Tibet is seeing a quiet but steady surge of protest against Chinese occupation. Just this week, protesters took to the streets, but were instantly repelled by Chinese forces in the occupied city of Biru.
Chinese authorities fired on the protesters, injuring 60. This latest reaction from China signifies a continuous intention from the central Chinese government to disallow any form of protest on the occupied soil.
The protest began with the aim of requesting freedom for a fellow protester who had refused to hoist the Chinese flag, as he was ordered to do, and beaten and imprisoned for his act of rebellion.
The man, like many others in Tibet, are forced to fly the Chinese flag above their home when the Chinese military orders the commemoration of some important Chinese date.
The Chinese government has been trying for decades to quell any dissent in occupied Tibet, and is allowing more and more Han Chinese to settle there, in the hopes that eventually, the distinct ethnicity and culture of the Tibetans will be erased.
As the unrest has grown in recent months, so has the force of the Chinese repression, Human Rights monitors have said.
Asked by such right groups, a Chinese official in Tibet declared that there was no protest and no one was injured, continuing a culture of denial aimed at curbing any outside interferences into China's 'affairs'.
In the neighboring province of Sichuan, protesters were also fired upon during the celebration of the Dalai Lama's 78th birthday.
120 people have set themselves on fire since 2009, in acts of self immolation aimed at bringing attention to the plight of the occupied Tibetans.
But the truth in Tibet, is that China's central authorities have implemented a program of cultural and ethnic washout, which includes repression of buddhist religious figures and faithful alike, and cultural erosion.
Bejing for its part, claims that the increased Chinese presence is instead part of a benevolent program to better the conditions in Tibet through development and investment.
Partial Source : France 24/ 10.09.13
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