 50-year-old • Mar. 23, 2025, 7:29 AM ET (South China Morning Post)

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Lhasa: Potala Palace
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
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