Sichuan borders Tibet on the west.
It would depend on where in the province the protests are happening, and whether the protestors are Han or another ethnicity (Han Chinese are almost as homogenously racist as Japanese).
The MSM “learned their lesson” back in 89 with the Tiananmen Square protests: the CCCP funds lots of education and media, and in return they don’t show people who disagree with the Red Chinese government. They can’t stop the internet, at least not yet.
This Han.