Tibet's long march; The Journal.(Leaders)

From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: March 17, 2008 | Copyright information

FREEDOM is too precious a commodity to be diminished by half a century of occupation, colonisation and repression.

China may crush dissent in Tibet and pretend all is well, but people who see themselves as being in chains n...

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