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Tibet Riot Documentary (pictures and video of riot and aftermath)
CCTV9 ^ | March 19,2008 | News

Posted on 03/20/2008 1:42:54 PM PDT by BJungNan

From three o'clock in the afternoon onward, the mob moved along Yutuo Road, Beijing East Road, and Duosenge Road, smashing businesses and setting fires.

They stormed into shops, hospitals and news agencies. Nearby public facilities, transportation and electric power lines were damaged.

Seven banks operating within the area failed to escape the mob. Rioters smashed ten ATM machines to pieces leaving those branches in a complete mess.

Rioters set fires in the areas around the Jokhong Temple, Ramoche Temple and the Chomsigkang Market. In the city centre, fires started in the Si Fang supermarket, Lan Dun Plaza and Wen Zhou Plaza.

Rioters even attacked schools, setting Lhasa's Number 2 Middle School on fire. The smoke from these fires covered the city.

When firefighters arrived, two of their fire trucks were torched and four firefighters were injured.

(Excerpt) Read more at cctv.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008olympics; boycottolympics; china; olympics; riots; tibet

1 posted on 03/20/2008 1:42:55 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan

For those not in the know, CCTV is the Chinese central government’s TV network. All broadcasts are vetted by the Propaganda Ministry. In combination with the superiority complex and the feelings of entitlement of Han Chinese, the closest analogue is Nazi Germany’s propaganda broadcasts.


2 posted on 03/20/2008 2:48:53 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
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To: BJungNan

posted on Drudge

3 posted on 03/20/2008 2:53:10 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

Kewl, they’ve got sleds.


4 posted on 03/20/2008 3:32:03 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: rawhide

Great picture isn’t it. I’m sure the soldiers are feeling important knowing they are there to protect that little life and stop the protestors from killing anyone else.


5 posted on 03/20/2008 11:13:46 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: Zhang Fei

What in the article do you disagree with or find to be propoganda. Seems to me you are throwing propoganda yourself.

I suppose we would all be better informed if the article has been a link to a CBS news story.


6 posted on 03/20/2008 11:15:36 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: BJungNan

We would all be better informed if the Chinese hadn’t thrown all foreign reporters out of Tibet and counties of China with large populations of Tibetans. In the U.S. that is known as a news blackout. A phenomenon of totalitarian states.


7 posted on 03/21/2008 1:38:23 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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