Algumas noticias rapidinhas aqui da China …
O presidente chines Hu Jintao e seus comparsas, ops, quer dizer, seus "companheiros" (hehehe) foi reeleito para mais um mandato de cinco anos. Ele, o primeiro-ministro, Wen Jiabao, e varios outros, continuarao no poder neste pais de partido unico, onde eles elegem (ou, no caso, reelegem) eles mesmos e quem mais eles quiserem …
O presidente chines Hu Jintao (*)
Mas eu tenho certeza que aih no "west side" ninguem nem ouviu falar sobre este assunto, jah que a noticia do "east" que estah na boca do povo neste momento sao os conflitos na regiao do Tibete e que, parece, andam se espalhando para outras regioes onde existem tibetanos. Mas, como voces sabem, as noticias que chegam aqui sao totalmente deturpadas pelo governo, e o que eu fico sabendo, leio em sites de noticias brasileiros (porque a BBC e a CNN, parece-me, estao bloqueados). Soh pra dar uma ideia de como as historias chegam, segue abaixo a ultima noticia que peguei do Shanghai Daily:
"13 killed in ‘brutal’ riots, says Tibet chief
2008-3-18
THE riots in Lhasa last Friday caused heavy loss of life and property and seriously disturbed social order, the head of the regional government said yesterday.
Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the government of Tibet Autonomous Region, told a news briefing in Beijing that rioters in Lhasa set fires at more than 300 locations, including homes and 214 shops, and smashed and burned 56 vehicles.
Thirteen civilians were burned or stabbed to death, he said, citing two cases of what he described as brutality.
In one case, a civilian was reportedly doused with gasoline by rioters and burned to death. In another case, rioters beat a patrol policeman unconscious and then cut a piece of flesh from his buttocks.
Sixty-one members of the armed police, who were instructed not to use force, were also injured, including six who were critically ill.
The unrest was organized and premeditated by the Dalai Lama clique, he said.
In the past week, more than 300 monks from the Zhaibung monastery had ventured into downtown Lhasa.
The monks, who were supposedly adherents of peace, were aggressive and flagrantly confrontational with the security forces.
In the Sera monastery, 10 monks held up flags of the so-called Tibetan exile government and shouted "Tibetan independence." In the ensuing days, some monks chanted independence slogans and challenged officers who were maintaining order, he said.
Police said three monks in the Zhaibung monastery cut their bodies with knives, took pictures of each other and blamed others for their self-inflicted injuries in an attempt to create sensation.
Rioters on Friday set off a destructive rampage, setting fire to buildings, police cars and private vehicles and looting banks, schools and shops, police said.
Qiangba said most of Friday’s violence took place in the commercial streets of Bargor, Linkuo, Sera and the Ngaqen Road, Second Ring Road and Beijing Middle Road in the downtown area of Lhasa.
The No. 2 Lhasa Middle School, the Haicheng Primary School and the Chomsigkang Market were targeted by rioters, who smashed, stoned, looted and committed arson, he said.
Vandals attacked a branch of the Bank of China, outlets of China Mobile, the Lhasa branch of Xinhua news agency, the office of the Tibet Daily newspaper and several government offices.
Teachers said schools resumed normal operation yesterday in Lhasa, as the city gradually returned to normal.
Yesterday was a normal workday for Liu Yan, a teacher with the University of Tibet, who said all his students attended the morning class.
A vice principal surnamed Wang at the Jipenggang Primary School said he was pleased to see all 100 teachers arrived at school about 7:30am and most of the 1,500 students, accompanied by their parents, came to campus an hour later.
"All our teachers and students came to school, except a dozen students who could not attend because some roads damaged by the rioters are yet to be cleared," he said.
Wang Mu, a student who was driven by his father to the Lhasa No. 8 Middle School, said: "I was a bit scared coming to school, for I watched the rioters on TV. It’s so dreadful."
Wang Haobo, headmaster of the No. 8 Middle School, said: "Our school opened as usual with normal operations resumed."
The local civil affairs bureau said yesterday the Lhasa aid center has helped 49 business men and women who lost their shops and became homeless during the riots on Friday by providing free meals, train tickets and medical treatment.
A bureau official said the victims could get free tickets home after they obtained a letter from the security bureau.
For those who want to stay in Lhasa, the center will provide free accommodation, food and clothing, he said.
Xinhua "
(*) Foto tirada do site do Shanghai Daily
