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.
