China's response to protests - U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum

Luap · #1 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/wo...ld&oref=slogin.

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... Tibetans also say the security forces were unusually passive at the beginning. One monk reached by telephone said other monks noticed that several officers were more interested in shooting video of the violence than stopping it. “They were just watching,” the monk said. “They tried to make some videos and use their cameras to take some photos.”

... The crackdown was only one part of the new strategy. The Chinese news media initially had not been allowed to cover the Lhasa violence. But by March 15,, that had changed. There, broadcast on state television, was video of Tibetans raging through Lhasa. No images were shown of the crackdown the next day.

Intellectuals in China Condemn Crackdown - New York Times

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Their petition accused the government of “fanning racial hatred” in China by blaming ethnic Tibetans for the violence and seeking to inflame passions among the Han to support the crackdown.

The first article doesn't come out and say it, but it definitely seems to hint that China's unusual response to the protests were preparation for a propaganda campaign. But instead of just cracking down right away, why would China want to get footage of the riots? Could this have to do with 'exercising restraint,' or justification for later oppression of Tibetans?

moon · #2 (**permalink**) 03-24-2008

They will have been instructed to film dissenters for future arrest, torture , imprisonment and eventual execution. An airlift of 'hoodies' to Tibetans wouldn't cost a lot.

Swoop187 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008

Thats the worst article on the subject I read so far and the NY Times has a hard-on for communist governments.

Howmany were were killed again? oh yea..... Imagine if they were anti-war protestors and the US government did to those people what the Chinese government did to its people. What kind of story do you think the Times would print?

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