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TIBET AT A TURNING POINT: THE SPRING UPRISING AND CHINA’S NEW CRACKDOWN base of the Tibetan government in exile] is very quiet, many see no possibility of a normal life under the current situation. Some lamas and monks are consoling their fellows saying that they will soon hear some fresh message from Dharamsala. But the fear that the situation will get worse after the Beijing Olympics is widespread.” Pamphlets and ad hoc protests The posting of pamphlets expressing political demands or sentiments was reported in Yushu in Qinghai on March 9, Labrang in Gansu and Kardze and Peyul in Sichuan on March 10, and in Lithang (Yuru), and Kardze in Sichuan on March 16. Officials arrived at Lithang monastery in April and the atmosphere is said to continue to be oppressive. At Tse-nyi monastery, a branch of Lithang, monks reportedly refused to be photographed holding a Chinese flag in one hand, according to a report by the Tibetan government in exile on April 23. The posting or dissemination of pamphlets was also reported in the following places: Tawu (Lhagang) in Sichaun on March 17, Pashoe (Tsawa) in the TAR on March 28, Jomda (Sibda) in the TAR on March 29, and Gyeltang and Sog in the TAR sometime in April. Local security forces responded with searches, intimidation and arrests. Examples of symbolic protests by individuals or small groups include suicides at Sershul (Woenpo) in Sichuan on April 4, Meldro Gungkar (Cholungy) in the TAR on April 12, and slogan shouting in the following places: Sog in the TAR on May 9, Drango in Sichuan on May 12, and Ruthog in Ngari prefecture in the TAR in early April. 1 ‘Tibetan Questions,’ Tsering Shakya, New Left Review 51, May-June 2008. 2 From the early 2000s onwards, the Party initiated a multi-pronged counterattack against internet communication. Cyber-divisions were set up by the Party in police departments in every city, and according to veteran China analyst Willy Wo Lap Lam, the strength of cyber-police nationwide was estimated at more than 50,000. Beijing’s control over the internet is assisted by the fact that at least officially, all Chinese internet users have to register with the government and use officially approved or government-run internet service providers. A study by the Harvard Law School in 2002 found that China had the most extensive internet censorship in the world, and the sophistication of these operations has increased dramatically since then. 3 See also: ‘Tibetans in monasteries under crackdown hold prayer ceremonies for earthquake victims: message of reconciliation from monastery under repression,’ ICT, May 21, 2008, www.savetibet.org. 4 Just as rail connections to Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang (XUAR) in the 1950s brought an influx of Chinese settlers, overwhelming the indigenous population in certain areas, the same is happening in Tibet, marginalising the Tibetan population still further. A full account of the impact on Tibetans is given in ICT’s report, ‘Tracking the Steel Dragon: How China’s economic policies and the railway are transforming Tibet’, published a month before the March uprising and available for downloading at www.savetibet.org. 38
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TIBET 5 See also: ‘Eight Tibetans killed in Kardze: new phase in protests in Tibet,’ ICT, April 4, 2008, www.savetibet.org. 6 Updates on the protests which appeared on Woeser’s blog can be read in translation at: www.chinadigitaltimes.net. 7 ‘China launches renewed "Patriotic Education" Campaign across all sections in Tibet,’ TCHRD, April 24, 2008, www.tchrd.org. 8 ‘China arrests 55 nuns of Pang-ri Nunnery for protesting,’ TCHRD, May 17, 2008, www.tchrd.org. 9 ‘A new phase of defiance: Nuns of Tawu County hold prayer session for those killed in recent crackdown,’ TCHRD, April 4, 2008, www.tchrd.org. 10 ‘Tibetans, Chinese Police Clash at Festival,’ RFA. February 22, 2008, www.rfa.org. 11 ‘Protests continue in eastern Tibet,’ ICT, March 20, 2008. www.savetibet.org. 39
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