China tightens security at Tibetan monasteries

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China tightens security at Tibetan monasteries

Officials try to prevent protests spreading from neighbouring communities into Chinese-ruled Tibet, including LhasaA senior official in Chinese-ruled Tibet has ordered an increase in security at Buddhist monasteries and along key roads as the government tries to prevent protests spreading from neighbouring Tibetan communities. Inspecting security around the Tibetan capital of Lhasa this week, the city’s Communist party secretary, Qi Zhala, warned officials and clerics at monasteries that they would be dismissed if any trouble arose and told police at a highway checkpoint to be alert for acts of sabotage.