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2008-03-15 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve White 2008-03-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 (comment found elsewhere)

"I checked it out when rumors appeared online (English Yahoo front page) about some trouble in Tibet-early reports of the police shutting down some monasteries after demonstrations by monks there. But nothing prepared me for the sights on regular Chinese TV CCTV1 tonight - full scale rioting, an attack on a Bank of China branch, tipped over cars, fires burning out of control.

The commentary was viscous "Splitters and separatists, led by followers of the Dalai Lama, rioted today but they are doomed to failure..." No signs of police or army on the TV. External reports from Tibetan exiles say as many as 100 dead. Chinese admit to 10 killed, hinting that they were Chinese shop owners or hotel staff "burned to death."

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-03-15 09:30|| 2008-03-15 09:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Add to that time line:

8 August: American athletes unfurl Tibetan flags as they march at Olympic opening ceremony.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-03-15 09:35|| 2008-03-15 09:35|| Front Page Top

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