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For Tibetans, the largest nomadic herding range on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau stretches from the western part of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, northwestern Qamdo, Yushu and Golog of ...

This is the fourth in a series of stories exploring the importance of the Mekong River in China. On a frosty winter morning at a remote monastery on the Tibetan Plateau, Drukyab starts his day.

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