50 Years After Revolt, China Clamps Down on Tibet.
Red China celebrates decades of imposing racist serfdom in Tibet by closing Tibet to foreign tourists.
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But the children were all from the Han Chinese majority, which makes up more than 90 per cent of the population and is culturally and politically dominant, according to an official with the cultural troupe from which they were selected.
"I assume they think the kids were very natural looking and nice," Yuan Zhifeng, deputy director of the Galaxy Children's Art Troupe said.