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Airbornelawyer
03-04-2008, 10:04
Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2008

http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/China_Military_Report_08.pdf

Dad
03-04-2008, 13:23
It would be interesting to know how much of their technology came from us. Remember Johnny Chung?

echoes
03-20-2008, 16:04
Cannot fathom what those people must feel. I have only a limited knowledge of the history of Chinese rule of Tibet.
It seems very sad, IMHO.


China Sends 80 Truckloads of Troop Reinforcements Toward Tibet
Thursday, March 20, 2008

BEIJING — China sent additional troops into restive areas and made more arrests in the Tibetan capital Lhasa in an effort to suppress anti-government protests even as the Dalai Lama offered face-to-face negotiations with Chinese leaders.

Government officials acknowledged for the first time that protests against Chinese rule of Tibet have spread to Tibetan communities in other provinces after sweeping through Lhasa last week. It is one of the broadest challenges to Chinese rule in years.

Hundreds of paramilitary police aboard at least 80 trucks traveled along the main road winding through the mountains into southeastern Tibet. Others set up camp and patrolled in riot gear, helmets and, for a few, rifles in the area above Tiger Leaping Gorge, a tourist attraction that usually sees little unrest.

Such scenes were repeated across far-flung towns and villages in Tibetan areas of adjacent provinces to reassert control as sporadic demonstrations continued to flare. Foreigners were barred from traveling there and tour groups were banned from Tibet, isolating a region about four times the size of France.

for more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339808,00.html