Tibetan Uprising

[…] demonstration by unarmed monks was confronted by armed Chinese riot police, which may have been the spark that set off the violent protests. Rioting Tibetans were also likely reacting to the lockdown on all major monasteries, the detention […]

What do you mean by peaceful protest?? Killing tens of innocent people? Firing shops and cars? Attacking ambulance vehicle and tibetan medical staff by cutting his ear and eye? Beating anyone on the street even a young tibetan child and kick him to death?? Attacking succurity force which is all the way on an defensive action?? Firing a middle school building when students were taking class inside?? Robing everything from the shops they broke into and then fire the shops? I am a buddist, yet I don’t think these actions are peaceful. Maybe westerners always have a resentment on China, or maybe you fear us? Please find a good argument! And sometimes, use your brain, think before speak.

Frankly, UK is a leberalized country, BBC is world reknowned broadcast company, but it is obvious to see they are not on an objective standpoint, sometimes it’s ridiculous to see they are discretely selecting particular materials and then edit it so as to illuminate how chinese gov is taking action to oppresse the tibetans, and it must be pretty hard, huh?And by the way, this video is misused, I could only see so called monks attacking police, not oppression, should you have a brain, you would not make such comment.

I believe my post will be deleted by the website admin, so as to demonstrate spoken rights should also been sensored by those who claim freedom in Tibet.

tvyl,
Were the protesters peaceful? Initially yes. But who truly started the violence? Are the Chinese military being peaceful? Are they truly encouraging peace or creating further unrest?

Lets say the Japan were to invade China, take over the government and kill countless people, then Chinese would call the Japan oppressors. The Chinese would demand freedom if they were in the same situation.

[…] least from the Tibetan side — not from the Chinese soldiers) until that Friday. That day, the BBC revealed, there was a confrontation between unarmed monks and armed Chinese forces that set off the […]

Lhasa - an Exercise in Smoke and Mirrors
Tourists and others caught up in the Lhasa March 10 “uprising” captured graphic images of rampaging Tibetan mobs and armed monks burning and looting Chinese homes and businesses and attacking ethnic Chinese. The evidence was clear for all to see. Despite their gentle Buddhist belief, the Tibetans were being seen as being directly responsible for the mayhem and killing. Local police and People’s Armed Police were overwhelmed, outnumbered and unable to impose law and order.

China’s state media followed up with images, including close ups of Buddhist monks armed with swords, active participants in the mayhem.

The foreigners who witnessed the events, quite rightly believed that the Tibetans were responsible for the atrocities rapidly appearing across State media and the response from Chinese militia was an appropriate response for rampaging mobs.

Discontent had been smouldering throughout Tibet and “old Tibet” for over a year, each demonstration becoming more violent. None of these events were reported by the State media despite injuries, extensive property damage and deaths (including police).

Deployment of the PLA elite rapid response units from the 13th Army bases were already in effect prior to the uprising and could have been activated earlier to halt the massacre. It would appear possible, that like the 1959 Tibet massacre, the Lhasa boilover could have been deliberately engineered to justify the use of lethal force during the run up to the Olympics. China certainly did not want the foreign media involved then or now, at least not until the “sterilization” process is completed.

Recent reliable reports including intercepts by Britain’s intelligence GCHQ, suggests that China engineered the violence using military personnel disguised as Buddhist monks and armed with swords, actively participated in the violence. Official Chinese media images of an incident involving a monk wielding a sword in a serious incident was later doctored to remove the “monk” who was identified as a local policemen.

Video and eyewitness evidence confirmed police and paramilitary personnel standing by and videoing serious incidents without attempting to intervene, even when having the number to do so, tends to support the claim that incidents were staged as the excuse for the ensuing crackdown and killings.

How wrong can first hand on site impressions be when involved in such mayhem and confusion, and made worse by media images and comment supporting the mind’s eye images.