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New China Museum Fuels Tibetan Anger

Posted Apr 17, 08 11:59 AM CDT in Arts & Living,  World 

(Newser) – China is accelerating construction of a number of museums ahead of August's Olympics, but one is sure to cause serious consternation: the first museum in Beijing devoted to Tibet. Antiquities and historical documents will be used to underline the claim that Tibet is an integral part of China, the New York Times reports—with the Dalai Lama edited out post-1959. 

From schoolchildren's lessons to tour guides' lectures, the Chinese government propounds an edited version of Tibetan history, and some dissenters have even found themselves imprisoned. "The problem for Beijing is that their presence on the Tibetan Plateau has never been legitimized," said one expert. "And their attempt to control history is an effort to do that."

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Buddhist monks and nuns chant as they walk around a temple to pray for Tibet Monday April 14, 2008 in Katmandu, Nepal. Several thousand Buddhist monks, nuns and Tibetan exiles gathered to call for freedom...   (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
A Free Tibet demonstrator shouts as the Olympic torch procession passes close to the British Museum in central London Sunday April 6, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Martin Cleaver)
Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, receives the Olympic torch from Liu Qi, the president of the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, during the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch lighting ceremony, Monday,...   (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, holds the Olympic torch after lighting the cauldron during the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch lighting ceremony, Monday, March 31, 2008, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing,...   (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A paramilitary officer stands on duty on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, March 18, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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