Special report: Dalai clique's separatist activities
condemned
GARZE, Sichuan Province, April 4 (Xinhua) -- An official was attacked and seriously injured in a riot in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze in the southwestern Sichuan Province, local authorities said on Friday.
The incident took place at about 8 p.m. on Thursday, when rioters attacked the seat of the Donggu township government of Garze County under the prefecture.
"Local officials exercised restraint during the riot and repeatedly told the rioters to abide by the law," an official with the prefectural government said.
But he said "police were forced to fire warning shots to put down the violence, since local officials and people were in great danger" and the rioters would not be persuaded to stop.
The official, who is from the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Garze County, was on an inspection tour when the riot broke out, he said.
Local authorities are investigating the incident.
Also in Garze, a group attacked police officers on duty with knives and stones on March 24, killing one and leaving several others injured.
The two incidents came after the March 14 unrest in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region neighboring Sichuan, which the government said have been organized, premeditated and masterminded by the Dalai clique.
The unrest, involving beating, smashing, ransacking and arson, led to the deaths of at least 18 innocent civilians and one police officer.
Following the Lhasa incident, the Aba County of the Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan also witnessed criminal violence on March 16.
Innocent civilians and more than 200 government personnel and police were injured during the riot, which also left two police stations, 24 shops and 81 vehicles torched.
Commentary: Dalai Lama, a scientist or
a swindler?
BEIJING, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Even the Dalai Lama, who is
said to be a true Buddhist and a careful scientist, makes mistakes - perhaps
intentionally.
He told New Delhi-based TimesNow TV that Chinese soldiers
in the garb of Tibetan monks were indulging in violence show on Chinese
television. Full story
Dalai's blemish on Chinese armed
forces discredited by audience
BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- A news analysis exposing the Dalai Lama's vicious
blemish on the Chinese armed forces was fervently echoed by audience who
discredited his allegation that groups of servicemen dressed like Tibetan monks
and acted as rioters on March in Lhasa, Tibet.
The Global Times, affiliated to the flagship outlet
People's Daily, published a front-page story, lambasting against the Dalai Lama
for his quotes in the on-line edition of the India-based Tribune on rumors that
hundreds of soldiers were dressing like Tibetan monks and acting as rioters in
the unrest that hit the Tibetan capital. Full story
Tibetologist: hidden motives behind
"ethnic conflict" claim of Lhasa riot
BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The March 14 riot in Lhasa
was no ethnic conflict, and some people who would so label the incident might
harbor ulterior motives, said an expert on Tibet on Wednesday.
Lian Xiangmin, a researcher with the Beijing-based China
Tibetology Research Center (CTRC), said the riot was not an ethnic issue, but a
political one, as the mob attacked not only ethnic Hui and Han people, but also
Tibetans. Full stroy
China publishes evidences of Dalai
clique's masterminding of riots
BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Public
Security said on Tuesday that it had gathered sufficient evidence showing that
March 14 riots in Lhasa was not isolated or accidental but was part of the
"Tibetan People's Uprising Movement" plotted by the Dalai clique.
Solid facts showed that the unrest in Lhasa, the capital
of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, was organized, premeditated,
masterminded and instigated by the Dalai clique and its "Tibet independence"
forces, the ministry said. Full story
Police: Offensive weapons found in
Tibetan temples
BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- A large quantity of offensive
weapons suspected to be used for riots were discovered in several Tibetan
temples, China's Ministry of Public Security said here on Tuesday.
The public security authorities turned up 178 guns, 13,013
bullets, 359 swords, 3,504 kilograms of dynamite, 19,360 detonators and two hand
grenades in the rooms of lamas in some temples in Tibet with the information
from lamas and other people, said ministry spokesman Wu Heping. Full stroy
Article rebuts Dalai's hypocrisy on
giving up 'independence' commitment
BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- An article published under
the byline Yiduo in Wednesday's Global Times rebuts the Dalai Lama's hypocrisy
on claiming to give up his commitment to "Tibet independence".
The article in the Beijing newspaper questions the Dalai
Lama's credibility in saying he does not pursue "Tibet independence" but the
Chinese government remains suspicious of his stand. Full story
Tibet expert condemns Dalai group's
Greater Tibet autonomy plan
BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- A senior Tibet expert claimed
the Dalai Lama and his supporters want a high level of autonomy in and around
Tibet, in order to undermine the current Chinese system of ethnic regional
autonomy.
Instigating ethnic hatred between Tibetans and others, is
the reason behind the call by the Dalai Lama's supporters for an autonomous
Greater Tibet, said Xerab Nyi'ma, the Central University for Nationalities vice
president and himself a Tibetan. Full story
Commentary: Tibetan separatists'
violence unveils their unlawful nature
BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Tibetan separatists and
members of so-called international "Tibet Support" groups have staged violent
attacks on 18 Chinese overseas diplomatic missions since March 10. Even the
United Nations' office in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu was targeted.
The attacks have seriously disturbed the normal work and
daily life of the Chinese missions, the international organizations and the
local residents. They constitute a gross violation of international law and lay
bare these separatists' nature of resorting to violence and undermining peace.
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