BEIJING, Feb. 6 -- "There's no country or party in the world like our country and the Communist Party of China (CPC), which, in more than a decade, pooled the whole nation's strength to support the development of an ethnic region."

    Du Qinglin, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, outlining the achievements made by Tibet Autonomous Region in a recent meeting with private envoys of the Dalai Lama in Beijing.

    (Source: Beijing Review)

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