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Giant painting depicts lifeline to Tibet

A GIANT Tibetan thangka painting which portrays the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and beautiful scenery along the line is being displayed at an exhibition in northwest China's Qinghai Province to mark China's third Cultural... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sun, Jun 15 2008

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