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Tibet Riot Documentary

This is a blow by blow account of the riot in Lhasa
and shows that the supporters of the so-called Free
Tibetan movement were the perpetrators of gruesome
violence.

Pictures at:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6378050.html

The riots in Lhasa last Friday are the most serious
incident in the region for decades. Local residents
are still reeling from the aftershock, even as they
try to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. In
the following documentary, we look back at the events
to see how they've impacted the people in Tibet.

11 a.m., March 14

(Ramoche Temple, Lhasa) At eleven o'clock on the
morning of March 14th, rioters gathered at the Ramoche
Temple. On the temple roof, about a dozen monks stood
and threw stones at police.

2 p.m., March 14

The situation escalated in the afternoon as more
rioters gathered at the Ramoche Temple. Others, some
armed with knives, began to arrive from the streets in
downtown Lhasa. As the riot intensified, a group of
people tipped over a police wagon, and then flipped a
nearby car.

An amateur cameraman recorded the scene as members of
the mob stopped a motorcycle on the road and
bludgeoned the rider's head with rocks. As the
violence intensified, some people caught up in the
riot suffered severe injuries. This innocent man was
blinded in the right eye, and his left ear was cut
off.

An amateur cameraman recorded the scene as members of
the mob stopped a motorcycle on the road and
bludgeoned the rider's head with rocks.

3 p.m., March 14

From three o'clock in the afternoon onward, the mob
moved along Yutuo Road, Beijing East Road, and
Duosenge Road, smashing businesses and setting fires.

They stormed into shops, hospitals and news agencies.
Nearby public facilities, transportation and electric
power lines were damaged.

Seven banks operating within the area failed to escape
the mob. Rioters smashed ten ATM machines to pieces
leaving those branches in a complete mess.

Rioters set fires in the areas around the Jokhong
Temple, Ramoche Temple and the Chomsigkang Market. In
the city centre, fires started in the Si Fang
supermarket, Lan Dun Plaza and Wen Zhou Plaza.

Rioters even attacked schools, setting Lhasa's Number
2 Middle School on fire. The smoke from these fires
covered the city.

When firefighters arrived, two of their fire trucks
were torched and four firefighters were injured.

13 innocent civilians were burned or stabbed to death
in the riots. 56 cars were damaged or burned. Dozens
of public security officers and scores of armed police
were injured, 10 in serious condition. Rioters have
set fire to over 300 sites, and burned down over 200
residential houses and shops.

After the riots began, Party and government officials
of the Tibet Autonomous Region reacted quickly. They
deployed the police to disperse the violence, and
firefighters to put out the fire and evacuate those
trapped inside burning buildings. The wounded were
rushed to hospital for treatment.

Local authorities say more than 580 people have been
rescued by the armed police, including three Japanese
tourists, as well as teachers and students in a
primary school and a middle school. There wereno
foreigners among the casualties.

China's public security and armed police have exerted
the highest restraint.

In their handling of the incident, China's public
security and armed police have exerted the highest
restraint. They did not use any deadly weapons, not
even when their own lives were threatened. Some riot
police were cornered and beaten. Others were stoned.
Armed police on duty outside the gate of the Romache
Temple were surrounded and attacked by rioters. None
of them fired on their attackers.

One day after the riots, vehicles were restricted from
entering the city's main roads. But the streets were
still littered with roll-over cars, burned motorbikes
and bicycles, and smoldering reminder of from violence
from the day before.

Local officials in Tibet say there is plenty of
evidence to prove that the incident was masterminded
by the Dalai clique.

Baema Chilain, vice chairman of government of Tibet
autonomous region, said "The Dalai clique used various
means to contact and issue orders to their
co-conspirators in Tibet. They also resorted to all
sorts of tricks to stir up trouble among the people,
hiding the truth from them. All this shows that the
Dalai clique has never stopped its efforts to disrupt
national unity and seek Tibet independence."

"I am outraged!" a Lhasa resident said.

"My heart is very heavy. A small group of
secessionists has unleased great violence on Lhasa.
They've destroyed our happy life. We can't go to work.
Our children can't go to school." another resident
said.

"If there should be similar incidents in the future,
we will definitely be against them. It's absolutely
necessary to punish the culprits in accordance with
the law. This is for the interests of the people, for
social stability, and for national unity."

Many places were attacked and burned down to the
ground. The Youth Road in the downtown area suffered
the most.

Businessman Peng Xiaobo said "After an explosion,
heavy smoke was everywhere. My uncle was over there
with the woolen blanket -- he jumped down from the
second floor. Then he urged us to jump, too. He said,
'Don't worry about the money. Life is more important.'
The explosion shattered all the glasses, and heavy
smoke covered up everything."

Peng Xiaobo's four shops were all set on fire. His
family had to jump down from the second floor in order
to escape. His wife hurt her back during the jump. But
the worst was yet to come.

Peng said "I had a younger sister. She just had her
18th birthday in December. She didn't dare to jump
from such a height. She tried to find another way to
escape, but the stairs under her collapsed. She fell
through to the first floor and was burned to death."

18-year-old Chen Jia came from the southwestern
province of Sichuan. Last Friday, the clothing store
in Lhasa, where she and five other girls worked, was
targeted by rioters. The door of the store was
destroyed. Trapped inside, the six girls were forced
to flee to the second floor.

In shock, Chen Jia sent a text message to her father,
saying, 'Father, the rioters here are very brutal.
We're hiding in the store and don't dare to leave.
Don't worry about me. You tell Mother and Sister not
to go out.' Several minutes later, the store was set
on fire. Five of the girls were burned to death. The
tragedy broke Chen Jia's father's heart. He said "My
daughter was so girlish. We all loved her."

Chen Jia, Cering Zhuoga from Xigaze, Yang Dongmei and
Liu Yan from Sichuan, and Han Xinxin from Henan were
also burn to death. Zhuoma was left shocked at being
the only survivor. Days after the violence, Zhuoma
still can't accept that her friends are no longer
here.

She said "I never thought about that. We were happy
together that morning, but it suddenly changed hours
later. I can't believe it, I can't accept the truth
that they have left me. I want to ask the rioters why
they did it. I really can't understand why the rioters
killed innocent civilians...why they killed our
sisters. We're just employees, we don't have much
money. If they wanted money, why did they rob us of
our lives?"

Violence in Lhasa broke out on March 14th, and took a
heavy toll in innocent lives and property.
Businessman, Wu Guanglin, can't forget what he and his
son suffered that day. Rioters targeted him and his
six-year-old son. They stamped on the little boy's
chest, sending him into shock.

Businessman Wu Guanglin said "I searched all over for
him, at last I saw my son was lying on the ground
without clothes and shoes."

Wu Guanglin stopped an ambulance, and doctors gave his
son first aid. But the ambulance was targeted shortly
after driving off. He said "My son's only six years
old. I really feel sad. The rioters even beat the
doctors with stone and sticks. The doctors directed me
to cover my son with my body, the rioters even
destroyed the face guard. I was really sad. My son was
in serious condition for two days after the incident.
I went to hospital twice to thank doctor Lobsang, but
he told me that was his duty."

Wu Guanglin says he will always remember the Tibetan
doctor, Cering Lobsang, who risked his life to rescue
the boy. Lobsang is still recovering from his wounds
at Lhasa People's Hospital.

Tibetan doctor Cering Lobsang said "We picked up the
Wus on our way back. The boy wasn't breathing, and had
no heart beat. The rioters stopped us. We told them we
are medical workers, but they didn't care. They
targeted the ambulance, and beat us."

Local authorities took control of the situation
shortly after the violence broke out. They also took
effective measures to restore peace and order. Local
residents also volunteered clear away debris and clean
up the streets.

Vice chairman of Tibet autonomous region Dorje Cering
said "We are working to gather enough materials for
people's basic needs. Tibet is at such a special
moment. We have to guarantee that every citizen lives
a stable life here in Lhasa. At the same time, we're
working hard to arrest those behind the violence as
soon as possible."

By Wednesday, more than 150 rioters had turned
themselves in to police, and handed over what they had
looted.

In downtown Lhasa, the shells of stores and homes can
be seen everywhere. But as people start putting things
back together, the city is on the way back to normal.

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And a plague (if there could be one - on this, see
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Chinese revisionists too. But clearly, this attack against the people
(intended also to hit those other and rivaling reactionaries) was
indeed instigated and organized, above all, by the US imperialists.

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