The Tibetan Case: An Occupational Foil
Dry Bones checks out the media’s treatment of the Tibetan protests against Chinese occupation, and — surprise, surprise — it’s not from the same old script about the “Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.”
His survey finds:
The BBC, so quick to inflame the public with condemnations of Israeli actions, reports the suppression of Tibetan protests with this headline and lead paragraph:
China Denies Tibet Death Reports
“Tibet’s governor said the security forces did not use lethal weapons. A senior Chinese official has denied that troops used lethal force to quell protests in Tibet’s main city, Lhasa.
Qiangba Puncog, the Tibetan regional governor, insisted calm was returning to Lhasa, as a deadline for protesters to hand themselves in approached.” –more
Reuters News Agency’s headline and lead paragraph read:
China Says Using Restraint to Quell Tibet Unrest
“BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday it had shown great restraint in the face of violent protests by Tibetans, which it said were orchestrated by followers of the Dalai Lama seeking to wreck the Beijing Olympics in August.” –more
And Al Jazeera, in today’s coverage calmly explains Chinese settlements and the movement of massive numbers of Chinese settlers into the occupied territory of Tibet this way:
“For several years government economic subsidies have brought an influx of Chinese migrants, under a policy groups like The Free Tibet Campaign group say is part of an increasingly successful ploy to make Tibetans the minority people in many areas of Tibet.” –more
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