BBC visits heart of Tibetan resistance as showdown looms between Dalai Lama and China

This monastery in China's south-western Sichuan province has been at the centre of Tibetan resistance for decades - the world learned the name in the late 2000s as Tibetans set themselves on fire there in defiance of Chinese rule. Nearly two decades later, the Kirti monastery still worries Beijing.A police station has been built inside the main entrance. It sits alongside a small dark room full
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