On the 49th day of tragic earthquake in Kyegudo, it is important to remember the systematic assimilative strategy of the Chinese government to remove Tibet from the global map as clearly illustrated in their attempts since the earthquake to present Kyegudo as belonging to "West China." The fault lines between the images of monks in red robes digging with their bare hands and PLA soldiers with red flags atop their machines was hard to ignore.

Paris: Reporters Without Borders Thursday condemns two new serious cases of detention and use of violence against Tibetan journalists and writers in the past few days.