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 ...
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.
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Kewl, they’ve got sleds.
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.
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.
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.
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