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World’s most loved ex-slave owner

AOC loves former slave owners.

BBC, NYT, Al-Jazeera

English government report on Tibet

“Flayed skin of a sacrificed child” in the Dalai Lama’s palace

The Dalai Lama owned 6,170 field serfs and 102 house slaves.

The Guardian: “Until 1959, when China cracked down on Tibetan rebels and the Dalai Lama fled to northern India, around 98% of the population was enslaved in serfdom.” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Sorrel Neuss: While the world moralises over China's occupation, feudalism and abuse in Tibetan...

Sorrel Neuss: While the world moralises over China's occupation, feudalism and abuse in Tibetan culture has been conveniently forgotten

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/tibet-china-feudalism?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Even Indian media: https://theprint.in/opinion/time-has-come-to-acknowledge-that-tibet-has-vastly-improved-under-chinese-rule/97172/

Time has come to acknowledge that Tibet has vastly improved under Chinese rule

From a terribly poor state hinged on a feudal system, Tibet has modernised and grows faster than the rest of China.

https://theprint.in/opinion/time-has-come-to-acknowledge-that-tibet-has-vastly-improved-under-chinese-rule/97172/

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