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China: Fire on the streets of Lhasa

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March 14, 2008|

Just looking for any word from bloggers in the Lhasa area on what the situation is there as of Friday local time; updates will be added here as further blog posts are found. The Time China blog brings us one European tourist's writing, photos and video from Lhasa earlier this week.

QQ blogger 24K Pure Love at 2:58 pm Friday:

拉萨暴乱

Lhasa Riot

今天是2008年3月14，白色情人节“也是我到拉萨的第25天。 可今天的拉萨并不太平，外面到处是暴乱份子，以前在内地从来没见过这种场面。 用恐怖也来形容也不为过。
杀人，放火，仍石头““ 外面一片黑暗。 到处冒烟。
武警都出动了“ 大街上面空无一人，店面全部关门了` 马路上都是暴乱份子扔的石头“`

Today is March 14, 2008, White Valentine's Day..it's also the 25th day since I came to Lhasa. But something's not quite right in Lhasa today. There are rioters everywhere, the kind of scene I'd never seen before back inland. To say this is terror doesn't even cover it.
People killed, fires lit, rocks thrown….it's all black outside, smoke everywhere.
The PAP are out in force..there's not a person to be seen on the main streets, shops are all shuttered up, and the streets are full of rioters throwing rocks…

QQ blogger ‘I Love Blue Sky', who appears to be involved in the travel industry, 4:01 pm Friday:

拉萨的动荡３月

Lhasa's March Upheaval

昨天开会了，说是几个寺庙不让去了，
珠峰也不可以去，　
哎，那这旅游还咋做啊　，
那游客来拉萨还有什么好看的呢
　　　　　
今天，听说大昭寺那边又有动乱了，
很恐怖的，朋友们都打电话来，
让我不要到处乱走，
真是的，你说安定团结那里不好，
非要搞点事出来，
客人来了拉萨，还不让乱走，你说这旅游还咋做吗

Starting yesterday, there was word that several temples had been closed off,
Even Mt. Everest
So what am I supposed to do for this trip?
What else is there for tourists here in Lhasa to see?

Today, I heard there's been another disturbance at Jokhang Temple,
It's terrifying. Friends keep calling,
Telling me not to go wandering around,
Please, what's so bad about Stability and Unity?
Do you have to go making trouble?
The clients are here in Lhasa, but they're not allowed to go wandering around, what am I going to do for this tour?

现在是搞的人心惶惶的，
组团社那边，问出了什么事，
拉萨这边又让说是维修寺庙
世上那有不透风的墙呢？

We're all on edge here now,
The tour company is asking what's going on,
Here in Lhasa they're telling us to say that the temples are being renovated
Do they really think the walls are that air-tight?

Another QQ blog, Friday, 6:01 pm::

拉萨是个好地方

Lhasa is a great place

拉萨暴动…学校禁校…生日泡汤… 市里面打的那叫一个猛!军车一辆一辆的，手榴弹一颗一颗的扔，大昭寺周围被炸开花了，步行街被武警封了，温州商贸诚也被封了，石油公司貌似炸毁了… 长这么大没见过这世面…达lai真ta妈牛b!真希望赶紧把我们学校炸了!我转到人大去我!

Lhasa is rioting…school was closed…made some birthday soup…fighting in the city is brutal! Army cars keep going by, hand grenades keep getting thrown around, the area all around Jokhang is being blasted, pedestrian streets have been closed by the PAP, Wenzhou Trade St. has been closed too, it seems the gas stations have been blown up…old as I am I've never seen anything like this…the Dalai is really fucking something! I hope he hurries and blows our campus up too! I'll transfer to Renmin U!


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