Tibet Executive vice governor Norbu Dondrup bites his lips during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Chinese officials responsible for Tibet are praising development in the Himalayan region in the 60 years since the suppression of an uprising against Beijing's rule. Norbu Dondrup on Wednesday reviewed gains in the economy, health care and education since 1959 and castigated the self-declared government-in-exile established by Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama as illegitimate. The now-83-year-old Dalai Lama fled to India after the uprising was suppressed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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