Tibetan activists protest Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Washington visit — in photos
極權之下，沉默即背叛。
Tibetans gathered near the Chinese embassy in Washington on Thursday to protest Chinese President Xi Jinping as he arrived on the South Lawn of the White House to meet with U.S. President Trump.
“He’s not welcome here,” Thondup Tsering, a former Tibetan parliamentarian for North and South America who was attending the protest, told Radio Free Asia.
“He’s not welcome because of the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The policies that [he] has put in Tibet, which are aimed to wipe out Tibetan culture and Tibetan identity.”
Tsering traveled from Amherst, Massachusetts, to join the demonstration.
The demonstrators were bringing attention to China’s passing of the ethnic unity law in July, and the self-immolation of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen in front of the United Nations.
With reporting by Nordhey Dolma, Dolkar and Tenzin Dickyi. Edited by Charlie Dharapak.
With reporting by Nordhey Dolma, Dolkar and Tenzin Dickyi. Edited by Charlie Dharapak.