"Promises of job creation and raising income levels were made to the local Tibetan residents of Phondo, Lhundrup Zong and many other mining areas but they were turned down during the actual mining period. Mining protests relating to environment negligence and pollution are frequent in Tibetan areas," Tenzin Norbu, head of the Environment and Development Desk of the Central Tibetan Administration, told Phayul News.
"For the past few years, Tibetan villagers have been protesting against the mines and writing letters to the Chinese government asking for their concerns to be addressed," Tsering Woeser, noted Tibetan blogger, said. "But the government never cared."
By Esther Tanquintic-Misa | November 29, 2011 7:08 PM EST
456inthemix 3 months ago
China is considering investing nearly 18 billion yuan ($2.82 billion) to exploit minerals in eastern Tibet's Qinghai region in the next five years.
456inthemix 3 months ago
"Promises of job creation and raising income levels were made to the local Tibetan residents of Phondo, Lhundrup Zong and many other mining areas but they were turned down during the actual mining period. Mining protests relating to environment negligence and pollution are frequent in Tibetan areas," Tenzin Norbu, head of the Environment and Development Desk of the Central Tibetan Administration, told Phayul News.
456inthemix 3 months ago
"For the past few years, Tibetan villagers have been protesting against the mines and writing letters to the Chinese government asking for their concerns to be addressed," Tsering Woeser, noted Tibetan blogger, said. "But the government never cared."
456inthemix 3 months ago
Long live tibetan Chinese and all ethnic Chinese:-)
pleasantlysurprising 2 years ago
tibetan not chinese Free tibet
afuko5988 2 years ago
we're gonna mine the living shit outta that place haha.
DuhLie 2 years ago
Stop Mining in Tibet!
Tibet's resources belong to Tibetans!
Free Tibet from China's brutal rule now!
Tibet belongs to Tibetans!
Rangzen08 2 years ago 2
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Long live tibetan Chinese and all ethnic Chinese:-)
pleasantlysurprising 2 years ago
tibetan not chinese Free tibet
afuko5988 2 years ago