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Lhasa on Lockdown

Here are a few reports from journalists who have been allowed into Lhasa on a closely-monitored official Chinese government tour:
Tibetan capital under lockdown for Olympic torch
, Geoffrey York, Globe and Mail, June 20, 2008
Tibetan capital under tight guard for Olympic torch, Chris Buckley, Reuters, June 20, 2008
Inside Tibet’s capital, James Reynolds, BBC, June 20, 2008
Uneasy calm in Lhasa ahead of torch relay, Economic Times of India, June 20, 2008
Olympic flame on visit to isolated Tibet, Ken Teh, Associated Press, June 20, 2008

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Comment from J H
Time: June 21, 2008, 10:47 pm

Lhadon Tethong just can’t believe that there are Tibetans supporting the Olympics or the government without “forced brainwashing sessions”.

I often wonder, are we more brainwashed to love China or to support the government, or is Lhadon Tethong more brainwashed to hate Chinese and to embarrass China?

If I could choose one from the 2, I’d rather be fed up with love and patriotism than hatred.

Comment from J H
Time: June 21, 2008, 10:49 pm

by the way, Lhadon Tethong, are you allowed to enter Beijing again? Are you coming for the Olympics?

I remember you said at Toronto Pearson International Airport last august that you are going again after “Tibet is free and China is free, such a regime will not last long”. Does that mean you are not coming before CCP falls apart?

If so, that’s a big relief, because that simply means you have banned yourself from China, not the Chinese banned you.

Comment from Rich
Time: June 23, 2008, 4:32 pm

JH, if you just come here to talk trash, stop wasting your time. Lhadon will surely return to Beijing when it’s the right time for her to return. Insomuch as you are aligned with the enemy, it’s none of your business when that time will be.

Going to Tibet is a much trickier matter. Tibetan or non-Tibetan, as people living outside of Tibet, we do not have the right to barge in and put lots of people in danger through radical acts of opposition to Chinese rule. When all is said and done, we’d just get kicked out while the people who actually live there would be stuck to deal with the consequences. Our role is to support them and amplify their voices in what they choose to do, not to impose our own agenda and treat them like expendable pawns in somebody else’s struggle.

With that said, I very much hope Lhadon will have the right opportunity to visit Tibet in the near future. Nothing can substitute for experiencing the situation for yourself.

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