Posted on 03/21/2008 3:27:50 PM PDT by traumer
The crackdown on ethnic violence in Tibet intensified yesterday, with Chinese troops and paramilitary police deployed across Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, to arrest rioters who burnt shops and businesses of Han Chinese.
Officials issued a new wanted list and imposed a news blackout. They also said that security forces had opened fire on a demonstration in neighbouring Sichuan province, injuring four people. The Number Five wanted list was issued late yesterday on Lhasa Television, which showed more grainy photographs taken from video footage and stills of those taking part in what Beijing has dubbed the “March 14 Incident”. A total of 29 people are wanted in connection with the violence.
A teenage boy, listed as fourth on the list, has already turned himself in and has told reporters he deeply regretted his actions and had not understood their consequences, state media said. Most Wanted Three on the list had been caught, but no details of his identity were available.
Officials of the Tibet Autonomous Region have imposed a news blackout, authorising only the state Xinhua news agency, China Central Television and Phoenix television to operate in Lhasa. Local media must follow central government orders.
State-run Tibet Television continued to show footage of last week’s riots, including scenes of maroon-robed monks throwing rocks at police, protesters kicking in shop fronts and plumes of black smoke from burnt cars. Newsreaders echoed the central government’s insistence that the violence was orchestrated by the “Dalai clique”.
Across Lhasa, people were being required to denounce the Dalai Lama. From government officials to children, all had to stand in public and attack their exiled god-king.
Tibet Television showed a teenage girl taking part in a patriotic education session. She said: “We should distinguish right from wrong and protect national unity. We must expose the ugly face of the Dalai clique.”
China’s response to the rioting has triggered international criticism and some calls to boycott the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing in August.
Tibetans disputed the government report that four people were wounded and none killed when police opened fire to disperse antiChinese riots in a deeply heavily Tibetan community in southwestern Sichuan province. One ethnic Tibetan resident of Aba prefecture, where rioting began on Sunday, said he believed several died when police fired on protesters attacking officials and state buildings. Walking arm-in-arm with the Dalai Lama at his headquarters in Dharmsala, northern India, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, lent her support yesterday to the Tibetan cause, calling China’s crackdown “a challenge to the conscience of the world”. She called for an international investigation.
Gee can’t wait for the Olympics! /s
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Long-term, there's no way they can hold that country together. If it blows apart sooner, rather than later, tant mieux. (Little French lingo there.)
Ping
As far as China's forcing children to publcly denounce the Dalai Lama, well, that's a commie dictatorship for ya. It's what they do. And they're not "slowly coming around" or any of that other BS many in the West (usually those with major investments over there) would have us believe.
I detest China! Prayers for the children & the people of Tibet. Shame on China.
I will be surprised if the Olympics are held there - with all the unrest and rioting. There is so much anger at China for poisoning our pets toys and food, our children’s toys, our food, our drugs, our vitamins. The pollution is everywhere: air, water, rivers, streams, lakes. The US will be shipping in fresh food and water for our contestants. Will they have to arm them too? (Protection and self defense.)
high time for a China boycott
IMHO the Olympics should not be held in China. I am boycotting them and if I had my way so would our teams.
Unless greedy people in the US keep making them a richer more powerful nation.
Taiwan, take note - this is what it really means to be part of China.
I think I've read that crap at least one a week here on FR.
Goodbye Dalai
Well Goodbye Dalai....
Thank you for the ping. Pretty sick making kids denounce the thing that makes them feel Tibetan. Of course the NEA practices something very similar here in more subtle tones. And then there are the Pastor Wrights who aren’t so subtle.
Every single thing you posted hits the nail on the head!
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