Those of us who have watched Communist China over the years were immediately skeptical upon hearing their accounts of “riots” in Tibet. Now, weeks after the protests ended, we’re starting to see the Communist propaganda come a-cropper:
A Chinese woman from Thailand (who prefers that her name not be used) was studying in Lhasa when the protests broke out in March. As one of her friends is a policeman, she visited him at the local police station quite often and got to know other policemen there.
After the protests on March 14, she and other foreigners were sent to the police station where she saw a man with a knife in his hand walking in with some arrested Tibetans. The man later took off the Tibetan-style clothes and put on a police uniform.
This woman was sent out of Lhasa with other foreigners the next day. When she arrived in India via Nepal, she recognized the policeman she had seen in Tibetan garb from BBC TV news and photos that the Chinese embassy had provided to the media.
Ngawang Nyendra said the witness was shocked when she saw the policeman in the BBC broadcast. She realized then that the man had disguised himself as a Tibetan in order to incite people to riot.
Hats off to the Epoch Times for breaking this story.
The Communist regime has a history of doing stuff like this, in the hope of whipping up the Chinese people into a nationalist frenzy (there is no other justification left for the failed-state-superpower) and, if they’re lucky, garnering some decent foreign press. Of course, it all went horribly wrong for the cadres this time.
March 31, 2008 at 8:36 am |
WUSA 9 in Washington, D.C. made a comment that the “Chinese government was angry that the Dalai Lama was stirring up trouble” a few minute ago.
Nothing like shilling for a communist, atheist, mass-murdering government.
April 5, 2008 at 2:36 am |
Another right-wing skinhead, stop spreading hatred stereotyping towards China and her people. We all God’s children. I have lived in a western country long enough to realize that Chinese government has done a very good job in lifting China out of poverty and all Chinese are grateful to the government. For your information, Tibet’s GDP has been growing at a rate of 12% consistently for 5 years. It seems to me that you do not know China very well, I suggest you go there and have a good look yourself. By the way, all Chinese around world welcome every one to the Beijing Olympics Games, especially the righty rightwingists. China might not be perfect, but we are determined to improve everyday.
April 5, 2008 at 10:50 am |
Steven,
You wouldn’t happen to know Bobby Fletcher, would you?