Communists Admit Shooting Protesters Dead

Chinese state media has admitted police shot dead four protesters "in self-defence" in a Tibetan area of southwestern Sichuan province. Government authorities have geared up suppression of Tibetan anti-government protesters, sending more troops into restive areas and making more arrests in Lhasa. Hundreds of paramilitary police aboard at least 80 trucks were seen driving along the main road through the mountains into southeastern Tibet. Read more...

Posted by Editor at March 21, 2008 02:13 PM