Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: China Tightens Grip as Tibet Revolt Hits 50-Year Mark

Monday, 16 March 2009

China Tightens Grip as Tibet Revolt Hits 50-Year Mark

XINING, China -- First came the armed checkpoints. Next, China Mobile sent word to customers in Tibet that text messaging would be interrupted for nearly two months. By Tuesday, police armed with guns containing rubber bullets stopped buses traveling to the capital of a Tibetan prefecture in Qinghai... 
(By Maureen Fan, The Washington Post)