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Pondering philosophy and fables and wondering when bad luck is truly bad

By Erik Nilsson | China Daily | Updated: 2025-07-04 00:00
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When my parents' house burned down in Michigan in the United States a few years ago, my Tibetan friends insisted it was good luck.

So goes a folk belief that echoes across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that's perhaps superstition, perhaps philosophy — probably some blend of both.

Is it true? Maybe.

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