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In this photo taken Sunday, June 21, 2009, ...
AP - Gio 2 Lug - 07.13In this photo taken Sunday, June 21, 2009, a river is seen from an Air China plane after takeoff from the airport near Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, China. Air China will begin offering direct flights from Beijing to Tibet this month, shaving two hours off the current travel time in a bid to boost tourism, state media said Wednesday, July 1, 2009. The new service to Tibet's capital of Lhasa will depart Beijing daily from July 10. Currently, all flights to Lhasa are routed through Chengdu, the capital of the southwestern China's Sichuan province. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)