For the last fifty years China has taken over Tibet and has slowly taken away their rights. One huge right that the Chinese government is taking away is the right for religion and also to be a religious leader. China has now started to close down and empty out monasteries is the city of Lhasa. Many of the people who are interviewed answer questions as anonymous for the fear of government officials finding them and hurting them. Also the Chinese have put into act a very strict set of laws about monks wearing their robes outside the monastery. They are not allowed to wear them in public or even their own homes. Chinese police even come to monk’s homes to see if they are wearing them and if they are they usually bring them to prison. An article from the New York Times interviews a man and he says “Monks no longer in the monasteries are barred from wearing their robes in public, the monk said, and the police check on the monks at home, at times hauling some off to prison. The monk said Tibetan policemen came to his home three times a month”(Edward Wong). Its just a terrible thing that the Chinese people are doing to the Tibetans and its time that people and the U.N. get involved to help separate Tibet from China’s rule.
Link to article for tedi - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/world/asia/19tibet.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&sq=tibet&st=cse&scp=20
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Jason, this looks great! You do need to go in and add the authors name in parenthesis after the quote though!
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