The members of the Lhasa Pureland Football Club pose for a group picture at their football stadium in the regional capital Lhasa, in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Officials hope the highest club in China, which was established last year, can break down barriers in the mountainous region, where relations with Beijing have sometimes been strained since its “peaceful liberation” in 1951. AFP PHOTO
The members of the Lhasa Pureland Football Club pose for a group picture at their football stadium in the regional capital Lhasa, in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Officials hope the highest club in China, which was established last year, can break down barriers in the mountainous region, where relations with Beijing have sometimes been strained since its “peaceful liberation” in 1951. AFP PHOTO

LHASA: Green jersey soaked with sweat, midfielder Luosang Sanzhu practices his passing on the manicured pitch of Lhasa FC, Tibet’s first football club—the latest gambit to soothe lingering tensions between Tibetans and Han Chinese.

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