BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Any secessionist attempt to
sabotage Tibet's stability will not gain people's support and will be doomed to
fail, said Qiangba Puncog, Tibet Autonomous Regional Government chairman, at a
news briefing in Beijing on Monday on the riotous activities that occurred in
Lhasa on March 14.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Qiangba Puncog,
Tibet Autonomous Regional Government chairman, said here Monday that the latest
riot in Lhasa was out of conspiracy jointly made by domestic and overseas
separatists who are advocating "Tibet independence".
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Qiangba Puncog,
Tibet Autonomous Regional Government chairman, said at a news briefing Monday
morning that the Tibetans will firmly fight against splitting efforts, safeguard
the unified motherland, and keep social stability.
LHASA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Power supplies have
resumed throughout Lhasa after regional power company staff spent three days
repairing facilities damaged during last week's riot, the head of the Tibet
Power Company said on Monday.
LHASA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- No foreigner has
been harmed since Friday's riot in Tibet's capital Lhasa, said Ju Jianhua,
director of the autonomous region's foreign affairs office.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Chief of Tibet
Autonomous Regional Government expressed confidence in maintaining social
stability and order under the leadership of the Central Government, despite
secessionist activities in Lhasa, the regional capital.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The head of
Tibet's regional government has denied that security personnel carried or used
lethal weapons in dealing with the violent riots in Lhasa last Friday.
LHASA, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Schools have
resumed normal operation on Monday in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous
Region, as the city gradually returned to calm after Friday's riot.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Lhasa riot erupted last
Friday has not only caused heavy losses of life and property in the city, but
also seriously disturbed social order there.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Rioters in Lhasa, capital of
the Tibet Autonomous Region, set fires at more than 300 locations, including
residential houses and 214 shops, and smashed and burned 56 vehicles, said
Qiangba Puncog, regional government chairman, at a news briefing held in Beijing
on the riotous activities that occurred in Lhasa on March 14.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Qiangba Puncog, Tibet
Autonomous Regional Government chairman, said Monday morning at a news briefing
that the Dalai clique's version on describing the latest riot in Lhasa and
echoing tilted news coverage of some Western media are "ridiculous."
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Sixty-one police were
injured in last Friday's riot in Lhasa, six of them seriously, said Qiangba
Pungcog, chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Government, at a press
briefing in Beijing on Monday.
BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Thirteen innocent civilians
were burned or stabbed to death in last Friday's Lhasa riot, said Qiangba
Puncog, chairman of Tibet Autonomous Regional Government, at a news briefing in
Beijing on Monday.
BEIJING, Mar. 17 (Xinhua) -- Qiangba Puncog, Tibet Autonomous Regional Government chairman gave a news briefing on Monday on the riotous activities that occurred in Lhasa on Mar. 14.
Tibetan officials refute Dalai's "rule
of terror" remarks
BEIJING, March 16 (Xinhua) -- High-ranking Tibetan
officials refuted Dalai Lama's "cultural genocide" and "terror rule" remarks on
Sunday and said such arguments were a tale of a tub and "downright nonsense".
Dalai cited the "rule of terror" and "cultural genocide"
in its latest separatist remarks after the Lhasa riot, according to media
reports. Full story
Foreigners suspended from entering
Tibet for safety concerns
LHASA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Following Friday's turmoil in
Lhasa, the regional government of Tibet has suspended handling the application
of foreigners to travel to Tibet for safety concerns, said a local official.
"We also suggest foreign tourists now in Tibet to leave in
the coming days," said Ju Jianhua, director with the region's foreign affairs
office. Full story
Commentary: Stop the hand behind Lhasa
terror
BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The Nobel laurel was
tainted, and the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal proved nothing but a fig leaf of
the Dalai Lama when on Friday rioters, backed by the self-proclaimed peace
preacher, turned the tranquil holy city of Lhasa into a land of terror.
And the intention harbored behind the monk's claim of
seeking "real or greater autonomy" of Tibet also proved hypocritical when
hundreds of his followers yelled independence, attacked police, smashed windows,
robbed shops, and set cars and a mosque ablaze. Full story
Armed police rescue 580 people from
Lhasa riot
LHASA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Armed police in Lhasa have
rescued more than 580 people, including three Japanese tourists, from banks,
supermarkets, schools and hospitals that were set alight by violent saboteurs,
sources with the Tibet Autonomous Region government said on Saturday.
More than 160 blazing spots, including forty major fires,
were reported after an outbreak of violent activities that wracked the capital
city of Tibet Friday. Full story
