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21 March 2008

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Chinese paramilitary police unload equipment on a road on the outskirts of Hutiaoxia, southeast of Zhongdian, in China's Yunnan province Thursday, March 20, 2008. Hundreds of paramilitary troops were setting up camp in the town, which is on the road to Zhongdian, a city in a Tibetan area of Yunnan known as Shangri-La. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) | Paramilitary police march in front of a lion statue in the main square in Zhongdian, in an area known as Shangri-La, in China's southwest Yunnan province Friday March 21, 2008. Thousands of troops converged on foot, in trucks and helicopters in Tibetan areas of western China on Friday as the government stepped up its manhunt for protesters in last weeks anti-government riots in Tibet's capital. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
A Han ethnic Chinese woman recovering at a hospital from injuries sustained during the riots in Lhasa, western China's Tibet province, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Chinese troops and police tightened their hold on Tibetan areas Wednesday in a hardening clampdown against scattered protests while the government insisted anti-government riots in Lhasa would not deter plans to take the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest. (AP Photo) **CHINA OUT, ONLINE OUT** | A Tibetan man removes his shoe to strike a passing Han Chinese man on his bicycle on a street in Lhasa, the regional capital of Tibet, China, Friday, March 14, 2008. China's official Xinhua News Agency on Wednesday, March 19, said that 105 people had surrendered in of Lhasa where peaceful protests against Chinese rule turned violent Friday. (AP Photo)** NO SALES **
A Chinese motorcyclist is attacked as a Tibetan demonstrator vent their anger and frustration on Chinese citizens while protesting against Chinese rule in Lhasa, China, Friday March 14, 2008.(AP Photo/Jonathan Brady ) | A crowd watches as Tibetan protesters attack a Chinese motorcyclist while protesting against Chinese rule in Lhasa, China, Friday March 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Jonathan Brady )
In this image from television released Friday, March 21, 2008, by China's Tibet TV and provided by APTN, rioters stand in line while guarded by Chinese riot police after turning themselves in to authorities in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The government stepped up its manhunt Friday for protesters in last week's anti-Chinese riots in Tibet's capital, as thousands of troops converged on foot, in trucks and helicopters in Tibetan areas of western China. (AP Photo/Tibet TV via APTN) | In this image from television released Friday, March 21, 2008, by China's Tibet TV and provided by APTN, rioters stand in line after turning themselves in to police in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The government stepped up its manhunt Friday for protesters in last week's anti-Chinese riots in Tibet's capital, as thousands of troops converged on foot, in trucks and helicopters in Tibetan areas of western China. (AP Photo/Tibet TV via APTN)
In this image from television released Friday, March 21, 2008, by China's Tibet TV and provided by APTN, Chinese riot police arrest protesters in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The government stepped up its manhunt Friday for protesters in last week's anti-Chinese riots in Tibet's capital, as thousands of troops converged on foot, in trucks and helicopters in Tibetan areas of western China. (AP Photo/Tibet TV via APTN) | In this image from television released Friday, March 21, 2008, from China's Tibet TV and provided by APTN, a Chinese riot police officer arrests a rioter in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The government stepped up its manhunt Friday for protesters in last week's anti-Chinese riots in Tibet's capital, as thousands of troops converged on foot, in trucks and helicopters in Tibetan areas of western China. (AP Photo/Tibet TV via APTN)

### Chinese Troops Converge in Tibetan Areas

By GREG BAKER (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated Press

March 21, 2008 5:23 AM EST

ZHONGDIAN, China - The government stepped up its manhunt Friday for protesters in last week's riots in the Tibetan capital, as thousands of troops converged on foot, in trucks and helicopters in Tibetan areas of western China.

The violence in Lhasa - a stunning show of defiance against 57 years of Chinese rule - has sparked sympathy demonstrations in neighboring provinces, prompting Beijing to blanket a huge area with troops and warn tourists and foreign journalists to stay away.

China's communist leadership, embarrassed by the chaos and international criticism of its response, has blamed the unrest on the Dalai Lama and his supporters and vigorously defended its reputation as a suitable host for the Beijing Olympics.

On Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with the Dalai Lama in India and called on the world to denounce China's crackdown in Tibet.

Photos of 21 men wanted in connection with the Lhasa riots were posted on major Chinese Internet sites.

A resident in Qinghai province said about 300 troops were in the town of Zeku after monks protested Thursday outside the county government office. The woman, who did not want to give her name for fear authorities would harass her, said she did not dare leave her home and could not provide details of the demonstration.

Telephones at Zeku's government and public security bureau rang unanswered.

In the largely Tibetan town of Zhongdian, in the far north of Yunnan province, some 30 armed police with batons marched in the main square as residents went about their daily life. Overnight, another two dozen trucks of riot police had arrived, adding to a presence of about 400 troops.

Patrols had also been set up in other nearby towns, including the tourist attraction of Tiger Leaping Gorge.

In Xiahe, a city in Gansu province where there were two days of protests last week, the 50-room Xilin Hotel was "completely occupied by police with guns and batons," said a man who answered the telephone and did not want to give his name.

"No tourists are allowed here and we do not feel safe going outside," the man said. He said things had calmed down but vehicles had been patrolling the streets asking Tibetans who had participated in last week's demonstrations to turn themselves in.

Residents in Ganzi county in Sichuan province said they saw troops, trucks and helicopters on patrol.

The massive mobilization of riot police was helping authorities reassert control after the broadest, most sustained protests by Tibetans against Chinese rule in decades. Demonstrations had flared across Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces in support of protests that were started in Lhasa.

Led by Buddhist monks, protests began peacefully early last week but erupted into rioting on March 14, drawing a harsh response from Chinese authorities.

Numbers for injuries and death tolls have been varied and hard to confirm because China keeps a tight control over information. Tibetan exile groups say 99 people were killed - 80 in Lhasa and 19 in Gansu - while Beijing maintains that 16 died and more than 300 were injured in Lhasa.

The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that police shot and wounded four rioters "in self defense" during violent protests on Sunday in Aba County in Sichuan. It is the first time the government has acknowledged shooting any protesters.

The crackdown drew worldwide attention to China's human rights record, threatening to overshadow Beijing's attempts to project an image of unity and prosperity in the lead-up to the Aug. 8-24 Olympics.

Pelosi, one of the fiercest Congressional critics of China, called on the international community to denounce Beijing's handling of the anti-government protests.

"If freedom loving people throughout the world do not speak out against China's oppression in China and Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak on behalf of human rights anywhere in the world," Pelosi said before a crowd of thousands of cheering Tibetans in Dharmsala, the seat of the Dalai Lama's government-in-exile.

Pelosi, heading a Congressional delegation, was greeted warmly by the Dalai Lama, who draped a gold scarf around her neck.

On Thursday, the White House said President Bush will still attend the Games but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged restraint when she spoke to Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.

Xinhua said Yang blamed the Lhasa riots on the Dalai Lama's supporters.

"They attempted to exert pressure on the Chinese government, disturb the 2008 Beijing Olympics and sabotage China's social stability and harmony," it cited Yang as saying.

In Lhasa on Friday, residents said police were still patrolling the streets and people were free to go where they want as long as they had identity cards.

An employee of the local Coca-Cola distributor said the business was still closed. "Nobody dares to go out," said the man who didn't give his name for fear of retribution.

A woman who answered the telephone at the Religious Affairs Bureau said the Sera and Drepung monasteries, whose monks launched the initial protests, were still closed. The Jokhang temple, Tibet's most sacred shrine and the heart of Lhasa's old city, was also shuttered, she said.

Late Thursday, state broadcaster China Central Television aired a 15-minute program showing how Tibetan rioters rampaged through Lhasa last week but none of the ensuing police crackdown.

Video from security cameras showed burned shops, wounded Chinese and a knife-wielding Tibetan standing atop a police car. Buddhist monks were shown throwing sticks and other debris at riot police in a scuffle on March 10, in an attempt to portray the protests as having been started by monks.

The photos of the 21 men posted on the Internet appeared to be taken from videos and cameras and were shown under the heading of "Lhasa Public Security Bureau's Wanted List of Criminal Suspects for Beating, Smashing, Looting and Burning."

The images included a man with a mustache who has been shown on news programs slashing at another man with a foot-long blade. Another suspect wielded what appeared to be a long sword.

Two had already been arrested and one turned himself in, Xinhua said. Authorities were offering rewards and guaranteed the anonymity of tipsters for the rest.

The Lhasa Public Security Bureau refused to comment on the photos.

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