Tibet witnesses describe 'mayhem everywhere' - Los Angeles Times

リンク: Tibet witnesses describe 'mayhem everywhere' - Los Angeles Times.
Authorities blamed the violence on a "small clique" of Dalai Lama supporters who the government says instigated chaos to steal China's Olympic thunder. The Nobel laureate, who fled Tibet in 1959 following a failed uprising and runs an exile government in India, has denied any role in inciting the violence.

China's critics blame the unrest and the underlying ethnic tension on what they call the Communist regime's long-standing policy of cultural and economic strangulation, which they say has pushed Tibetans to the breaking point.

"Although we have seen years of investment in Tibet, the vast majority of Tibetans are severely disadvantaged both socially and economically by inadequate education and health care so that they cannot compete with the growing number of Chinese migrants coming in," said Kate Saunders, communications director for the London-based International Campaign for Tibet.