Word: sikkim
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Hilton professed that Shangri-la is not on any map, but that hasn't stopped numerous countries?Nepal, Ladakh, Sikkim and Bhutan, among others?from claiming to harbor the verdant Himalayan valley in the shadow of a glacier-clad peak, shaped like a pyramid. The People's Republic of China is the latest to jump on the bandwagon, announcing in 1996 that it had found Shangri-la in the mountainous Deqin prefecture of northwestern Yunnan province. Not to be outdone, Sichuan, its equally scenic neighbor to the north, has since claimed the title for its Yading Nature Reserve...
...Chinese authorities, who had used their official relationship with the Karmapa as evidence of their tolerance of Tibetan Buddhism, broke promises to allow the boy access to his spiritual teacher in India. Beijing had officially recognized the boy, chosen by monks at the Karma Kagyu order's headquarters in Sikkim, India, and had championed him as a Tibetan spiritual leader who accepted China's authority in the disputed territory. His defection may be the most serious p.r. blow to China's claims on Tibet since the escape of the Dalai Lama four decades...