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China has closed the Tibetan side of Mount Everest to climbers as it exerts total control over the region in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lamas exile, reports The Telegraph.
Shanghai, Feb.26 : China has closed the Tibetan side of Mount Everest to climbers as it exerts total control over the region in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's exile, reports The Telegraph.
The closure of Everest's northeast ridge came after China told tourist agencies in Tibet to cancel all tours until April and stopped issuing entrance permits for Tibet to foreigners.
Tensions in Tibet are running high ahead of the anniversary of the Dalai Lama's flight into exile on March 10. Many Tibetans have chosen not to celebrate Tibetan New Year, or Losar.
China's move to close off Tibet will ensure a news black-out in case of any repeat of the violence that broke out last March.
Reporters in Tibetan areas of the surrounding provinces have already spotted large squads of riot police.
The Dalai Lama told Tibetan exiles that China's "strike-hard" campaign is now fully in force in Tibet.
Climbers, who prefer the southeastern route through Nepal that was taken by Sir Edmund Hillary, less travel the Tibetan side of Everest, or Mount Chomolungma in Tibetan.
ANI
