Michael Lipin, Washington (VOA, Aug. 28, 2009)
The Chinese government announced this week that it has moved about 50,000 Tibetan nomads out of a nature reserve in the west of the country as part of a resettlement program that began in 2005. Beijing says the program is meant to protect the ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. But Tibetan activists accuse the Chinese government of destroying an ancient nomadic culture that treats the environment with respect. More>>
Nomad village settlement in Darlag County, Golok Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China (VOA/File).
