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Nothing is simple in Tibet.
Carol frowns, horrified. Xiahe is ensconced high in the southern mountains of Gansu province, in rugged central China. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims each year. Outside of Lhasa, it's the leading Tibetan monastery town. Hu is a gray-suited Han physician, schooled in both Western and Chinese medicine.