China Authorities Seize Satellite Dishes in Labrang, Eastern Tibet

Satellite Dishes

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Chinese authorities have dismantled satellite dishes to disable foreign radio and TV broadcasts in Labrang, Amdo.

Earlier in January, Chinese authorities confiscated televisions from 300 monasteries in a heavily Tibetan part of the west of the country and dismantled satellite equipment in the region.

According to a speech given by the local Communist Party secretary in January, the move is part of a government effort to stop Tibetans from viewing and listening to foreign broadcasts, which he claimed may be responsible for encouraging some of the security lapses in the recent past.

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