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...Tibet, which Beijing rules; India has long maintained that the land, which comprises its northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, is an inalienable part of its territory. Tensions over the border dispute have flared recently, raising the specter of a budding rivalry between the two Asian giants who fought a brief, wintry war in 1962. Reports of troop buildups and border incursions have increased. A visit to the state by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in mid-October to campaign in local elections was cited by Beijing as an act of provocation. (See pictures of the Dalai Lama's 60 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond India vs. China: The Dalai Lama's Agenda | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...which the People's Liberation Army was then quashing. While foreign spies and correspondents filled up sleepy hill stations on the Indian side, the Dalai Lama took refuge in an old monastery, guarded by a detachment of Indian solders and a sect of 600 shaven-headed Buddhist monks. His brief sojourn at the 400-year-old monastery in the town of Tawang would be the first stop in a life of exile in India. This weekend, the Dalai Lama returns to Tawang - and Beijing is no less irked by his presence there now than it was six decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beyond India vs. China: The Dalai Lama's Agenda | 11/5/2009 | See Source »

...build its second Disneyland in China, this one in Shanghai. The company announced on Tuesday that China's top planning agency had approved plans to build the new theme park, which will join the existing parks in Anaheim, Calif.; Orlando, Fla., Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong. (See a brief history of Disney teen stars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disneyland in Shanghai: A Second Try in China | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

Many analysts are hoping Congress extends the program to April - but not beyond that. "Any kind of stimulus must be for a brief period of time or it doesn't work," says Saft. "If they're given a long period of time, there wouldn't be much movement early on because people would sit on the sidelines and watch the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the Home Buyers' Tax Credit Be Extended? | 11/4/2009 | See Source »

...Read a brief history of executive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will a Wall Streeter Win Big at the World Series of Poker? | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

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