03-18-2008, 07:14 AM
I heard Louisa Lim's report on NPR/democracy now radio (cant remember which)
She said she was told to leave (from Lhasa, I am assuming, I tuned in mid-way) and her driver was told to take her to the airport of consequences would follow. Police/Army made sure of this by escorting her car for 60 miles, and for 200 miles after that her car was trailed by a black car (sic). After which she came to the airport (and headed to Beijing, if I remember correctly).
She said lots of people cannot talk freely because they have literally been frightened into silence.
Then the program said that the PRC says Dalai Lama wants independence and therefore should be stopped. Dalai Lama himself always says he wants just autonomy. And the PRC knows this, but they keep repeating that he wants independence, and so he is to be stopped. So DL is made to keep repeating that he does not want independence, and that is causing splits within the Tibet movement. Chinese know this and want this. They are waiting for DL to die.
PRC says current violence has been ordered by DL. They say they have evidence and will release it if things get worse. DL is telling journos to investigate for themselves whether he ordered violence.
She said she was told to leave (from Lhasa, I am assuming, I tuned in mid-way) and her driver was told to take her to the airport of consequences would follow. Police/Army made sure of this by escorting her car for 60 miles, and for 200 miles after that her car was trailed by a black car (sic). After which she came to the airport (and headed to Beijing, if I remember correctly).
She said lots of people cannot talk freely because they have literally been frightened into silence.
Then the program said that the PRC says Dalai Lama wants independence and therefore should be stopped. Dalai Lama himself always says he wants just autonomy. And the PRC knows this, but they keep repeating that he wants independence, and so he is to be stopped. So DL is made to keep repeating that he does not want independence, and that is causing splits within the Tibet movement. Chinese know this and want this. They are waiting for DL to die.
PRC says current violence has been ordered by DL. They say they have evidence and will release it if things get worse. DL is telling journos to investigate for themselves whether he ordered violence.