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Less than a month into 2012, and incidents of violent police
suppression of Tibetans have been reported in Sichuan.
The incidents have caused at least 12 death.
A netizen reports that, on Jan 26, Politburo Standing
Committee member Zhou Yongkang personally led the persecution of Tibetans in Garzê.
At the same time, CCP media People's Daily wrote articles
to refute reports by Human Rights Watch.
According to reports, the Garzê region in Sichuan has
already been blockaded by the regime.
Internet and phone lines have all been cut off.
At the same time, the regime sent large number of police
to restrict citizens from traveling.
Lot's of netizens reported seeing large number of police
cars, military cars, armored vehicles and anti-riot vehicles.
Armed police and special police from Chengdu, Deyang
and Mianyang were also sent.
An AFP reporter's car was intercepted on a highway 300 km
from Luhuo.
In Chengdu Tibetan region 600km from Luhuo, police also
increased security levels, with everywhere full of police posts.
An AFP reporter in the Tibetan region was surrounded by
over police.
They were told photography and interviews are prohibited.
In addition, a Lhasa netizen wrote that Lhasa is almost near
martial law; military is assembled in front of Potala Palace.
Tibetans were warned, those without Chinese flag on their
roof will be fined 600 yuan.
At the same time, Human Rights Watch (HRW) in New York
published it's World Report 2012 on Jan 22.
It is a review of human rights around the world.
The report analyzed human rights conditions in over 90
countries, including mainland China.
However, the Chinese regime's media People's Daily
refuted the Human Rights' Watch report on Jan 26.
The People's Daily accused Human Rights Watch of being
an organization that, "conducts selectively work.
It uses double standards, lacks political neutrality, lacks
personnel oversight, and uses erroneous methods."
It furthers that, "(Human Rights Watch) should get a clear
watch over itself."
The founder of Chinese Human Rights Watch, Qin Yongmin
from Wuhan, spoke to NTD.
The Human Rights Watch annual report, and those accusing
Human Rights Watch are separate issues. These issues shouldn't be mixed.
Qin Yongmin, "Regarding whether Human Rights Watch
and other NGOs have internal issues, this is separate.
It's different from these organizations pointing out issues.
Regarding internal issues of the human rights organization,
we...society should supervise and criticize.
The People's Daily is a government entity criticizing an
American human rights organization.
But does it criticize it's own government like an American
human rights organizations?"
Yang Minghong, Sichuan University Professor at Western
Development Research Institute also refuted the HRW report.
Human Rights's Watch criticized that the Chinese regime
forcing Tibetans to relocate is violating human rights.
Yang claims that relocating over 80% of Tibetans into stable
living conditions, is "improving living conditions of herders."
He wrote, "how can the Human Rights Watch accuse the
welcomed 'stable living project' as violating human rights?"
Li Jianglin, a Chinese-American scholar and author of
"1959 Lhasa" has studied the Tibet issue since 2004.
She expressed, Tibetan herders lost their way of living after
being relocated to a fixed house.
How many Tibetans would choose that?
Li Jianglin, "Tibetans told me, leaving the grassland, their
sacred mountain, their holy lake, they lost their spirit.
This is a very sad thing.
Regarding their livelihood, I think forcing them to relocate
to the place they don't want to be, that's not a solution."
Qin Yongmin expressed, the Chinese regime ruined Tibet's
traditional culture.
Qin Yongmin, "The regime frequently force the Tibetan
people, those monks to study politics, to brainwash them.
This makes them feel that their traditional culture is not only
cut off, but has been raped.
In such conditions, would they feel happy? or extremely
painful?"
Qin Yongmin believes, human rights organizations are the
conscience of society.
Without them, many national and social problems can not
be discovered.
Human rights organizations are like X-Ray machines
for social conflicts.
NTD Reporters Chang Chun, Zhou Ping and Sun Ning
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Outbreaks of clashes between Tibetans and security forces
continue to emerge in Ganzi Tibetan Area, Sichuan province.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has openly accused
the Dalai Lama of causing the Sino-Tibetan blood clashes.
A scholar in Tibetan history reveals however that the clashes'
root cause can be traced back to the Chinese regime's brutal repressions of the 50's.
and it's consistent path of violence and has nothing to do with
The Dalai Lama who won the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize and a Congressional Gold Medal in 2007.
According to a BBC report, clashes between local Tibetans
and the police broke out last week in Ganzi, Sichuan province.
The Voice of Tibet reported six deaths and six injuries, but
according to the official Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
network, Xinhua News Agency,
apparently only one Tibetan
was found dead and five policemen were injured.
Meanwhile, the clashes have caused great concern over the
U.S. and in the U.K.
According to the deputy head of the CCP's United Front Work
Department, the blood shed is attributed to The Dalai Lama.
Zhu Weiqun said: "Since The Dalai Lama entered into politics,
he has continued to use violence."
To which Li Jianglin, an expert in Tibetan history, replied:
"Zhu Weiqun is merely a bureaucrat from the propaganda department.
Such a claim might make a little impact inside of China,
where there is no freedom of information,
yet it means nothing to overseas communities.
Is there any German who really believes in his words?"
The Dalai Lama is known worldwide as a symbol of
nonviolent resistance.
In 1998 The Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize and
in 2007 he received the U.S. highest civilian honor, a Congressional Gold Medal.
Both awards recognized him for his efforts in promoting
non-violence and his contributions towards better human rights in Tibet.
Li Jianglin interviewed The Dalai Lama many times. Li says
that the origin of the current Sichuan clashes have historic reasons.
According to Li the clashes are related to the killings
of 20 Tibetans in 2008.
Yet the 2008 protest can be traced back to the year 1987.
And all these events stem from the war of the 1950's,
and the Chinese Communist Party's consistent violence.
Li Jianglin, Scholar of Tibetan history: "Tibet has never been
peacefully liberated, an official claim that we've known so far.
The region has experienced a secret war,
one of extreme violence. It lasted six-and-a-half years.
The air force alone made a few thousand attacks,
which led to deeper problems.
Li Jianglin says the Chinese Communist Party waged very
cruel repressions in the conflict regions.
Apparently the CCP would rather kill wrongly
than to reach a compromise.
Mr. Li points out that in history, the Chinese Communist Party
has followed this principle during its crackdown on other
ethnic minorities such as the Uygur, Hui, Yi and
the Mongolians.
Li Jianglin, Scholar of Tibetan history: "Since the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) entered into Tibet in the 1950's,
it has set a pattern of non-acceptance. That is, of not
accepting any challenge, any questioning nor any proposals.
It has enforced an iron-fist repression on the Tibetans
even though it encountered mild opposition.
Why did it do it this way in the 50's? It can be best described
as using more evil to cover up past wrongdoings.
It's been happening in Mainland China also over so many years,
using ten errors to conceal one error."
The clashes between Tibetans and the CCP police forces
are still ongoing.
According to a Tibetan group, security forces opened fire
on civilians on the 25th of Jan., killing two Tibetans.
The U.S. State Department says that the Chinese regime is
using "counterproductive policies".
It is creating tension in the Tibetan Areas and is threatening
the religious, cultural and linguistic identity of the Tibetan people.
Li Jianglin discloses the clashes' internal cause: As the CCP's
official documents say, "the entire party fights for the religious demise."
Thus in the context of the CCP's atheist belief and its
despising of religions, the clashes became inevitable.
NTD reporters Chen Han, Song Feng and Xiao Yan
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The Communist regime keeps Tibet under heavy control. At the end of 2011, local authorities declared a new policy of requiring Buddhist temples to display portraits and flags of Chinese communist leaders. On Sunday they renewed their commitment to this policy. They have reportedly sent out over one million of these items to villages, homes, and temples across the region.
January 22nd, 2012, the eve of Chinese New Year. Chinese officials in the Tibet Autonomous Region held a ceremony to unveil a portrait of four Communist leaders: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao. They go on to state that they will send these portraits, as well as Communist flags, to villages, homes, and temples in the region.
It's estimated that one million of these items have already been sent.
Chair of the Chinese Social Democratic Party, Liu Yinquan, believes the Chinese Communist Party is trying to use its symbols to replace those of traditional Tibetan Buddhism.
[Liu Yinquan, Chair of Chinese Social Democratic Party]:
"The Communist regime uses its single party rule and its party culture and symbols to slowly eliminate the Buddhist faith. This is in accordance with the religious policy that the Communist Party has always had. The Chinese Communist Party, on the surface, its constitution allows religious freedom, but it is actually changing religion, using religion to strengthen its single party rule, turning religion into a tool for its united front."
In December 2011, authorities in Tibet introduced the "Nine Must-Haves" policy. It dictates nine items that all temples must display or carry portraits of Communist leaders, the Communist flag and a copy of the state-run People's Daily.
[Liu Yinquan, Chair of Chinese Social Democratic Party]:
"Every situation has its specified ornaments, a temple is a place to worship the Buddha. So it should have the Buddhist scriptures, a Buddha statue, it has to have these things that are related to Buddhism. If you bring these other things in, it will make it all messed up."
On the Lunar New Year itself, and just one day after the portrait ceremony, Chinese forces opened fire on Tibetan protesters in a Tibetan region of Sichuan. Recent clashes have left dozens of people wounded, with reports of several deaths.
The Chinese regime will close Tibet from February 20th until March 30th. That's during the Tibetan New Year and the anniversary of the 2008 Tibetan riots, both sensitive dates for the regime.
Ben Hedges
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