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China seems helpless in controlling Tibet stir MIL/NYT, Mar 26, 2008. Shinghai, China: March 26, 2008 - China has claimed that around 700 people who were involved in Tibetan protests and riots in Western China over the past two weeks have surrendered to authorities. It is the worst ethnic Tibetans against China in last 20 years, and that shook their govt. how to control them. New York Times gives the figure of 660 persons. It was unclear from the announcement how many of the 700 had surrendered voluntarily and how many would be formally charged with criminal offenses. Nor was it clear whether all were ethnic Tibetans. The unrest, which began with a March 14 riot in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, has already cast a pall over preparations for the Olympic games in Beijing this summer and energized human rights activists and others who believe China’s rule over the area has been harsh and that Tibet should be an independent state. But Beijing has reacted furiously to the riots and to international criticism of its handling of Tibet, saying the violent uprising was instigated by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader-in-exile, and Tibetan separatists. The government says 19 people were killed and over 600 people were injured in the violence. "This riot was deliberately manipulated by the Dalai Lama clique and our government has taken legal actions to return Lhasa and other places to normality," Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said Wednesday, according to a statement released by the government. "The Dalai Lama is not purely a religious person. For a long time, he wore a religious coat and held the banner of peace while trying to separate China and destroy social stability and national unity." The Tibetan government in exile based in neighboring India, has disputed Beijing’s casualty figures, saying at least 140 people had died in demonstrations in the region. Tibet and neighboring provinces, which have large Tibetan populations, are now under tight military control, with roadblocks and house-to-house searches for suspects under way, but there have been daily reports of protests and sporadic violence in some regions, according to people in the area.
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