China’s Crises in Tibet and Xinjiang Beijing believes investment is the way out

Source: Theepochtimes.com

While those in charge of propaganda work to intoxicate the country with the image of a “harmonious society” at the behest of party leader Hu Jintao, frequent uprisings in China’s western ethnic provinces of Tibet and Xinjiang have, to the embarrassment of officials, laid bare the lie.

In fact, the intensifying social conflicts in the west have pushed China’s teetering stability to the limit.

Official Chinese media reported that a Tibetan protest on March 14, 2008 resulted in 13 deaths and an economic loss of 200 million yuan (US$29 million). Over the following nine months, numerous other protests broke out in Tibet and surrounding areas. ...more ...