WharfRat
03-26-2008, 09:12 AM
LHASA, China (AP) - China on Wednesday announced the surrender of hundreds of people over anti-government protests among Tibetans and allowed into the regional capital Lhasa the first group of foreign journalists to visit since the violence.
surrender... yeah right... those poor people :no:
The moves appear calculated to bolster government claims that authorities are in control of the situation and that the protests that began peacefully were acts of destruction and murder.
The protests embarrassed the government ahead of this summer's Beijing Olympics, leading it to flood Tibet with troops and ban foreign journalists. The protests took a violent turn on March 14, when rioters set hundreds of fires in Lhasa and attacked ethnic Chinese.
It was unclear how much freedom to report the small group of foreign journalists, among them an Associated Press reporter, would have during the Chinese government-arranged two-day trip. The visit comes amid rising international pressure over China's crackdown in Tibet less than five months ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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surrender... yeah right... those poor people :no:
The moves appear calculated to bolster government claims that authorities are in control of the situation and that the protests that began peacefully were acts of destruction and murder.
The protests embarrassed the government ahead of this summer's Beijing Olympics, leading it to flood Tibet with troops and ban foreign journalists. The protests took a violent turn on March 14, when rioters set hundreds of fires in Lhasa and attacked ethnic Chinese.
It was unclear how much freedom to report the small group of foreign journalists, among them an Associated Press reporter, would have during the Chinese government-arranged two-day trip. The visit comes amid rising international pressure over China's crackdown in Tibet less than five months ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
FREE TIBET!!! (http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20080326/D8VL2C202.html)