[08.12.25 英国 泰晤士报]中国严打西藏谣言散播者
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【标题】中国镇压西藏谣言散播者
【翻译】krypton
China cracks down on Tibetan 'rumour-mongering'
Jane Macartney
The Chinese authorities have detained 59 people in Tibet for allegedly spreading subversive rumours and playing “separatist” songs.
Since violent anti-Chinese unrest erupted across the region in early March, Beijing has implemented a widespread crackdown in Tibetan areas to prevent any similar revival of that challenge to its control. Much of the blame has been placed on the Dalai Lama.
Xin Yuanming, deputy chief of police in the capital, Lhasa, said his men had cracked 48 cases of rumour-mongering, detaining a total of 59 people. “A number of people with ulterior motives have deliberately spread rumours and fanned ethnic sentiment,” he was quoted as saying. Such official statements are widely understood as coded references to the Dalai Lama.
Mr Xin said the rumours “seriously undermined the image of the party and the government and harmed the public’s sense of security”.
Some people had downloaded “reactionary” songs from the internet and sold them on compact discs and in MP3 format in markets in Lhasa.
The report did not specify which songs had aroused the ire of the authorities. But it is not the first time that music has infuriated officials in Lhasa; Tibetan music blares out from shops across the old city, which is mainly inhabited by ethnic Tibetans, and people flock to music halls to hear their favourite folk singers.
A couple of years ago a song in praise of the Dalai Lama’s younger sister, Gzunpelma, became a huge hit in Lhasa with pirated CDs on sale across the city. At first the tune, with lyrics such as “You are our mother, you build our future”, escaped the notice of the authorities and the tune could be heard on every street corner and in every home. When the authorities became aware of the words, the song was banned and one person was arrested for selling the CD.
Many songs in Tibet praise the Dalai Lama, even though his picture is banned in the region and he has been the target of a fierce vilification campaign. Often he is referred to in song as the “great treasure” — a reference that all Tibetans understand.
中国镇压西藏谣言传播者
中国官方拘留了59名被指在西藏传播颠覆性留言和播放“分裂主义者”歌曲的人。
自从三月早期该地区爆发暴力反中动乱以来,北京广泛加强了西藏地区的镇压以防止类似的事情再次发生。大部分指责指向达赖喇嘛。
拉萨警察局副局长Xin Yuanping 说他的下属粉碎了48起谣言,拘捕59人。用他的话说
:“许多别有目的的人蓄意散播谣言煽动民族情绪。人们广泛领会这种官方陈述是对达赖喇嘛得经典评论。
Xin先生说谣言“严重破坏党和政府的形象,损害公共安全意识。”
一些人从互联网下载了这些“反动”歌曲,并以磁碟和mp3格式在拉萨市场出售。
报告没有说明那些歌曲引起官方愤怒,但这音乐激怒官方已不是第一次,这个主要由藏人居住的古老城市的各个商店里都播放着藏人音乐,人们聚集在音乐大厅倾听他们最喜欢的藏人歌手的演唱。
几年前,随着盗版碟在整个城市兴起,一首赞扬达赖喇嘛妹妹Gzunpelma的歌曲赢得巨大的欢迎,起初,这首有“你是我们的母亲,你建造我们的未来”歌词的歌曲没有引起官方的注意,人们在大街小巷每家每户都可以听到这首歌,当官方对歌词有所警觉后,这首歌就被禁播,一人因销售CD而被捕。
许多赞扬达赖喇嘛的歌曲甚至他的图片在西藏地区都被禁,他已经成为(中国)猛烈中伤的对象。歌曲中。他常常被称作“伟大的财富”——一个所有西藏人都领会的引述。
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