Posts Tagged ‘kangding

05
May
08

#24.1

Two videos from RFA Unplugged (via the RFA Mandarin service):


This report was filed for RFA’s Mandarin service, at considerable risk to the reporter, Wei Si:

It’s a journey of about 400 kilometres along highway from Kangding to Ganzi, in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. The road is liberally dotted with Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples.

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This is a continuation of an RFA Mandarin service report from Wei Si:

The monks in the lamasery in Daofu county, Sichuan province, also tell us that a group of reporters arrived a few days ago, but were turned away by Chinese security forces who were guarding the gates. Such incidents have become commonplace since the Tibetan anti-Chinese protests which began on March the 14th in Lhasa, they say.
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20
Mar
08

#6.2

From Kangding:

A public notice warning residents against taking part in 'separatist activities' is seen stuck to a wall in the main square of the city of Kangding, located around 400 km (250 miles) west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province March 20, 2008. REUTERS/Gray

In Kangding, a heavily Tibetan town in western Sichuan province, next to Tibet, roads were crowded with troops who blocked most travel. Notices on walls warned locals not to protest and to stay away from the “Dalai clique”.

“Resolutely protect the unity of the motherland, protect unity among ethnic groups,” declared one red banner. source

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19
Mar
08

#5.3

Heavy security presence in Kangding (in Sichuan, 400km west of Chengdu) as these photos from Reuters (David Gray) show:

Local residents watch as Chinese riot police march through the city of Kangding, west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, March 17, 2008.

Chinese soldiers with riot shields sit in the back of an army truck as they pass through the city of Kangding, located around 400 kilometres (250 miles) west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province March 18, 2008

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