Why does the global community continue to support the Olympics and the International Olympic Committee? How much is the Chinese government paying the IOC for the privilege to host the 2008 Beijing Olympics? Here is a report on more violence against the unarmed monks and citizens of Tibet.
The Associated Press is reporting Police Fire on Tibetan Protesters; 8 Die:
BEIJING (AP) — Police fired on hundreds of protesters in a Tibetan area of western China, killing eight people, overseas activist groups said. State media reported one government official was seriously injured in what it called a riot.
“We should strengthen patriotic education so as to guide the masses of monks to continuously display the patriotic tradition and uphold the banner of patriotism,” the paper quoted Hao Peng, Tibet’s deputy Communist Party Chief, as saying.
Thursday’s violence in Sichuan province came when the government attempted to enforce “patriotic education” at the Garze monastery, according to the activist groups.
With no access by outside reporters I am sure this only very small amount of the violence which is being perpetrated by armed government thugs against the people of Tibet.
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