White Toilet Paper for the Interlopers

As a follow up of events in Tibet, here is an interesting article from the NY Times and a report of blocking news sources from reporting on Tibet.

Update: Chinese police fired on protesters in Machu today. The Dalai Lama also said “he was opposed to using violence against Tibet’s Chinese rulers and said he would step down as leader of the government-in-exile if the bloodshed deepened”.

This entry was written by R. Elgin, posted on March 18, 2008 at 10:46 am, filed under China, East and Central Asia. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

3 Comments

  1. Bipolar Mindscrew your flag
    Posted March 18, 2008 at 1:07 pm | Permalink

    …uh why is the headline related to the article? Trying for a spark of creativity? You could at least quote some of the NYT article for those of use with no membership there…

  2. R. Elgin your flag
    Posted March 18, 2008 at 1:18 pm | Permalink

    Read the article, in full:

    . . . Yet even if the protests are extinguished soon, China’s leaders will be left with a shattered Tibet. One foreigner who witnessed the violence in Lhasa said Tibetans are covering the streets in white toilet paper. Traditionally, Tibetans offer white silk scarves to welcome guests. But the toilet paper was intended to symbolize that the Chinese were no longer welcome — even though there was little possibility they would leave.

    Try signing up for the NY Times as well; it is free.

  3. Mr Kim your flag
    Posted March 18, 2008 at 1:53 pm | Permalink

    or use

    http://www.bugmenot.com/

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