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Official China Paper: 'Crush' Tibet Protests  

Posted Mar 22, 08 8:27 AM CDT in World    Most Covered

(newser) – The newspaper of China’s ruling party has called for a move to “resolutely crush” Tibet’s protests against the government, the AP reports. “We must see through the secessionist forces' evil intentions” and maintain “social stability,” said the People’s Daily. Meanwhile, Beijing has asked people to turn in the “most wanted” protesters. The calls to action continue a government crackdown on Tibetan protests which turned to riots.

Beijing now says 22 were killed in Lhasa protests, but Tibet’s government claims 80 died there. Echoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Republican presidential candidate John McCain yesterday condemned China’s efforts to quell the protests. “There must be respect for human rights,” he said, calling government action “mistreatment that is not acceptable with the conduct of a world power.”

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Official China Paper: 'Crush' Tibet Protests
Paramilitary police march in a street in Zhongdian, in a Tibetan area known as Shangri-La, in China's southwest Yunnan province Saturday March 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Official China Paper: 'Crush' Tibet Protests
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, mourners gather March 21, 2008 in front of photos of five young women who were allegedly killed in Lhasa during the riot on March 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Purbu Zhaxi)
Official China Paper: 'Crush' Tibet Protests
In this photo released on Friday, March 21, 2008 by China's Xinhua News Agency, a store is set on fire during the unrest in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on March 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gesang Dawa)
Official China Paper: 'Crush' Tibet Protests
Chinese riot police march in a street in Zhongdian, in a Tibetan area known as Shangri-La, in China's southwest Yunnan province Saturday March 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Official China Paper: 'Crush' Tibet Protests
A Tibetan monk sings during a demonstration in support of Tibet and against violence in the Chinese region, in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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