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"Shangri-la"
(Xiang ge li la)
Zhongdian is a Tibetan town at about 3200m above sea level. The Chinese government recently dubbed this extreme northwestern corner of Yunnan province "Shangri-la" (Xiang ge li la), after the novel by James Hilton. They are making efforts to attract tourists who want to see the perpetually snow-covered peaks and vast grasslands. At the same time, they are trying to assimilate the Tibetans by transplanting and subsidizing Han Chinese from the east to live there. Like many of the towns in the area, the Chinese have appended an ugly modern city full of concrete highrises to a little Tibetan village.
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