Is the Lhasa riots caused by Han-Tibetan tension?
Facing with the undeniable fact of serious crimes of violence, the Dalai clique therefore claimed that the above tragedy was the outburst of deep resentment against the suppression of Tibetans by Han chauvinism. Let us look at the fact again. During the Lhasa riots on March 14, among 18 innocent people killed by rioters, one is Tibetan girl; among 7 schools set fire by rioters, there are many Tibetan students; not mentioning one Tibetan doctor of the regional People’s Hospital was hurt severely by rebuffling the demand of the mob to hand over a six-year-old Han boy, and one old Tibetan has helped more than 100 people being threatened hide at his home to escape the riots. These obviously cannot be explained by the Han-Tibetan tension. The large majority of Tibetans support the democratic reform policy carried out by the Central Government since 1959, which thanks to the support of the Central Government and people across China, has brought a 12% annual growth rate in the past years that
