News of Protests Is Hard to Find In China -- in Media or Online
By LORETTA CHAOMarch 18, 2008; Page A8
BEIJING -- From people stranded by snowstorms to the extramarital affairs of television anchors, news travels quickly in China, although that hasn't been the case for the recent Tibetan antigovernment protests.
State-run coverage of the protests has been sparse. While China Central Television, China's national broadcaster, has run footage from the riots of people taking to the streets and overturning cars, it only showed Tibetans attacking ethnic Han-Chinese interests. It didn't show the armed police who have stopped the protests in Lhasa.
By LORETTA CHAOMarch 18, 2008; Page A8
BEIJING -- From people stranded by snowstorms to the extramarital affairs of television anchors, news travels quickly in China, although that hasn't been the case for the recent Tibetan antigovernment protests.
State-run coverage of the protests has been sparse. While China Central Television, China's national broadcaster, has run footage from the riots of people taking to the streets and overturning cars, it only showed Tibetans attacking ethnic Han-Chinese interests. It didn't show the armed police who have stopped the protests in Lhasa.
