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Exiled leader tells US Congress Tibet faces 'slow death' under China

FILE PHOTO: Penpa Tsering, president-elect of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), speaks during a video interview with Reuters, in Dharamshala, India May 21, 2021, in this screen grab taken from a video. Reuters TV via REUTERS

Tibet is dying a "slow death" under Chinese rule, the head of the India-based organization known as Tibet's government in-exile said on Tuesday in a first address to the U.S. Congress.

Some Tibetan activists lament what they see as a fading focus on alleged abuses in Tibet amid growing concerns in Washington and other Western capitals about China's expanding military, pressure on democratic Taiwan, and crackdowns in Hong Kong and on minority groups in China's Xinjiang region.

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