Wednesday, March 19, 2008

China tightens grip on Tibetan areas

Things are going downhill here, and fast.

BEIJING
Soldiers and police tightened their hold on Tibetan areas Wednesday in a clampdown on scattered protests against the Beijing government, which insisted that the unrest would not deter plans to take the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest.
Chinese officials launched new broadsides at the Dalai Lama Wednesday, describing Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader as a "wolf" and "devil."