China advisory body defends Tibet crackdown

[Coventina]

Source: Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — China was right to crack down hard on rioters in Tibet last year, but needs to better explain its policies to the rest of the world, the country's main government advisory body said Tuesday.

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In opening the advisory body's annual session, Jia Qinglin reinforced the government's hard-line approach to dissent among Tibetans, just days ahead of the anniversary of a deadly March 14 riot in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, that sparked the biggest anti-government protests in decades.

"We unequivocally supported the party and government in dealing with the destructive and disruptive, violent and illegal incidents in Lhasa, Tibet and other areas in accordance with the law," Jia, the body's chairman, said in a nationally televised speech from the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.

The riots in Lhasa left at least 22 dead and resulted in the government clamping down on ethnic Tibetan areas throughout the country. Tibetan activists say Chinese security forces have killed dozens in their crackdown.



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[Coventina]

1. Tibet: Beijing Compares Tibetan Serfs to Slaves

Preparing for the 50th anniversary next Tuesday of a failed uprising in Tibet against Chinese rule, Beijing authorities issued a white paper on Monday presenting their interpretation of Tibetan history, comparing the abolition of "serfdom" in Tibet under Chinese rule to the emancipation of slaves in the United States. The Dalai Lama and other Tibetan leaders have accepted that traditional Tibetan society had shortcomings, but contend that Beijing has long exaggerated the plight of Tibetan peasants and that improvements were under way before China's military action in 1959.

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As that is the complete story, it didn't seem right to post it as a separate thread in LBN.

[Metta]

2. Happy karma, Chinese gov't. How many of you will be reborn as suffering Tibetans before you wake up

Sad to watch the destruction because you're control freaks.

[Romulox]

3. Our own government just signaled our approval of these actions, no?

We told the CCP that we weren't even going to bring up human rights abuses in our talks with them. :shrug:

[xchrom]

4. sad but true.

we've given up on the idea of self determination for the tibetan people.