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HISTORICAL TENSION: Tibetan monks, surrounded by Chinese soldiers, laying down arms in April 1959 after an unsuccessful uprising. Many Tibetans feel that their once-independent kingdom was invaded by China in 1950. -- PHOTO: AFP
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ECONOMIC DISCONTENT: A shopkeeper whose shop in Lhasa was damaged in the recent violence. Income disparities within urban areas in Tibet have been rising sharply since the late 1960s. -- PHOTO: AP
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POLITICAL DEMONS: A protest in Aba, a town in Sichuan province, on Sunday. Tibetans' widespread demand for self-rule is clear from the fact that riots took place not just in Lhasa but also in Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan. -- PHOTO: AFP
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RECENT AGITATION: A demonstrator holding the Tibetan flag as he takes part in an anti-China protest in front of the International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne in Switzerland. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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