I was reading in our local Shanghai newspaper this morning that things have apparently calmed down in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and that things are starting to get better after the riots that occurred last Friday. In fact they are reporting that only 13 people have died as a result of the riots last Friday. That's very interesting because when I go to western websites it appears that the Chinese Media forgot to mention that there have been a string of violent and non-violent protests throughout the world on Chinese Embassies since the Friday riots. It also appears that they forgot to mention that the death toll has been reported as actually being closer to 20 people or as many as 80 people (as reported by some Tibetan news source). Finally, the western news along with the US consulate is reporting that violence is still an issue in that region and the region should be avoided.
Hmmm… so who am I to believe, well I think I would lean towards western media on this one. While news from that region is not easy to get even for the western media, things tend to get stretched to the point of not being true in the Chinese Media. Just something I thought seems to be relevant now that might be of interest to you readers. Now back to filling out brackets.
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