NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005760211
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2011
• Case Number: F-2011-00283
• Publication Date: March 7, 1989

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DATE: 11-29-2011
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 Chinese police launched an assault on the Tibetan section of Lhasa
yesterday in an etrort to regain cont&c,! of the city. while the Chinese
quarter remains under hcavv notice guara, according lo Western
press reports.
Tibetan dissidents may try to hold more emonstratiurs : cri a
the 30th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising in 1959. People's Daily
today admits the scope of this week's rioting "is bigger than
disturbances of past years." adding the claim
Comment: Renewed violence in Tibet comes as Chinese leaders
prepare for party and government meetings later this month that
are likely to focus on the country's economic and social problems.
Orthodox party leaders, already critical of General Secretary Zhao
Ziyang for his handling of the economy. may try to blame the unrest
on the liberalized policies toward minorities that Zhao and other
reformers have pushed. Beijing, meanwhile, is certain to adopt
tougher security measures to forestall further unrest and may be
even less inclined to pursue a dialogue with the Dalai Lama.