It has taken a full week for Xinhua, the Chinese national news agency, to release this report of unrest in Tibet. Why? See title. They needed time to spin the event to make it look like everything is just peachy. And forget the idea that government workers “persuaded” rioters to go home. Two women on our trip witnessed firsthand what happens when the Chinese government “persuades” people.  They watched three police gang up on a middle-aged women and knock her to the ground and kick around her groceries. Hmph.

In other news, the Dalai Lama says that not only may his successor be chosen before he dies, Tibetans may choose not to continue his office at all. I’m still gearing up for a post about that.