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"Protest--[the] peaceful way [to] express their deep resentment--is a right," said the Dalai Lama, after protests in his native Tibet left 80 dead (China put the death toll at 16).(The Week)(Brief article)

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"Protest--[the] peaceful way [to] express their deep resentment--is a right," said the Dalai Lama, after protests in his native Tibet left 80 dead (China put the death toll at 16). Peaceful protest may be a right in nature, and in the eye of nature's God, but it is not recognized in China. Tibetans chafe at years of Sinification--"Some kind of cultural genocide is taking place," the Dalai Lama said--and see this summer's Beijing Olympics as a chance to place their grievances before the world. Chinese authorities try to manage the crisis, torn between ...

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