[GALLERY] A Part of China, but Apart From It

[KKH]

From the Washington Post ->
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn....htm?startat=1

"A journey through ethnic Tibetan towns and villages in western Sichuan reveals that even as incomes have risen and modernity has filtered in, communities operate separately from China, and their with yearnings for self-rule are largely intact."