Many things I’ve read recently contradict the claim that Tibet was culturally isolated. Want to know more, esp. where myth came from.
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This was the dynamic in Japan a hundred years earlier, anyway. Backfired in both cases.
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There are fascinating parallels between King Mongkut, who forcibly modernized Thailand, and the 13th Dalai Lama, who waffled and so failed.
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