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Fri 03 Mar 2009China rebuffs US over Tibet policy criticism
CHINA HAS flexed its growing political muscle with Beijing responding to Washington’s criticism of its Tibet policy.
Beijing said yesterday it was an internal matter and President Hu Jintao urged the military to “staunchly defend” national sovereignty, just days after a confrontation with a US navy ship.
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