Sunday, April 5, 2009

Foreign tourists allowed to enter Tibet.

China permitted the entry of foreign tourists in Tibet said on Sunday morning, the Chinese of "Xinhua. First in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa came a group of 11 German tourists, and in April, is expected to visit Tibet more than 500 tourists.
As the agency Associated Press, the tourism bureau of Lhasa is not confirmed information that the visitors arrived in Tibet.
Remember, the Chinese authorities have imposed another ban on entry into Tibet of foreign tourists at the end of February 2009. This was done ostensibly in the interest of safety of tourists, as well as in March, Tibetans celebrated Tibetan New Year and the 50 th anniversary of the uprising against the Chinese authorities, so the expected protests.
The riots, which had expected the Chinese authorities have not gained widespread: the eve of holidays in Tibet, China has imposed additional troops. In a single incident that occurred 16, 22 and 29 March were a few police officers, about 100 monks were arrested.
Recall, in March 2008 in connection with the anniversary of the expulsion of the Dalai Lama from Tibet in Tibet and Nepal has been a wave of mass protests and clashes with the Tibetans the Chinese police and military, as well as local ethnic Chinese. According to various data, as a result of these clashes killed 18 to 100 people.

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