China increases police presence in Tibet town
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With some Tibetans pushing harder against Chinese rule, the communist government is determined to pacify the area.
The show of force Monday was meant to deter unrest while a local court sentenced a group of Tibetans for taking part in large anti-government protests in March in Xiahe, a small town abutting a sprawling complex of golden-roofed temples.
Though the verdicts were not publicly announced, the trial also seemed timed to answer the complaints of the Dalai Lama and other exiled leaders meeting in India over the weekend that Tibetans' patience with China's domination was thinning.
Seven months after Tibetans across western China exploded in the largest uprising against Chinese rule in nearly 50 years, the authoritarian government is adjusting tactics. Police checkpoints and guard posts in place for months are suddenly dismantled, only to reappear without warning days later.
"We are in the grip of the Communist Party. Tibet is occupied. The Dalai Lama has fled to India. My heart is sad," said a monk who has studied at Xiahe's Labrang monastery for 15 years and declined to give his name for fear of government reprisals.
On a spare altar in his small room was a framed portrait of the Dalai Lama.
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simplytaty
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Since there is no oil in Tibet and we have an eternal hunger for cheap Chinese trash, nobody is doing anything. Boycott Chinese products. Pressure your politicians to do something about it. When people sit silently and watch this oppression happen, continue to sponsor the governments that create the oppression, rape, forced abortions and torture, how can anyone say we are defending civil rights and democracy?
- 3 years ago
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simplytaty
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arcticspirit
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Disgusting. And nothing we can do.
Or can we say we will stop buying from them and quit repaying our debts?
Really.Would it help to write congress?
Get on national talk shows, or to send massive protests to them?
THEN DO IT!http://www.house.gov/
http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/
http://www.state.gov/
http://www.conservativeusa.org/megalink.htm
Here you can contact anyone in the government down to the state level, you can contact a variety of talk shows, news paper editors, and more.
Yeah it says conservative, so what. It's power that if used correctly could help Tibet. - 3 years ago
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arcticspirit
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arcticspirit
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arcticspirit:
This was the quick letter I sent government officials..
It could have been better, but at least I did something.Dear (many names went here)
I would very much like for the United States to impress upon China that it has no cultural or other right to have absorbed the country of Tibet.
This might be a good time to do so.
Thank you in advance for your help.XIAHE, China - Chinese paramilitary police with riot shields and batons abruptly took up posts Monday on the main street of this Tibetan town, disrupting the bustle of Buddhist pilgrims in a reminder of China's determined control of the region.
With some Tibetans pushing harder against Chinese rule, the communist government is determined to pacify the area.
The show of force Monday was meant to deter unrest while a local court sentenced a group of Tibetans for taking part in large anti-government protests in March in Xiahe, a small town abutting a sprawling complex of golden-roofed temples.
Though the verdicts were not publicly announced, the trial also seemed timed to answer the complaints of the Dalai Lama and other exiled leaders meeting in India over the weekend that Tibetans' patience with China's domination was thinning.
Seven months after Tibetans across western China exploded in the largest uprising against Chinese rule in nearly 50 years, the authoritarian government is adjusting tactics. Police checkpoints and guard posts in place for months are suddenly dismantled, only to reappear without warning days later.
"We are in the grip of the Communist Party. Tibet is occupied. The Dalai Lama has fled to India. My heart is sad," said a monk who has studied at Xiahe's Labrang monastery for 15 years and declined to give his name for fear of government reprisals.
- 3 years ago
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arcticspirit
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Jahvega
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it is sad that the western world doesn't get involved. China needs the western market to succeed. It is here where the western world can fight back for the Tibetans.
I myself wish the Tibetans to come to America
- 3 years ago
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Jahvega
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candid2008
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Check out this Site it's pretty interesting and talks furthur more on The Dalai Lama and is role as of two days ago. Tibet is in a critical state now, and something has to be done immediately or else the Tibetan people and it's culture will be lost forever within the Chinese.
- 3 years ago
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candid2008
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blaino
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What china is doing in that area is horrible.
- 3 years ago
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blaino
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