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Beijing evicts foreigners, sends in paramilitaries to quell dissent

GEOFFREY YORK

March 20, 2008

BEIJING -- China struggled to regain control of its Tibetan regions
yesterday, evicting all foreigners and sending in paramilitary forces to
crush the huge protests that have been sweeping across the mountainous
area for more than a week.

Chinese leaders launched a fresh volley of verbal attacks on the Dalai
Lama, with the Communist Party chief in Tibet, Zhang Qingli, telling his
officials yesterday that "the Dalai is a jackal in Buddhist monk's
robes, an evil spirit with a human face and the heart of a beast."

"We are engaged in a fierce battle of blood and fire with the Dalai
clique, a life-and-death struggle between the foe and us," he said,
according to a Chinese news agency.