China reopens Tibet to tourists ahead of games

Thursday, June 26, 2008

BEIJING -- Tibet reopened to foreign tourists Wednesday, three months after the Chinese government banned such visits in the wake of violent anti-government riots and protests that tainted the image of the country ahead of the Olympics.

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