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Article: Bhutan wary of democratic change.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 24, 2008
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Byline: Mian Ridge Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Thimpu, Bhutan -- The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan holds its first national election Monday - a historic event expected to herald great changes in this deeply conservative, isolated country.
Bhutan, which is wedged between India and China, has been ruled for over a century by kings who have jealously guarded it from the outside world. International media were allowed into the kingdom only in 1974 and television in 1999. Tourism and foreign investment have been limited in order to slow the homogenizing influence of global culture.
But after Monday, when Bhutan elects its first ...