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| Pilgrims walk past construction near temple in Lhasa. from observers.france24.com |
I received an email petition from
change.org today. It's about China's plans, already in motion, to modernize a historically significant area of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Part of the plan is the construction of a 2,000-room hotel, a shopping mall, and underground parking garage. The petition is asking the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to designate the old city of Lhasa as a World Heritage in Danger. As I didn't know anything about this, I looked it up:
http://skift.com/2013/05/23/intercontinental-hotels-plan-to-open-resort-in-tibet-draws-boycott-promise/ and
http://observers.france24.com/content/20130521-lhasa-tibetans-nothing-decorations-tourists
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