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    Dalai Lama Tightens Grip on Reins of Succession in the Face of Chinese Pressure

    The aging Tibetan spiritual leader is looking to prevent Beijing from taking advantage of a power vacuum that might arise after his death.
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    How China Uses Work to Reshape Uyghur Identity and Control a Strategic Region

    State labor programs were aimed at lifting one of the nation’s poorest regions out of poverty, but they have also served as a tool to erode resistance to Chinese rule.