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ARRESTS & CRACKDOWN
ARRESTS & CRACKDOWN
Over hundred Tibetans arrested in Rebkong County (TCHRD)
Over 100 Tibetans, including monks and lay people, were arrested on Thursday by the Chinese security forces for protesting in Rebkong County (Ch: Tongren), Malho TAP, Qinghai Province. Initially 22 monks from Rong Gonchen Monastery staged a peaceful demonstration in Rebkong County market calling for the release of three previously arrested monks. Chinese armed security forces arrested the demonstrating monks. When news of the monks' arrest reached Rong Gonchen Monastery, 80 monks marched to the County market and were joined by lay people. Security forces beat the protestors and arrested around a further 80 monks and lay people.
http://www.tchrd.org/press/2008/pr20080417a.html
Over 100 Tibetans, including monks and lay people, were arrested on Thursday by the Chinese security forces for protesting in Rebkong County (Ch: Tongren), Malho TAP, Qinghai Province. Initially 22 monks from Rong Gonchen Monastery staged a peaceful demonstration in Rebkong County market calling for the release of three previously arrested monks. Chinese armed security forces arrested the demonstrating monks. When news of the monks' arrest reached Rong Gonchen Monastery, 80 monks marched to the County market and were joined by lay people. Security forces beat the protestors and arrested around a further 80 monks and lay people.
http://www.tchrd.org/press/2008/pr20080417a.html
New arrests in Tibetan areas of western China (AP)
AP reports on Rebkong County (Tongren) protests and arrests on Thursday. Quotes TCHRD. Also quotes from local hotel receptionists reached by phone who confirmed the protest, saying a crowd had gathered near the local county government offices. "Today there's no more protests. Those people were all seized," said one receptionist. A woman at another hotel put the number of protesters in the dozens and said the local monastery of Rongwo had been closed to visitors.
http://tinyurl.com/4dcsmh
AP reports on Rebkong County (Tongren) protests and arrests on Thursday. Quotes TCHRD. Also quotes from local hotel receptionists reached by phone who confirmed the protest, saying a crowd had gathered near the local county government offices. "Today there's no more protests. Those people were all seized," said one receptionist. A woman at another hotel put the number of protesters in the dozens and said the local monastery of Rongwo had been closed to visitors.
http://tinyurl.com/4dcsmh
Raid on Labrang Monastery: monks taken away as climate of fear prevails (ICT)
On April 14-15, just days after a protest by monks in front of a group of Western journalists, a large number of armed police arrived at Labrang Monastery in Sangchu County, Gannan, Gansu Province and took an unknown number of monks into custody. According to one source, armed troops are now deployed "in every corner of the monastery" and have searched all of the monks' quarters.
http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1291
On April 14-15, just days after a protest by monks in front of a group of Western journalists, a large number of armed police arrived at Labrang Monastery in Sangchu County, Gannan, Gansu Province and took an unknown number of monks into custody. According to one source, armed troops are now deployed "in every corner of the monastery" and have searched all of the monks' quarters.
http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1291
China closes down Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastic School (TCHRD)
On 8 April the Chinese authorities closed indefinitely the school run by Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery in Dzoge County, Ngaba TAP, Sichuan Province. The primary reason for its closure was cited as the participation of students in the 15th March protest at Dzoge County headquarters.
http://www.tchrd.org/press/2008/pr20080417b.html
http://www.tchrd.org/press/2008/pr20080417b.html
Aggressive anti-Dalai Lama campaign in Kham; imminent food shortages (ICT)
ICT report on the stepping up of the anti-Dalai Lama campaign in Karze, Sichuan Province (Kham), where there are reports of further protests and suppression. In Kham there are fears for the harvest as the security sweep has left farming land untended. The authorities have also threatened to destroy Tongkor Monastery unless local monks return following the protests on 3rd April.
http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1292
ICT report on the stepping up of the anti-Dalai Lama campaign in Karze, Sichuan Province (Kham), where there are reports of further protests and suppression. In Kham there are fears for the harvest as the security sweep has left farming land untended. The authorities have also threatened to destroy Tongkor Monastery unless local monks return following the protests on 3rd April.
http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1292
TORCH RELAY
Olympic sponsors pull out of Japanese flame relay (The Times)
Coca-Cola, Lenovo and Samsung, three of the biggest global sponsors of the Beijing Olympics have pulled-out of next week's Japanese leg of the torch relay amid mounting fears of violent anti-Chinese protests. Coca-Cola said that it had decided that it was no longer realistic to operate a private vehicle under the "maximum security" environment of the Japanese leg. Lenovo said that it had pulled-out because of budgetary constraints. Samsung said that it had been warned by the committee organising the Nagano leg of the relay against the torch motorcade becoming too long.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article3771039.ece
Coca-Cola, Lenovo and Samsung, three of the biggest global sponsors of the Beijing Olympics have pulled-out of next week's Japanese leg of the torch relay amid mounting fears of violent anti-Chinese protests. Coca-Cola said that it had decided that it was no longer realistic to operate a private vehicle under the "maximum security" environment of the Japanese leg. Lenovo said that it had pulled-out because of budgetary constraints. Samsung said that it had been warned by the committee organising the Nagano leg of the relay against the torch motorcade becoming too long.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article3771039.ece
Torch lands in Bangkok (Reuters)
The Olympic torch landed amid tight security in the Thai capital on Friday. Planned demonstrations in Bangkok will not face any opposition from police as long as they remain orderly, Thai Olympic chief General Yuthasak Sasiprapa said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSP11894820080418
The Olympic torch landed amid tight security in the Thai capital on Friday. Planned demonstrations in Bangkok will not face any opposition from police as long as they remain orderly, Thai Olympic chief General Yuthasak Sasiprapa said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Olympics/idUSSP11894820080418
Japan temple rejects torch relay (BBC)
Zenkoji Temple, a major Buddhist temple in the city of Nagano, has withdrawn from plans to host Japan's opening stage of the Olympic torch relay. The temple had been due to serve as the starting point for the parade on 26 April. An official said the monks were worried about safety but also linked the decision to concern over recent unrest in Tibet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7353809.stm
Zenkoji Temple, a major Buddhist temple in the city of Nagano, has withdrawn from plans to host Japan's opening stage of the Olympic torch relay. The temple had been due to serve as the starting point for the parade on 26 April. An official said the monks were worried about safety but also linked the decision to concern over recent unrest in Tibet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7353809.stm
Reports from the New Delhi leg of the torch relay:
- Olympics-India stage-managed torch relay meets protests (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP118948
- Heavy security for torch in Delhi (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7351713.stm
- Big security for small Tibet protest (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7352243.stm
- Police Brutality after the Olympic Torch Relay against Unarmed Protestors (Phayul)
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20761
- Blood stained Olympic torch runs in New Delhi (Phayul)
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20739
- Torch for Tibet: The Parallel Olympic Relay (Phayul)
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20733
- Olympics-India stage-managed torch relay meets protests (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP118948
- Heavy security for torch in Delhi (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7351713.stm
- Big security for small Tibet protest (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7352243.stm
- Police Brutality after the Olympic Torch Relay against Unarmed Protestors (Phayul)
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20761
- Blood stained Olympic torch runs in New Delhi (Phayul)
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20739
- Torch for Tibet: The Parallel Olympic Relay (Phayul)
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20733
OLYMPICS
China's Olympic torch defender speaks out (AP)
Jin Jing, the Chinese wheelchair athlete from the Paris torch relay, has given a press conference to foreign journalists. From the report: Jin seems overwhelmed by the publicity and said she still doesn't understand why protesters wanted to take the torch. She said she had never heard that some Tibetans want independence from China. "I don't pay attention to politics," she said. A publicity agent from torch relay sponsor Lenovo Group was by her side and whispered to her at least once about the Tibet-related questions. She repeated the Chinese government's position on the issue - "Tibet has always been a part of China" - and when asked if she had considered the Tibetans' point of view, the Lenovo minder sitting next to her whispered sharply. "Everyone has their own point of view," Jin said. But she added, addressing the protesters, "Your actions are wrong."
http://tinyurl.com/4btw3h
Jin Jing, the Chinese wheelchair athlete from the Paris torch relay, has given a press conference to foreign journalists. From the report: Jin seems overwhelmed by the publicity and said she still doesn't understand why protesters wanted to take the torch. She said she had never heard that some Tibetans want independence from China. "I don't pay attention to politics," she said. A publicity agent from torch relay sponsor Lenovo Group was by her side and whispered to her at least once about the Tibet-related questions. She repeated the Chinese government's position on the issue - "Tibet has always been a part of China" - and when asked if she had considered the Tibetans' point of view, the Lenovo minder sitting next to her whispered sharply. "Everyone has their own point of view," Jin said. But she added, addressing the protesters, "Your actions are wrong."
http://tinyurl.com/4btw3h
Road to Beijing: 2008 Olympics (Reuters)
Reuters special page on events leading up to the Games. Includes time-line of the global relay with links to relevant articles and video footage.
http://www.reuters.com/news/sports/2008olympics
Reuters special page on events leading up to the Games. Includes time-line of the global relay with links to relevant articles and video footage.
http://www.reuters.com/news/sports/2008olympics
POLITICAL
Japan urged China to improve Tibet problem (AP in Phayul)
Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura told his visiting Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, that Beijing should exercise more transparency in its crackdown on restive Tibetans and should try dialogue with them. Hu JIntao is due to visit Japan on May 6, the first such trip by a Chinese president since Jiang Zemin in 1998.
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20745
Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura told his visiting Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, that Beijing should exercise more transparency in its crackdown on restive Tibetans and should try dialogue with them. Hu JIntao is due to visit Japan on May 6, the first such trip by a Chinese president since Jiang Zemin in 1998.
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20745
CHINESE PROPAGANDA
Tibetan names change with the times (Xinhua)
Xinhua report which says that unlike elder generations, young Tibetan parents are choosing names for their children with "Chinese characters that both reflect the sound of the Tibetan name and have real meanings in Mandarin".
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/17/content_7997118.htm
Xinhua report which says that unlike elder generations, young Tibetan parents are choosing names for their children with "Chinese characters that both reflect the sound of the Tibetan name and have real meanings in Mandarin".
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/17/content_7997118.htm
Double act, old trick behind Tibet chaos (Xinhua)
Xinhua pick up on the www.german-foreign-policy.com website report about Friedrich Naumann Foundation and other "anti-China forces".
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/18/content_7999101.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/18/content_7999101.htm
OPINION
The new Olympic sport: China bashing (The Times)
Mick Hume says that China is blamed for everything from human rights abuses to pollution and rising food prices. "The bid to humiliate China, however, is in a class of its own. It has become a one-size-fits-all political gimmick for anybody who wants to promote any cause anywhere in the world."
http://tinyurl.com/53ytpy
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/mick_hume/article3768155.ece
MISCELLANEOUSMick Hume says that China is blamed for everything from human rights abuses to pollution and rising food prices. "The bid to humiliate China, however, is in a class of its own. It has become a one-size-fits-all political gimmick for anybody who wants to promote any cause anywhere in the world."
http://tinyurl.com/53ytpy
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/mick_hume/article3768155.ece
Nepalese police detain 500 Tibetan protesters (AP)
Over 500 Tibetan exiles were detained by Nepalese police following at least three separate protests near the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu on Thursday. A police spokesperson said the Tibetans had not been charged, and that authorities were awaiting orders from top government officials on how to handle them. (Note: Phayul reports that all protestors were released by 11pm.)
http://tinyurl.com/3wl44w
Over 500 Tibetan exiles were detained by Nepalese police following at least three separate protests near the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu on Thursday. A police spokesperson said the Tibetans had not been charged, and that authorities were awaiting orders from top government officials on how to handle them. (Note: Phayul reports that all protestors were released by 11pm.)
http://tinyurl.com/3wl44w
Phayul report: http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=20757
China state media seeks to contain nationalist anger (Reuters)
Following demands from Chinese citizens to boycott French-made goods, the Chinese Government, via Xinhua, have called for "patriotic zeal to concentrate on [economic]development" rather than boycotting foreign companies. However, it referred to the boycott calls as an "unadorned expression of patriotic zeal and a sincere demonstration of public opinion."
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK27931220080418
Following demands from Chinese citizens to boycott French-made goods, the Chinese Government, via Xinhua, have called for "patriotic zeal to concentrate on [economic]development" rather than boycotting foreign companies. However, it referred to the boycott calls as an "unadorned expression of patriotic zeal and a sincere demonstration of public opinion."
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSPEK27931220080418
China online: Tibet and torch reaction (BBC)
BBC summarises some of the recent trends and reactions from Chinese bloggers and internet forums on events in Tibet and the protests disrupting the torch relay.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7347821.stm
BBC summarises some of the recent trends and reactions from Chinese bloggers and internet forums on events in Tibet and the protests disrupting the torch relay.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7347821.stm
15 things you don't know about Tibet (Detroit Free Press)
http://tinyurl.com/4z6skk
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/NEWS05/80417093/1007/NEWS05
http://tinyurl.com/4z6skk
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/NEWS05/80417093/1007/NEWS05
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