Chinese Authorities to Relocate Dechen County to New Site

3 days ago

Reported By Tamdin Tso and Kelsang Jinpa

Translated By TenGyal

edited by kelsang Jinpa

The Chinese government reportedly aims to complete relocating Dechen (Deqen/Diqing) County to Yezhi Township in Weixi County by the end of the year.

The Chinese government is currently relocating Dechen County of the Dechen (Deqen) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture from its present location to another site. Under the first phase of the relocation plan, starting from May 13 this year until today, Aug 28, 414 households from Dechen County have already been moved to Yezhi Town in Weixi County. Dechen County and Yezhi Town are only 4.5 kilometres apart, and a local source mentioned that more than 700 households...

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