TIBET, CHINA: CHINA has moved to destroy the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world after a work team moved in to dismantle the monk student city at Larung Gar. According to London-based Free Tibet, a Chinese work team accompanied by police, government officials and soldiers in plain clothes began demolishing structures at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Sertar County in eastern Tibet two days ago. Shocking pictures and video provided by the group show the destruction that has taken place in the once spectacular city and lie in stark contrast to the stunning images captured by Photogra

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TIBET, CHINA: CHINA has moved to destroy the largest Tibetan Buddhist institute in the world after a work team moved in to dismantle the monk student city at Larung Gar. According to London-based Free Tibet, a Chinese work team accompanied by police, government officials and soldiers in plain clothes began demolishing structures at Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in Sertar County in eastern Tibet two days ago. Shocking pictures and video provided by the group show the destruction that has taken place in the once spectacular city and lie in stark contrast to the stunning images captured by Photographer Jesse Earl Rockwell (32) from Santa Barbara, California just a matter of weeks ago.

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