A local man walks past soldiers in riot gear walking and sitting in the main square in the city of Kangding, located around 400 kilometres (250 miles) west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province March 21, 2008. China has been grappling to quell unrest in several Tibetan towns and villages in the country's west, after Buddhist monk-led demonstrations in Tibet's capital Lhasa turned violent on Friday. The government in recent days has asked foreigners in Tibet to leave and has suspended approving travel permits to the Himalayan region. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)
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