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Tibet protest spoils Chinese show
Tibet protest spoils Chinese show
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2008
By:
Lindsey Hilsum
Monks protest as foreign journalists are shown around the Jokhang Temple in the capital Lhasa, one of Tibet's holiest shrines.
It was meant to be a staged visit to show invited reporters that order had returned to Tibet.
Instead a group of thirty Buddhist Monks embarrassed the Chinese government by holding a protest to claim there was no religious freedom in the country and that the Dalai Lama was not to blame for the recent violence.
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