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This picture taken on September 11, 2016 shows members of the Lhasa Pureland Football Club kicking the ball at their football stadium in the regional capital Lhasa, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Officials hope the highest club in China, which was established last year, can break down barriers in the mountainous region, where relations with Beijing have sometimes been strained since its "peaceful liberation" in 1951. / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE / To go with AFP Story: "CHINA-FBL-ASIA-TIBET-MINORITIES-SOCIETY" Focus by Ludovic EHRET (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on September 11, 2016 shows members of the Lhasa Pureland Football Club kicking the ball at their football stadium in the regional capital Lhasa, in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Officials hope the highest club in China, which was established last year, can break down barriers in the mountainous region, where relations with Beijing have sometimes been strained since its "peaceful liberation" in 1951. / AFP / JOHANNES EISELE / To go with AFP Story: "CHINA-FBL-ASIA-TIBET-MINORITIES-SOCIETY" Focus by Ludovic EHRET (Photo credit should read JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)
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