The Tibetans are the people most affected by the recent earthquake in "China."
The area is remote, its cold, and there isn't much there. They need help.
I suspect you are not going to see these pictures anywhere.
CNN: Inside China's quake zone: Misery, heroism
In Yushu prefecture, Tibetans are the majority. I was a bit surprised to see people walking around with small Dalai Lama buttons pinned to their jackets, and vehicles with pictures of the Dalai Lama hanging from the rearview mirror.
Several people came up to us and said that immediately after the quake, the Chinese soldiers in the area didn't do anything to help them -- allegations that the government has denied.
The locals said Tibetan monks were first on the scene and helped dig their loved ones out of collapsed buildings. Even in times such as these, the deep-rooted distrust between ethnic Tibetans and Han Chinese was never very far from the surface.
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