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A 200 year-old Tibetan manuscript is seen at a house near Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. According to Baima Jizhong, the owner of the manuscript, he is unable to read the 200 year-old manuscript as most ethnic Tibetan reading skills had been lost through the generations.

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Baima Jizhong, an ethnic Tibetan, shows a Tibetan manuscript owned by his family at his house near Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. According with Jizhong, they are unable to read the 200 year-old manuscript as most ethnic Tibetan reading skills had been lost through the...

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An ethnic Tibetan elder woman sits at her house near Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly clashes that Tibet's...

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An ethnic Tibetan man sits on an empty street in Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly clashes that Tibet's government in...

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Ethnic Tibetan people cross a bridge over a river near Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly clashes that Tibet's...

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A man walks next to a river at an ethnic Tibetan village area near Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly clashes that...

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An ethnic Tibetan man attends a traditional wedding near Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly clashes that Tibet's...

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An ethnic Tibetan woman wears a traditional dress as she attends a wedding near Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on demonstrators in a series of deadly...

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Erja (R) and Baima stand inside of the living room of their house after their traditional Tibetan wedding near Danba, Sichuan Province January 26, 2012. Ethnic tension simmered in remote corners of China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday after security forces fired on...

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YUSHU COUNTY, CHINA - OCTOBER 12: Migrant workers from Jiangzi County of Sichuan Province look for work on October 12, 2011 in the Yushu County of Qinghai Province, China. Yushu was hit by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on April 14, 2010. This year's reconstruction work is entering it's...

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This image from video footage released by Students For A Free Tibet via APTN purports to show mourners gathering at Tawu Nyitso Monastery for a candlelight vigil to pay their respects to Buddhist nun Palden Choetso who set herself on fire in a self-immolation protest against Chinese rule...

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This image from video footage released by Students For A Free Tibet via APTN purports to show Buddhist nun Palden Choetso engulfed in flames in her self-immolation protest against Chinese rule on a street in Tawu, Tibetan Ganzi prefecture, in China's Sichuan Province Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011...

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Jeremy Browne, British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has photos taken with a giant panda at Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) in Ya'an, southwest...

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Miss International contestant Fernanda Cornejo from Ecuador presents traditional costume at the 51st Miss International Final Contest in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Cornejo took the...

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A combination photo shows, (clockwise, from L-R) a worker counting ingots of tin at a PT Timah smelter in Mentok, Indonesia February 22, 2007; locals of the Qiang ethnic minority picking tea leaves at a tea plantation in Yaan, Sichuan Province April 11, 2010; a tipper truck parked...

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DAZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 21: Mud covered debris covers a street after flood waters receded on September 21, 2011 in Dazhou, Sichuan Province of China. At least 26 people were killed, 11 others were missing in rain-triggered floods from last Friday in Sichuan province.

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DAZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 21: People look for useful property after flood waters receded on September 21, 2011 in Dazhou, Sichuan Province of China. At least 26 people were killed, 11 others were missing in rain-triggered floods from last Friday in Sichuan province.

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DAZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 21: Debris is scattered in the street after flood waters receded on September 21, 2011 in Dazhou, Sichuan Province of China. At least 26 people were killed, while 11 others were missing in rain-triggered floods from last week in Sichuan province.

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BAZHONG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 19: People clean up mud after flood waters receded on September 19, 2011 in Bazhong, Sichuan Province of China. At least 13 people were killed, 18 others were missing and 1,320,000 people were deeply affected in rain-triggered floods from last Friday in...

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GUANG AN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 19: A flood-stricken area is seen on September 19, 2011 in Guang an, Sichuan Province of China. At least 13 people were killed, 18 others were missing and 1,320,000 people were deeply affected in rain-triggered floods from last Friday in Sichuan province.

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QUXIAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 18: Rescuers search for trapped people on September 19, 2011 in Quxian County, Sichuan Province of China. At least 13 people were killed, 18 others were missing and 1,320,000 people were deeply affected in rain-triggered floods from last Friday in Sichuan...

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NANCHONG, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 18: Rescuers transfer trapped people by a boat on September 18, 2011 in Nanchong, Sichuan Province of China. According to the Sichuan provincial civil affairs department, at least 13 people were killed and 10 others were missing after persistent heavy rain...

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CHENGDU, CHINA - AUGUST 21: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden lectures at Sichuan University during his visit to China on August 21, 2011 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. The Vice President is on a four-day visit to China during which he is focusing on discussions over concerns...

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CHENGDU, CHINA - AUGUST 08: People perform a gymnastics routine on a square on August 08, 2011 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. People all over China mark National Fitness Day on Monday in their own ways.

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Author Michael Levy poses for a picture in Songpan City in Sichuan Province, in this handout picture taken in July 2006. Galvanized by the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, Levy joined the Peace Corps and found himself on a plane for central China. In the new memoir, "Kosher...