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Article: Nomadic Tibetans in NW China's Gansu to settle into permanent homes
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 15, 2008
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Nomadic Tibetans in NW China's Gansu to settle into permanent
homes
LANZHOU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- A nomadic Tibetan community in
northwest China's Gansu Province will soon follow the lead of their
kin in Tibet and settle down in permanent brick houses, under a
government-led program.
Under the program, more than 73,700 nomadic Tibetans living in
Gannan (Southern Gansu) Prefecture will move from their ancestral
homes at the headwaters of the Yellow River, a degraded pasture
area, in the next five years, Wang Hongwei, head of the headquarters
for the resettlement program, said on Monday.
Gannan has a 433-kilometer stretch of the Yellow River, China's
second longest. The water supplement in ...
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