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US Ambassador Raises Concerns on Religious Freedom in Rare Tibet Visit2019-05-25U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad urged China to open “substantive dialogue†with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama and give the Himalayan region’s Buddhists freedom to practice their religion in a rare week-long visit to Tibet, the State Department said on Saturday.During his May 19-25 visit, the first such trip by a U.S. envoy to China since 2015, Branstad met religious leaders and toured historic sites in Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Qinghai Province, a historic region of Tibet known to Tibetans as Amdo, the department said in a statement.“The Ambassador raised our long-standing concerns about lack of consistent access to the Tibetan Autonomous Region,†it said.Read more at: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/usa-envoy-05252019093345.html