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China blocks Tibet visit by diplomats

CHINA has rejected repeated requests from Australia to allow diplomats to visit Tibet, just two weeks before a visit to China by Kevin Rudd.

Australian embassy officials in Beijing made a written request to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs last Thursday but were turned down after China issued a blanket denial to all requests for foreign visits due to “safety concerns”.

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