http://www.newscloud.com/section/monks Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:57:13 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/Tibetan_monks_surrounded_by_Chinese_troops Chinese troops fired tear gas at Tibetan monks protesting Chinese occupation of Tibet and later surrounded their monasteries. Is the growing spotlight on Tibetan independence a positive result of granting the Olympics to China or has this been a major mistake? Perhaps you've read about athlete's worrying about air pollution at the games, the U.S. importing their own meat to avoid the steroids laden in Chinese food, China's alleged mistreatment of migrant workers working on Olympic sites and its efforts at building a road to Everest base camp for the torch relay. ]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Hundreds_of_monks_protest_in_Tibet Hundreds of Tibetan monks have taken to the streets of Lhasa in the biggest protest against communist rule in almost two decades, it emerged today. The show of defiance - which took place on the anniversary of a failed anti-Chinese uprising in 1959 - raised tensions in the Himalayan region, as the world spotlight shifts to Beijing's often harsh rule ahead of the Olympics.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Chinese_Police_Fire_Tear_Gas_at_Tibetan_Monks Chinese police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of Buddhist monks who held a second day of rare protests near Tibet's capital, U.S. government-funded Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday.

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