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Tibet isolated after Chinese lockdown
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008Tibet remained largely cut off from the outside world Tuesday after a crackdown by China, which said violence there was backed by the Dalai Lama and aimed at undermining the Olympic Games in Beijing. With the remote region under virtual lockdown by Chinese security forces, it was not known what had happened after an overnight deadline for protesters in Tibet to turn themselves in to authorities ... more New technology triggers battle for information from Tibet 
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008Blogs, chatrooms and mobile phones have helped information about Tibetan protests to stream out faster than ever, but China is also harnessing technology, as well as fear, to stem the flow. Internet users, journalists and campaign groups are all scrambling for information as they try to build up an independent picture of deadly protests and clampdowns in Tibet and elsewhere in China in the ... more Anti-China street protests back calls for Olympic boycott 
Paris (AFP) March 18, 2008Street protests condemning China's crackdown in Tibet spread around world capitals Tuesday, amid growing calls for an official boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing in August. Tibet's exiled leaders say about 100 people have been killed in a crackdown on anti-Chinese protests and have called for an international investigation. China has denied wrongdoing and blamed Tibetans for the unrest. ... more Fortified Taiwan island seeks gateway to China 
Kinmen, Taiwan (AFP) March 18, 2008Taiwan's fortified island of Kinmen has lain for decades on the frontline against China, but now the landmines are being dug up as Taipei seeks to turn the page in relations with Beijing. Artillery guns still point toward the easily visible Chinese mainland and anti-tank barriers still dot the shoreline, spoiling what in another country might be an overrun tourist hotspot. With fears of ... more China may allow foreign media into Tibet, but no timeframe: Wen 
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008Foreign journalists may be allowed into Tibet, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday, but he gave no timeframe amid criticism the remote region had been sealed off following unrest there. "We would certainly consider the possibility of organising for foreign media to go to Tibet," Wen told reporters, after saying the situation in the region's capital, Lhasa, was returning to normal. ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2008 The Chinese authorities' crackdown on Tibetan protests spread to the Internet at the weekend, with censors blocking YouTube and other sites as the Dalai Lama accused the regime of "cultural genocide" against his people. Chinese authorities blocked access to the U.S.-based video-sharing Web site YouTube at the weekend after users uploaded dozens of videos of the protests in which Buddhis ... more NASA Satellite Measures Pollution From East Asia To North America 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 18, 2008In a new NASA study, researchers taking advantage of improvements in satellite sensor capabilities offer the first measurement-based estimate of the amount of pollution from East Asian forest fires, urban exhaust, and industrial production that makes its way to western North America. China, the world's most populated country, has experienced rapid industrial growth, massive human migration ... more Analysis: China's CO2 burden falls on U.S. 
The Dalles, Ore. (UPI) Mar 17, 2008 Any solution to the world's energy woes hinges on two pivotal players, the United States and China, and most of the heavy lifting may fall on the wealthier of the two, experts said at an energy summit Thursday. In recent years, China has undergone an unprecedented development boom, accompanied by skyrocketing energy consumption, and overtook the United States last year as the No. 1 ... more World condemns China as Olympic doubts grow 
Paris (AFP) March 15, 2008Taiwan led sweeping condemnation Saturday of China's brutal crackdown on protestors in Tibet and accused Beijing of trying to gloss over its rights record with Olympic sheen. About 30 people have been killed during unrest in Lhasa, according to the Tibetan government-in-exile in India, although China's state-run Xinhua news agency earlier put the figure at 10, citing government officials. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2008China's parliament on Saturday almost unanimously re-elected Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to serve as president for five more years, according to a ballot made public. Hu received the support of 99.7 percent of the 2,965 votes cast by delegates to China's parliament. He was also re-elected head of the China's Central Military Commission with the same level of support. ... more Dalai Lama condemns 'rule of terror' in Tibet as protests spread 
Beijing (AFP) March 16, 2008The Dalai Lama condemned a "rule of terror" in his native Tibet on Sunday as Chinese forces blanketed the region's capital in security and pro-independence protests spread elsewhere in China. A fresh protest in southwest China's Sichuan province reportedly left at least seven people dead in a dangerous escalation of the uprising by Tibetans against China's rule of the vast Himalayan region. ... more Chinese Govt Declares Peoples War On Tibet As YouTube Access Cutoff To China 
Beijing (AFP) March 16, 2008Tibet's government has declared a "people's war" to erase support for the Dalai Lama and end any independence aspirations of the people there, Chinese state media said Sunday. The blitz will involve both security and propaganda campaigns to counter the message of the exiled Buddhist spiritual leader, the Tibetan Daily reported. The call was made during an emergency meeting of Tibetan ... more China's Tibet crackdown highlights US rights policy flaws 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008China's crackdown on Tibetan protests has dealt a major embarassment to US President George W. Bush's administration, which removed the Asian giant from a human rights blacklist just three days before the bloody repression, experts say. Rights groups and some lawmakers were dismayed by the State Department's decision last Tuesday to drop China from its list of the world's worst human rights ... more
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