Tibetan Intifada? - American Footprints

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:45 PM EDT

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Tibetan regions of the People's Republic of China are experiencing a level of unrest that hasn't been seen for twenty years.

Anti-China and/or pro-independence demonstrations have occurred far beyond Lhasa and the Tibet Autonomous Region. Thousands of monks have reportedly demonstrated at the Labrang Monastery, a major Yellow Hat temple in the Amdo Tibetan ethnic region, a.k.a. Gansu, not too far from Lanzhou.

This is a major public order crisis for the People's Republic of China. The genie of Tibetan insurrection has to get put back in the bottle before dissidents get emboldened and the PRC's rule over a quarter of its landmass starts to look less like occupation and more like counterinsurgency.

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The Tibetan People's Uprising Movement is a global movement of Tibetans inside and outside of Tibet taking control of our political destiny by engaging in direct action to end China's illegal and brutal occupation of our country. Through unified and strategic campaigns we will seize the Olympic spotlight and shine it on China's shameful repression inside Tibet, thereby denying China the international acceptance and approval it so fervently desires.[emph. added]

We call on Tibetans inside Tibet to continue to fight Chinese domination and we pledge our unwavering support for your continued courageous resistance.

I was just wondering if there is a world that exists beyond US presidential elections......

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