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Headlines : GovernmentChina tries to gag climbers who saw Tibet killings
Fears for the safety of Western climbers still in Tibet and worries that China will clamp down on profitable climbing operations – it costs up to £30,000 for an attempt on Everest – have meant that news of the incident has been slow to emerge. An American climber, who asked not to be identified, told of his revulsion at the failure of other climbers to speak out.
“Did it make anyone turn away and go home? Not one,” he said. “People are climbing right in front of you to escape persecution while you are trying to climb a mountain. It’s insane.”
[Posted By Ryz]Republished from Independent UK
Chinese diplomats in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu are tracking down and trying to silence hundreds of Western climbers and Sherpas who witnessed the killing of Tibetan refugees on the Nangpa La mountain pass last week.
This ominous development comes as fears grow for the safety of a group of Tibetan children, aged between six and 10, who were marched away after at least two refugees including a nun, were shot dead.
The children were being sent by their parents into exile in Nepal to be educated as part of a group of about 70 refugees crossing the Nangpa Pass. Secretive crossings are usually made at night or in winter. But this time – probably because of the children in their group – the Tibetans crossed in the morning. They were travelling lightly, clad in jackets and boots without any mountaineering equipment, when they were attacked.
The nun who was killed, Kelsang Namtso, 17, was leading the children. A 13-year-old boy was also gunned down during 15 minutes of shooting witnessed by Western climbers, including two British policemen, 1,000 yards away at Cho Oyu camp.
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Posted by Judy on Thursday, October 5th 2006
What does China have to lose by protecting the Tibetians rather then offing them?
face. Tibetians don’t hate China and they love being a part of the Chinese world. Why are they leaving their country dammit?
How are they tracking down witnesses and what is being told to them?
Hey Yank Bastard, fix your house first before criticizing China. They dont have the constitution like here, and they never committed war crimes like white phosphorus and napalm and they never got the Bibble and Jesus like you who preached the other cheek, yet you are pedophile conservatives and Repuglican war criminals.
wow… that was a rational response. Good job Thermate! Keep up the good work!
Nice font though
Bibble
Knowing nothing about this incident, just reading the story above, my impression of this article is that China may be a victim of propaganda, or put another way, factus rearrangus. Tons of assertions, yet not a clear description of where the information is coming from.
therite is what you call, a forum vandal. His large colorful fonts are his attempt to spraypaint the forum.
If I ever were to write something really dumb and regret it, I can always turn to a thermite post to console myself. It could be worse, I would tell myself, I could be trapped in his mind and compelled to twaddle incoherent messages from my brain to my fingers onto my keyboard and out to the forum.