Chinese occupation of Tibet

News around the Tibetan uprising in 2008, the riots, the Chinese repression

Monday, May 5, 2008

Warning to journalists who will visit Tibet soon

Please take note of this warning from Woeser if you are invited to make a visit to Tibet soon:

In Lhasa the authorities have created the appearance of harmony. The soldiers who were on duty all took off their uniforms and dressed up as tourists to walk around everywhere. Most soldiers on guard duty changed into the police uniforms, and the same soldier would change into uniforms for ground force, armed police and policemen. The authorities also created the false appearance of the freedom for religious belief. While some work units notified their employees their place of work is to circumambulate the Potala Palace, the neighborhood committees also organized and encouraged people to go on circumambulation tour and to pay homage in Sera Monastery which has been ordered to open to the public by the authorities themselves. They rewarded these people for doing so with bonuses. It is learned that recently there will be another journalist group, including foreign journalists, to visit Lhasa. In order to show that people enjoy the right to hold demonstrations freely, some work units will organize their employees to hold demonstrations, and the content for holding the demonstrations is about some trivial matters.


So now the government is going so low as to act as if there is freedom of speech in Tibet - how sick can you get? I hope the foreign journalists will be smart enough to see through this deception.

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