| Re: A Prelude to Beijing Olympics -- As Tibet Erupted, China Wavered / NYTimes |
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Group: soc.culture.hongkong · Group Profile
Author: demorisingdemorising Date: Mar 24, 2008 10:59
On Mar 24, 9:56 am, Micky Wong wrote:
> The New York Times
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> March 24, 2008
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> As Tibet Erupted, China Wavered
> By JIM YARDLEY
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> International leaders are alarmed at the continuing violence and have
> called on China to exercise restraint. But domestic opinion is inflamed
> with nationalist anger as state television is repeatedly showing images
> of Tibetans rioting in those early, unfettered hours.
Sectarian violence is raging out of control. It is a virtual civil
war ... like they said Iraq was about a year or two ago.
> Ultimately, the man responsible for public order in Lhasa is Mr. Zhang,
> Tibet's party chief. Mr. Zhang is a protégé of President Hu Jintao,
> whose own political career took flight after he crushed the last major
> rebellion in Tibet in 1989.
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> According to one biographer, Mr. Hu actually made himself unavailable
> during the 1989 riots when the paramilitary police needed guidance on
> whether to crack down. The police did so and Mr. Hu got credit for
> keeping order, but he also assured himself deniability if the crackdown
> had failed, the biographer wrote.
Can Hu Jintao gain control of the country? He does not seem like the
kind of leader who can copy The Surge successfully, but he is trying
to do it.
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