Protesters, Police Clash Bitterly in Ti***an Capital
BEIJING, March 15 -- Hundreds of protesters swarmed Tibet's capital Friday, clashing with police and setting fire to shops and cars in a spasm of violence worse than any there in nearly 20 years. Doctors reported dozens of injured streaming into hospitals, and there were unconfirmed reports of several deaths as Lhasa descended into what one witness called "a state of siege."By nightfall, armored personnel carriers had rolled into the center of the city. "The army is everywhere," said one hotel worker, who added that he was afraid to go outside.
The violence came after five days of escalating protests against Chinese rule in the remote mountainous region, the heart of Tibetan Buddhism. The confrontations, initially led by monks, were joined Friday by hundreds of Tibetan civilians, who began attacking shops owned by ethnic Han and Hui Chinese. Street fights between Tibetans and Chinese continued into the night, according to reports from the region.
The crisis exposed the anger Tibetans have long felt but rarely were able to express openly over Chinese domination. Although ethnic Chinese are a minority in Tibet, they are far better off economically. Tibetans also resent efforts by the central government in Beijing to bind their homeland to the rest of the country -- including the recent opening of a luxury train line to funnel tourists to Lhasa.
The Chinese government must now confront a significant political challenge as it prepares to host the 2008 Olympic Games in August. Authorities have steadfastly attempted to project an image of harmony and stability in Tibet and elsewhere even as they have tightened their grip over the region.
Images captured on cellphone cameras and posted on the Internet of protesters burning Chinese flags and running through the streets shouting independence slogans show how the once-small, romantic city, home to several of the most sacred sites of Tibetan Buddhism, has been transformed by years of intense development, often benefiting the Han Chinese who have settled there in the tens of thousands.
"This spiraling unrest has triggered the scenario the Chinese prayed would not happen," said Robbie Barnett, director of modern Tibetan studies at Columbia University. "They have left no one in place with any credibility who can come out on the streets and talk to these people."
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing, citing "firsthand reports" of gunfire in Lhasa, issued an alert that warned tourists in the city to stay inside and avoid "unnecessary movements."
China heavily restricts travel to Tibet, making it difficult to independently verify developments there. Sources reached by phone declined to identify themselves for fear of government reprisal.
In one brief interview, a doctor at the Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital said he had received 41 wounded. An official at the People's Hospital of Lhasa said there were many wounded there, but gave no details. The wounded continued coming as night fell, one doctor said, after police imposed a curfew.
A person who answered the phone at a Lhasa firehouse Friday afternoon said, "Many places are on fire."
European Union leaders urged China to show restraint. A White House spokesman said Beijing "needs to respect Tibetan culture" and "needs to have a dialogue with the Dalai Lama," the Tibetan spiritual leader, whom the Chinese have accused of inciting the protests.
The Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India, issued a statement accusing China of using brute force to impose its culture on Tibetans. "These protests are a manifestation of the deep-rooted resentment of the Tibetan people under the present governance," he said. "I therefore appeal to the Chinese leadership to stop using force and address the long-simmering resentment of the Tibetan people through dialogue."
本消息来自华盛顿邮报, 谢绝询问具体内容, 看不懂算了 你又来脑残文
小心被水产..... 我们这边还有同学想去考察西藏大学的 - -
看来去不了了 正好我要做外文翻译
先拿这练练手 E文苦手。。。。。。。 Dalai Lama, BEIJING, March 15
关键词要是看不懂就找吧 2008年，北京乘奥运会的机会向国际展示自己改革开放的成就，受到世界关注。
2008年，科索沃总理塔奇宣布科索沃从塞尔维亚独立。
而国内外西藏独立分子学习科索沃，依赖美国，借人权话题劫机焚车，务求使西藏独立问题国际化。。。
北京奥运会，是一次机会，更是一次挑战！ 哎，原来天朝并不和谐，我刚看出来
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因为不和谐所以要和谐话说LZ中英文版各发了一遍…… armored personnel carriers
形容词很恐怖……暴民们怎么就armored了？ armored personnel carriers 是装甲运兵车,简写APC 原帖由 暴力画家 于 2008-3-15 16:24 发表 http://bbs.newwise.com/images/common/back.gif
2008年，北京乘奥运会的机会向国际展示自己改革开放的成就，受到世界关注。
2008年，科索沃总理塔奇宣布科索沃从塞尔维亚独立。
而国内外西藏独立分子学习科索沃，依赖美国，借人权话题劫机焚车，务求使西藏独立问 ...
扯，当初全国的反革命运动都被GCD镇压了，西藏那帮喇嘛还嫩了点
如果西藏独立出去了，就等于我们在台湾问题上自己给了自己一个耳光 原帖由 lizitaisha 于 2008-3-15 17:53 发表 http://bbs.newwise.com/images/common/back.gif
这种片面的文章也只有臭名昭著的华盛顿邮报写得出来了
说对了，中国威胁论、中国玩具问题、中国汇率问题、中国军费问题......很大程度都是由美国白宫暗中操作,使其媒体过分渲染的.....目的是打压中国,巩固自身在亚洲的实力 原帖由 暴力画家 于 2008-3-15 19:08 发表 http://bbs.newwise.com/images/common/back.gif
说对了，中国威胁论、中国玩具问题、中国汇率问题、中国军费问题......很大程度都是由美国白宫暗中操作,使其媒体过分渲染的.....目的是打压中国,巩固自身在亚洲的实力
你怎么知道?是你被白宫聘去写的吗? 要开始战了。 现在越是接近奥运也是多事
上次西安兵马俑就有个SB榜满炸弓单劫持澳洲旅游团的巴士，声称要和胡核心见面，然后在金发中年女导游的劝解下放了大部分人，只留下了导游（金发控+熟女控阿），然后11小时后被police一木仓爆头。
这是在国外都风言风语的，国内确是一点报道都没有。真是傻啊，光是读自己人的嘴，外国人却堵不住，不是一点用都没有= =，那叫啥，掩耳盗铃
所以说，不要以为现在是21世纪了就没特务搞破坏活动了阿！ 原帖由 原始恶魔 于 2008-3-15 19:36 发表 http://bbs.newwise.com/images/common/back.gif
现在越是接近奥运也是多事
上次西安兵马俑就有个SB榜满炸弓单劫持澳洲旅游团的巴士，声称要和胡核心见面，然后在金发中年女导游的劝解下放了大部分人，只留下了导游（金发控+熟女控阿），然后11小时后被police一木仓爆头 ...
很多事情也只在外国有报道- - 达尔富尔还没弄明白, 然后就是疆独劫机, 藏独闹事
看来奥运前夕好戏不会少就是了 达赖带出来过一群西藏孩子，放在外国，想在国外培养他们。
结果这帮孩子长大了，对西藏的事一点也没兴趣 =_,=
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