Kirstie Stofanik
3-20-09
10:22 p.m
On Monday authorities closed the last window into a restive Tibetan region to tighten its security. Beijing is trying to prevent trouble around March 10 which marks the start of the 1959 abortive Tibetan revolt against Chinese rule. Last year a supposed peaceful commemoration by monks in Lhasa, Tibet’s regional capital erupted into an anti-Chinese rioting four days later and spread to surrounding provinces. This year chains of police checkpoints confront travelers to ethnically Tibetan areas and convoys of armored cars and sandbagged sentry posts have turned remote regions into what seems to be and armed camp. Local governments in Tibetan areas have ordered foreign tourists out and have also forced many foreign journalists out as well. They believe that there will not be large-scale protests because the security situation in areas in Tibetan populations is very tight.
I feel that the government is making the right decision by preparing for the worst. They do not have visions to completely stop all protests but to simple prevent large scale ones. They were also very smart to push out foreign tourists in case of future violence. The entire idea of prevention and the way they are going about it seems to be the right one.
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