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Ten Things You Should Know About Tibet

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1. The peaceful Buddhist country of Tibet was invaded by Communist China in 1949/1950. Since that time, over 1.2 million Tibetans have been killed, 6,000 monasteries have been destroyed, and thousands of Tibetans have been imprisoned.