Tibetan students in west China clash with police
Nov. 26, 2012 9:08
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BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. broadcaster says 20 Tibetan students have been
hospitalized after they clashed with police during a demonstration
sparked by anger over a government booklet that called the Tibetan
language irrelevant and criticized recent self-immolations.
Radio Free Asia said at least 20 students were hospitalized Monday after
the protest turned violent in Qinghai province's Hainan prefecture. The
emailed statement sent Tuesday cited Tibetan exile sources who were in
touch with Hainan residents.
It said students were angry over a booklet distributed at Tsolho Medical
Institute in Hainan that called Tibetan irrelevant and condemned
immolation protests by Tibetans as "acts of stupidity." It said students
burned the books in their protest.
Hainan government and police officials referred calls to other
departments where the phone rang unanswered.
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