Last week, Tibetan exiled groups voiced outrage at a video that has surface on youtube recently that shows Chinese militarized policemen beating detained Tibetans during an ethnic unrest a year ago in China. At a March 26 briefing, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Qin Gang, was dismissive of the video.
"I have also seen the video. The contents are obviously edited and doctored. Maybe the Dalai clique got some tips of image-editing from certain western media. What I want to point out is that the March 14 incident is a grievous violent crime involving beating, smashing, looting and burning premeditated, organized and instigated by the Dalai clique, and perpetrated by the separatist forces for "Tibetan Independence" both in and outside China acting in collusion," Qin said, adding that during the riot "armed police force had all along maintained the utmost restraint and performed their duties according to law and in a civilized manner."
Within a day after the briefing, the Chinese government had decided to block access to youtube from within China. According to Tim Johnson's article "as of today, YouTube once again appears available in China. But if you try to see the video, you get a banner that says, 'This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.'"
-Van Hoang
Group China
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