In the 19th century, as
it became aware of the colonial designs of European power on central
Asia, Tibet expelled westerners and closed its frontiers. As its isolation
deepened, so did Tibet's allure and mystique. But in the early 1900s,
Francis Younghusband, a British colonialist, managed to penetrate
the hidden city of Lhasa and bring to an end the country's years of
isolation.
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