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Beijing tightens security in Tibet, closing it off to foreign journalists and diplomats. Photo/AP Washington DC: The United States State Department’s Office of Policy Planning released a 72-page report, titled “ The Elements of the China Challenge ,†for how the US has responded and should respond to China’s ongoing authoritarianism. The report devotes space to the discussion of repression of ethnic and religious minorities in China. Most notably, the document describes Tibet as militarily occupied land on page 42: In gross violation of the principles set forth in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the CCP maintains a...