Tibet Updates

Although protests against the Chinese colonization are spreading geographically, it looks as though a massive Chinese show of force has restored Chinese control to Lhasa, at a cost of about 80 dead. Here’s a good slideshow of news photos and some recent video news reports. The first is from Sky News:

Another casualty of the protests has been ~~democracy~~ free speech in India, whose government is arresting Tibetan protestors. Here’s a report from Australia. I will warn you that these images may be shocking, not so much because of the footage from Tibet as because of the fashion choices of the presenter.

I had no idea Australia was so … foreign.

Here’s one from ChiCom TV, with suprisingly good footage:

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daniel says:

March 17, 2008 at 7:56 am

The footage of the Australian broadcast was taken from SBS.

The stated purpose of SBS is “to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect Australia’s multicultural society”

As for Tibet, I really sincerely hope that the Chinese occupation ends as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the reality is that the opposite will occur with China’s influence rapidly spreading.