BEIJING (REUTERS) - Foreigners can't handle Tibet's high altitude so China needs to restrict access, the top Chinese official in charge of the remote and mountainous region said on Wednesday (March 6), defending tough government restrictions on who can go there.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Foreigners can't handle Tibet's high altitude so China needs to restrict access, the top Chinese official in charge of the remote and mountainous region said on Wednesday , defending tough government restrictions on who can go there.
Speaking on the sidelines of China's annual meeting of parliament, Tibet's Communist Party boss Wu Yingjie said many Americans visit Tibet, especially older ones, and some foreign tourists"meet with mishap" at high altitude."The ordinary people tell us, there's a tent, the people inside have been dead for many days, with the lack of oxygen," Wu said. It was not clear what he was referring to and he did not elaborate.
While some foreigners thank the government for the concern and help given them, only Americans"brood" about it, Wu said."This is really odd. If you have the opportunity go tell this to the American people." This year marks the 60th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in 1959, which resulted in Tibet's Buddhist spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fleeing into exile in India.
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