... March 24, 2008 As Tibet Erupted, China Wavered By JIM YARDLEY International leaders are alarmed at the continuing violence and have called on China to exercise restraint. But domestic opinion is ... public order in Lhasa is Mr. Zhang, Tibet's party chief. Mr. Zhang is a ... he crushed the last major rebellion in Tibet in 1989. According to one biographer, ...

..., 2008 As Tibet Erupted, China Wavered By JIM YARDLEY BEIJING ― In the chaotic hours after Lhasa erupted March 14, Tibetans rampaged through the...ramifications of a confrontation before the Beijing Olympics in August, told the ... a public relations problem for Beijing. It has unleashed widespread Tibetan ... peaceful demonstrations. James Miles, a Beijing-based reporter for The Economist ...

...provided by the Beijing Olympics to make breakthroughs in the "Tibet cause", ... "awaken resistance among people in Tibet and attract high-profile international ...and this incident is just the prelude of this year's fight." ... inhabited by Tibetan people inside China. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE From Feb. 15 to... and caused 382 injuries, unrest erupted in other Tibetan-inhabited regions ...

...provided by the Beijing Olympics to make breakthroughs in the "Tibet cause", ... "awaken resistance among people in Tibet and attract high-profile international attention...and this incident is just the prelude of this year's fight." ...regions inhabited by Tibetan people inside China. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE From Feb. 15 ... and caused 382 injuries, unrest erupted in other Tibetan-inhabited regions ...