Full text: Qiangba Puncog's opening
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Qiangba Puncog (C Rear), chairman of the
government of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, and Sitar (R
Rear), deputy head of the United Front Work Department of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China, attend a press conference about
the region's latest situation, in Beijing, capital of China, April 9,
2008. (Xinhua/Chen Jingchao)
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BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- People of various
nationalities living in Tibet have benefited from reform and development, said
Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet autonomous regional government, here on
Wednesday.
"They are real beneficiaries," he stressed, citing figures
of Tibet's development to refute the Dalai Lama's claim that the benefits of
Tibet's development have been taken away by the Han nationality and "cultural
genocide". Full story
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Qiangba Puncog, chairman of
the Tibet autonomous regional government, said here Wednesday that none of the
monks identified as fatalities by the Dalai Lama had proven to be dead after
careful investigation.
Of the list provided by the Dalai Lama, five referred to
monks who served at lamaseries in the autonomous region, Qiangba Puncog told a
press briefing organized by the State Council Information Office. Full story
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The monks who spoke to
foreign reporters in Johkang Temple during their Lhasa visit were not punished,
said Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region government, here
Wednesday. Full Story
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Qiangba Puncog, chairman of
the Tibet autonomous regional government vowed Wednesday that Olympic torch
relay in Tibet would be a complete success.
He said at a press conference that the Beijing Olympic
Games will be successful, and that the actions of a handful of secessionists
could not change that. Full story
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The "appeals" and
"statements" the Dalai Lama made after the Lhasa violence were aimed to trigger
more unrest in Tibet, said Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet autonomous
regional government, here Wednesday.
"The Dalai Lama tries to stir up more unrest in Tibet by
his 'appeals' and 'statements' because he is unwilling to see the situation
calmed and normal life in Lhasa restored," said Qiangba Puncog at a press
conference. Full story
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Police in Tibet have detained
953 people who were suspected of participating in the March 14 violence in
Lhasa, Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet autonomous regional government said
here Wednesday.
Among all the detained, 403 were formally arrested,
Qiangba Puncog said at a press briefing of the State Council Information Office.
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BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese officials on
Wednesday denied a so-called "media war" over the March 14 riot in Lhasa, the
capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, saying that the majority of foreign
journalists were covering the issue fairly.
"Some foreign media have limited knowledge of the
situation, while some are explaining it in a different way and from their own
perspective," said Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the regional government, at a
press conference hosted by the State Council's Information Office. Full story
