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Summary Soldiers with helmets, rifles, sticks and shields march in rows along this monastery town.
Chinas stifling lockdown of this Tibetan town has not only been about patrolling its sleepy streets. It is also policing the minds of a community at the centre of self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.Soldiers with helmets, rifles, sticks and shields march in rows along this monastery towns main road against a backdrop of snow-speckled mountains. Police stare at passing cars, scanning license plates and faces of passengers for unwelcome visitors.In school dormitory rooms in the county, there are random checks for books that go against the ruling Communist Party establishment and the constant questions about political leanings.Theyll ask you questions and if you answer with your true feelings, they will be very unhappy, says a Tibetan teacher.
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