With the Tibetan New Year just passed, the region begins another year with its spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in exile. On this week in 1959, he left the capital, Lhasa, for the last time.

Read the article by James Carter:https://supchina.com/2022/03/16/this-week-in-chinas-history-the-dalai-lama-flees-lhasa/

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