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The US embassy in Beijing issued a warning Saturday against travel to Tibet and majority Tibetan areas of west China after clashes between Chinese troops and protestors in Lhasa left a reported 30 dead.

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China's first train from Beijing to Tibet has made the final leg of its maiden journey, reaching such altitudes that passengers had access to piped-in oxygen from tubes.

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China is set to unveil its 710-mile-long railway line to the Tibetan capital amid concern from environmental groups and Tibetans loyal to the exiled Dalai Lama.

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