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proposed to delay the project for "deeper environmental review", but China withdrew its application to fund the project with its own resources. The
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Western Poverty Reduction Project. The groups claimed that the project, to provide irrigation, land improvement, and construction of basic roads to inaccessible mountainous and semi-arid areas in central and western China, would push
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Currently, SFT is an international network of more than 650 chapters at universities, colleges, high schools, and communities in over 100 countries. SFT's
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Students for a Free Tibet's "Leadership
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