On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:01:02 -0700 (PDT), "ltlee1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<ltlee1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3566647.ece
>
>"Soldiers began house-to-house searches, checking all identification
>papers, residents said. Anyone unable to show an identity card and a
>household registration permitting residence in Lhasa was being taken
>away.
>
>They described people laying out all their papers on a table in their
>homes. One said: "The soldiers come in and check that the number of
>people in each house equals the number of identity cards. Anyone extra
>may be taken away."
>
>At government offices and work units, leaders were required to do a
>roll call of all employees and to account for anyone missing, as the
>authorities tried to track down those involved in the violence.
>
>A notice from the Lhasa Municipal Procuratorate said: "Criminals who
>do not surrender by the deadline will be treated severely in
>accordance with the law." "
China's 1.3 billions are 90 per cent Han and Tibetans are a
micro-minority. No problemo.
Interesting. I looked up the National Geographic's Atlas of China
(ed. 2008) and Lhasa comes up with a population of 122,300. Pshaw,
that barely fills a football stadium (avg 140,000 seats.) Currently
the Tibet authorities are conducting a house to house search for
rioters. Its a much smaller and easier job than I first imagined.
Lhasa is a small town in the middle of a rock pile. There is nowhere
to hide, no where to run.
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