Propaganda – Chinese style
Facts exposing Dalai clique’s masterminding of Lhasa violence
BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) — Xinhua was authorized (instructed) to release a signed article on Sunday to reveal how the Dalai clique plotted and incited the Lhasa violence on March 14, which killed at least 18 civilians and one police officer.
The story, by Yi Duo, says that it was untrue of the Dalai Lama and his backers to claim that the riot was a “spontaneous peaceful protest” that the Dalai Lama had nothing to do with.
Special report: Dalai clique’s separatist activities condemned – the full Monty on China’s attitude
Are Tibetan riot reports reliable? — The website “www.anti-CNN.com” reflects public condemnation of some Western media’s “distorted” reports of the riots in Lhasa, capital of China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Thursday. Check them out for yourself!
To get you started, you might like to read this Viewpoint: Unraveling the arguments on China and Tibet. You can also read how the west is punishing China by playing The Tibet Card .
Then, the Dalai Lama said at a press conference on Saturday said:
“To a lay person, soldiers dressed like monks may look like monks. But we watched the images carefully and realized that they were not monks. Also, in a photograph showing a Tibetan with a sword, the sword is Chinese. They all look like Chinese people dressed like Tibetans,” the Dalai Lama said, apparently responding to Beijing’s allegation that monks and ordinary Tibetans “incited by the Dalai clique” were behind the violence in Lhasa.
It’s all very intriguing. At least one side is lying … probably both!
