The communist government’s leading newspaper called Saturday to “resolutely crush” Tibetan demonstrations against Chinese rule.The statement came as international criticism against the crackdown on Tibetan protesters swelled. A senior EU official said European countries should not rule out threatening China with an Olympic boycott if violence continues in Tibet. Republican presidential [...]

On a cloudless day near the top of the world, Swiss tourist Claude Balsiger had just finished a late-morning cup of tea and stepped out onto the streets of Tibet’s capital. Buddhist monks had been marching against Chinese rule all week, but today seemed calmer.Suddenly, Tibetan youths started hurling paving stones at police, who tried to protect themselves with their riot shields.Over the next [...]

The Dalai Lama called Sunday for an international investigation into China‘s crackdown against protesters in Tibet, which he said is facing a “cultural genocide” and where his exiled government said 80 people were killed in the violence. The demonstrations were the fiercest challenge to Beijing‘s rule in the region in nearly two decades, leading to sympathy protests elsewhere [...]