Tibet's Potala Palace receives protection boost

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Source: Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — China has tightened restrictions on advertising and construction outside Tibet's famed Potala Palace, following calls from the United Nations to better preserve the UNESCO World Heritage Site's natural setting.

The new rules, posted Thursday on the Web site of the official Tibet Daily newspaper, appear amid a ban on foreign tourists in Tibet and tensions over possible anti-government protests to mark the anniversary of last year's massive demonstrations against Chinese rule.

Foreign visitors have also been barred from another UNESCO World Heritage Site, the remote Jiuzhaigou valley, in the volatile Aba prefecture, where dissent continues to simmer.

New regulations for the palace lay out a protected area on all four sides of the massive 350-year-old hillside palace in the regional capital of Lhasa that was the former winter home of Tibet's supreme Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama.



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