Following peaceful demonstrations of Buddhist monks yesterday, Tibetan nationals, now a minority in their own country, began to riot, burning shops and vehicles. The Chinese authorities reacted in the same spirit they always meet disruption of order, and particularly in their border regions; with tanks, guns and a bloody boot placed back quickly and firmly on the neck of the people.
There appear to be at least a hundred dead at this writing.
If you don’t recall the horrific suppression of Tibetan demonstrations in 1989 ordered by the local Han Chinese party boss, it left hundreds dead and many more disappeared into China’s gulags. It didn’t hurt the boss, Hu Jintao, who is now General Secretary of the Communist Party and head of the country’s dictatorial regime.
As I write this brief reflection Chinese occupation forces are surrounding the major monasteries in Lhasa and more violence appears imminent.
The Dalai Lama has issued a statement calling on the Tibetan people to resist the urge to violence and on the Communist dictatorship to refrain from bloody suppression of the demonstrators.
There appears to be little reason for hope at this moment.
But, please object to this terrible tragedy to the Chinese embassy.
Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong
Chinese Embassy
2133 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC 20007
[email protected]
Tell them we won’t reward genocide.
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