21/03/2008 / CHINA
Yahoo and MSN helping to root out Tibetan rioters
The 'most wanted' on Yahoo's homepage this morning
Yahoo! China pasted a "most wanted" poster across its homepage today in aid of the police's witch-hunt for 24 Tibetans accused of taking part in the recent riots. MSN China made the same move, although it didn't go as far as publishing the list on its homepage.
UPDATE 1 : We spotted these photos on MSN and Yahoo! on March 21st at 3.30pm (Beijing time). This article was published at 5pm. The photos have been removed from the portals between 8pm and 10pm.
UPDATE 2 (24.03.08 / 10.15am Paris time) : Following this report, Yahoo! sent us the following statement :"Contrary to media reports, Yahoo! Inc. is not displaying images on its web sites of individuals wanted by Chinese authorities in connection with the recent unrest in Tibet." In this statement, Yahoo! says that the parent company Yahoo Inc did not publish these images. The company does not deny that Yahoo! China has published the "wanted" posters. This is a common line of defence by Yahoo!, which tries to put the entire responsibility of its Chinese operations on its Chinese partner Alibaba. See bellow a printscreen of the Yahoo! China (cn.yahoo.com) home page on March 21st.
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The "most wanted" poster has been published on several Chinese portals like Sina.com and news.qq.com. It reads "The Chinese police have issued a warrant for the arrest of suspected rioters in Tibet" and provides a phone number for informants to use in total anonymity. Along with the text are photos of Tibetans taken during the riots. Of the 24 on the list, two have already been caught.
Yahoo!'s human rights values have been under fire since it was revealed that the company helped the Chinese police in its inquiry over the journalist Shi Tao, who had an email account with Yahoo. He was sentenced to ten years in prison in 2005 for "divulging state secrets". After that case, it was also found out that Yahoo had provided evidence against at least three other Chinese dissidents. Following the allegations, the company had to offer an explanation to the American congress. It defended itself by explaining that the management of its operational arm in China had been delegated to Alibaba.
China, which has blocked access to YouTube since the beginning of the riots, is known for having a sophisticated censorship system when it comes to the internet. This event shows that the Chinese authorities are also using the web to root out their opponents, and once again,with the help of a foreign company.
Photos of the rioters posted on Yahoo. We blurred out the faces of the rioters to protect their identities. Originally they were not blurred out.
on MSN
and on Sina.com
The full Yahoo! China home page on March 21st
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Yahoo! should have left the
Submitted by supreme buy (not verified) on Sun, 17/08/2008 - 21:44.Yahoo! should have left the most wanted pictures up.
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interesting pic showing Chinese Mil donning Tibetan Monk's robes
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Fri, 25/04/2008 - 06:06.interesting pic showing Chinese Military donning Tibetan Monk's robes before going on to riot n cause trouble disguised as monks.....circulate this pic please
http://img338.rockyou.com/imagehost/9/9475/9475928/9475928_a6f6ad2512073...
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The uniform worn by the
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Fri, 11/07/2008 - 08:16.The uniform worn by the police were used more than 10 years ago. The picture has been verified in China that the officers were called to play movie extras as Tibetan monks more than 10 years ago.
This is today's uniform.
http://russian.china.org.cn/english/GS-e/217862.htm
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Validate
Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 10:49.Don't circulate before you have confirmation on the pics source. What if it is taken out of context? I don't think the Chinese authorities are angels, but you should not believe everything you see. Validate, and then publish. Then it is a real item.
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Canada Free Press [Friday,
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Sun, 30/03/2008 - 00:40.Canada Free Press [Friday, March 21, 2008 10:20]
Brit spies confirm Dalai Lama's report of staged violence
By Gordon Thomas
London, March 20 - Britain's GCHQ, the government communications agency that electronically monitors half the world from space, has confirmed the claim by the Dalai Lama that agents of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the PLA, posing as monks, triggered the riots that have left hundreds of Tibetans dead or injured.
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The Chinese are torturing
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Thu, 27/03/2008 - 06:00.The Chinese are torturing the Tibetans they arrest.
But the west has no backbone.
MSN even bans the word "Tibet" from hotmail and live.com email address. You can make an address that says shit_666@live.com but you cant make any address that uses the word "Tibet"
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right, but they cant stop everything
Submitted by frank (not verified) on Tue, 19/08/2008 - 22:11.they stop hyphenated versions like tib-et, but not underscores.
I am able to register: free__ti_bet@hotmail.com
Looks like they are censoring us too, which makes no sense whatsoever
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Your propaganda doesn`t work
Submitted by betty (not verified) on Wed, 26/03/2008 - 15:34.Shame on you for even posting such crap-I don`t see any Monks on your pictures you idiot!!! If they where killing my friends my people I would react too--wouldn`t you??
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Monks
Submitted by Team Observers on Wed, 26/03/2008 - 16:38.Why are you refering to "monks"? We said that Yahoo! published the photos of "wanted" tibetan rioters. Which is a fact, isn't it?
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facists! Shame on you Yahoo, Why do you hurt freedom fighters?
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Wed, 26/03/2008 - 10:55.Dont you have enough billions in your pockets?
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Yahoo complicit in Chinese human rights violations
Submitted by Wangchuk (not verified) on Tue, 25/03/2008 - 18:15.Yahoo & MSN should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. Once again they are complicit in Chinese human rights violations. Tibetans are being rounded-up by Chinese military & Gestapo indiscriminately. Those who have been photographed by Chinese security cameras are targeted for engaging in free expression of their ideas in violation of int'l law. Suspects are denied due process of law. Does anyone think Tibetan protestors will be given a fair trial, a right to a lawyer or any reasonable due process? No these are kangeroo courts used to suppress dissent. The mass Tibetan protests, acknowledged even by China, blows the lid off PRC propaganda & proves to the world we Tibetans want freedom from Chinese colonialism.
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"engaging in free expression
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Mon, 31/03/2008 - 20:48."engaging in free expression of their ideas in violation of int'l law"
???
don't you think they can express themselves without setting fire to everything they see and without killing innocent people?
shame on you
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dont trust Chinese media reports
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Sun, 22/06/2008 - 05:34.Tibetans are know around the world for their peaceful protests. International media is banned in Tibet and travel is restricted, Chinese media like Xinhua is just communist propaganda which no one believes.
Whether killing of Hans and arson actually took place may or may not be true. History has taught us that anything comming from Chinese media must be treated with caution.
The communists have in the past staged events, for example the Tiananmen Square self immolation incident. Chinese media claimned that students had killed soldiers and that no student died during the Tiananmen Square massacre. (nowadays the massacre has been erased from the internet, newspaper archives, and Chinese history books.)
from this perspective it is not inconcievable that Tibetans protested in a non violent way. The army was then sent in killing many people, all foreigners, media and civilians were driven out of the area. They may then have staged arson and murder to justify the repression.
I'm not saying this is what happened, only that it is possible.
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Yahoo, China & Tibet
Submitted by B. Alexander (not verified) on Mon, 24/03/2008 - 20:38.I hope that Yahoo is proud of itself. They know that pleasing China's government will profit them. I wish that China would leave Tibet for good.
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This is just silly.
Submitted by Arash Kamangir on Fri, 21/03/2008 - 19:52.This is just silly.
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Arash Kamangir, What is just
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Fri, 21/03/2008 - 22:48.Arash Kamangir,
What is just silly?
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The fact that businesses
Submitted by Arash Kamangir on Fri, 21/03/2008 - 23:42.The fact that businesses like Yahoo! aide totalitarian regimes in order to pursue their greed.
Arash Kamangir
Truth
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Fri, 11/04/2008 - 15:50.Truth is always truth, no matter what human suppose.
What you saw may cheat you, more less what you have no see.
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What is the different
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Sat, 22/03/2008 - 04:22.What is the different between Yahoo aiding authority to find criminals vs US networks posting picture of criminals on their news show?
Irregardless of the cause they are fighting for, these violent protesters burned down shops will people trapped inside killing Hans and Tibetan alike. They are criminals. The cause they fighting for doesn't give them the right to attack and kill innocence bystanders. Just as the West condemned terrorist attack, so too should they condemned the action of these rioters.
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Irregardless isn't a word,
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Mon, 24/03/2008 - 09:20.Irregardless isn't a word, just so you know. It's just 'regardless.'
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Actually, it is a word. A
Submitted by wood flooring utah (not verified) on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 22:47.Actually, it is a word. A lame word, but it is in the dictionary. Go to m-w.com and look it up.
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It is true that it is in the
Submitted by dialysis jobs (not verified) on Wed, 20/08/2008 - 21:26.It is true that it is in the dictionary, but it is listed there as "nonstandard" and it is recommended that regardless be used instead. "usage Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead."
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The term "criminal" must be
Submitted by Arash Kamangir on Sat, 22/03/2008 - 07:12.The term "criminal" must be used cautiously. While I do not approve of killing people for any cause, how much "legitimate" it is, I do not call someone fighting a totalitarian regime a "criminal".
Arash Kamangir
Fighting a totalitarian
Submitted by B-Chung (not verified) on Sat, 22/03/2008 - 15:07.Fighting a totalitarian regime? Are those civilians and bystanders guilty of the title you just label them? Or are you just finding ridiculous excuses to justify these violence, because you support their "cause"?
Innocent people are killed, not just Hans, Hui Muslims, and even Tibetans who try to save a few Hans. Look at the reports of James Miles, and even many accounts of foreign tourist. Killings are taking place. Innocent Civilians.
You sir, is no better than the totalitarian regime you despise.
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I would tend to think that
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Mon, 24/03/2008 - 08:21.I would tend to think that anyone who's family was moved into Tibet after 1950 by the PRC government, and who willingly stays within Tibet, has chosen to side with the oppressor. I'm Irish, we tend to recognize that when you want freedom from a foreign oppressor, some heads need to be cracked.
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May I ask you to read my
Submitted by Arash Kamangir on Sat, 22/03/2008 - 16:20.May I ask you to read my previous comment again?
The term "criminal" must be used cautiously. While I do not approve of killing people for any cause, how much "legitimate" it is, I do not call someone fighting a totalitarian regime a "criminal".
Arash Kamangir
what do you mean by not
Submitted by Anonyme (not verified) on Sat, 22/03/2008 - 22:22.what do you mean by not approve? what do you mean by it's OK commit crime in other regime? It's OK to be lawless in non-democratic countries??
Got it all mixed up, dude.
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/688/thug1uo8.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/4644/thug2xb5.jpg
thugs attacking innocent folks
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I am just saying, let's use
Submitted by Arash Kamangir on Sat, 22/03/2008 - 22:45.I am just asking for caution when using sensitive terms.
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The fact is there is nothing
Submitted by Bchung (not verified) on Sun, 23/03/2008 - 03:46.The fact is there is nothing silly about it.
Fine i accept your reasoning that term criminal should be used carefully. But the fact still is there is nothing silly to try to seek criminals who have hurt, killed, destroyed, loot, etc. SOme of those pictures shows criminals in action already.
Fact two the western media have been extreme bias towards China, and many have already abuse their so call freedom to crop picture of violent Tibetans in their reporting. The so call free press with the exception of few (notably the LA Times, which has presented a very fair picture of the events, showing the violence, telling how some tibetans are trying to save the Hans, etc)doesnt really have the moral high ground to act superior over their Chinese counterparts. The Chinese Media really have no choice, the western media has yet they abuse it.
So in the end, there is nothing silly about what the Chinese government is doing. The only thing Silly is the west who thinks the Chinese are being horribly brainwashed, are just as brainwashed if not even worse. Propaganda COMES 2 WAYS.
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and yes a lot of chinese are brainwashed
Submitted by i'm chinese (not verified) on Thu, 29/05/2008 - 23:37.i'm well placed to say that...
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