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Tibetan feudal serfdom under theocracy and Western European serfdom in Middle Ages

The Guangming Daily on April 15 published an article based on interviews with three Chinese scholars concerning the Tibetan system of feudal serfdom under theocracy and Western European serfdom in the Middle Ages. Following is the f ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Apr 18 2008

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