Olympic Torch’s Tibet Visit Is Short and Political
June 21, 2008
New York Times, By JIM YARDLEY
BEIJING — The visit of the Olympic torch to the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, came and went in about two hours on Saturday. Leaders of the ruling Communist Party probably exhaled once the flame was trundled onto an airplane without incident and flown out of a city that only three [...]
In Lhasa, barbed wire greets Olympic torch
June 21, 2008
Globe and Mail, By GEOFFREY YORK
LHASA — With barbed-wire barriers on the streets to keep away the uninvited, China sent the Olympic flame on a hasty two-hour dash through Lhasa Saturday, using a massive police presence to prevent any protests.
Invited guests were allowed into the opening and closing ceremonies, but most ordinary Tibetans were kept [...]
500 Tibetans detained in Nepal in protest over Lhasa torch relay
June 21, 2008
KATHMANDU (AFP) — Some 500 Tibetan exiles were held Saturday by Nepal police after demonstrating outside the Chinese embassy against the Olympic torch relay’s visit to Tibet.
Hand-picked spectators cheered runners as the flame passed through Tibet’s capital Lhasa earlier in the day, just three months after deadly riots against China’s rule in the region.
“We have [...]
CHINA PARADES OLYMPIC TORCH THROUGH TIBETAN CAPITAL LHASA UNDER LOCKDOWN
June 21, 2008
Massive Chinese Security Presence Places Lhasa Under Virtual Martial Law for Olympics Propaganda Exercise
For Immediate Release: June 20, 2008
New York – Chinese authorities have placed the Tibetan capital under virtual martial law to prepare for a one-day Olympic torch relay, which begins today at 9am, Beijing time. Three months after a Tibetan popular uprising [...]
Tibet capital under lockdown for Olympic torch
June 20, 2008
Globe and Mail, By GEOFFREY YORK
LHASA — Three months after the Tibetan uprising, the ancient Buddhist quarter of Lhasa is sullen and subdued, weighed down by a heavy Chinese security presence on every corner.
Thousands of Chinese police and paramilitary troops have descended on the Tibetan capital in a massive lockdown as Beijing prepares to send [...]
Tibetan monk makes appeal for niece
June 20, 2008
World News Australia – A Tibetan monk living in Australia is appealing for help in the search for his niece, who has been missing in his homeland for nearly a month.
Geshe Sonam Tharhye told SBS his niece, a nun, went missing in Ganzi in eastern Tibet during a protest three weeks ago.
An eyewitness to the [...]
Tibet capital under tight guard for Olympic torch
June 20, 2008
Reuters, By Chris Buckley
LHASA, China June 20 - Tibet’s capital Lhasa was under tight security on Friday as it readied to host the Olympic Games torch in a concerted display of China’s hold over the restive region.
As a group of foreign journalists arrived in Lhasa to observe the relay, police stood on guard every 200 [...]
China Gets Ready For Unrest as Torch Makes Way to Tibet
June 20, 2008
Wall Street Journal
By MEI FONG
BEIJING — China plans to take its Olympic torch relay through Tibet on Saturday, a move that could reignite controversy over both the Games and the country’s restive western territory.
The decision has been shrouded in secrecy, with organizers abruptly switching dates. Originally, the torch was scheduled to arrive in Lhasa [...]
EXILE TIBETANS PROTEST AT INDO-TIBET BORDER ON EVE OF TORCH RELAY
June 20, 2008
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EXILE TIBETANS PROTEST AT INDO-TIBET BORDER ON EVE OF TORCH RELAY
Three detained at Shipkila border post after staging protest; 38 others detained in Pooh, Reckong Peo and Rampur
Free Tibet banner on the Indo-Tibetan [...]
100,000-strong force to protect Olympics
June 20, 2008
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer
China had mobilized a 100,000-strong anti-terrorism force to guard against threats to the Beijing Olympics, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
Police commandos, specialist units and regular army troops made up the force, which was activated following a series of drills earlier this month, Xinhua said.
It also included the paramilitary [...]
