2008 Tibetan unrest

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The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also referred to as the 2008 Tibetan uprising in Tibetan media, was a series of protests and demonstrations that initially occurred over the Chinese Communist Party's treatment and persecution of Tibetans. Protests in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, by monks and nuns on 10 March have been viewed as the start of the demonstrations. Numerous protests and demonstrations were held to commemorate the 49th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising Day, when the 14th Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet. The protests and demonstrations spread spontaneously to a number of monasteries and throughout the Tibetan plateau, including into counties located outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The arrest of monks at Labrang Monastery escalated tensions, leading to ethnically-charged violence against non-ethnic Tibetans and their perceived sympathizers. The resulting clashes between ethnic Tibetans and Han and Hui Chinese resulting in a number of Han and Hui stores and buildings being destroyed...

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