"This is glorious Olympic Stadium in Beijing... oops, wrong slide, silly me..." CLICK! "THIS is glorious Olympic Stadium in Beijing. That was body of a Tibetan trouble maker about to be cremated..." 27 March, 2008

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"This is glorious Olympic Stadium in Beijing... oops, wrong slide, silly me..." CLICK! "THIS is glorious Olympic Stadium in Beijing. That was body of a Tibetan trouble maker about to be cremated..." 27 March, 2008

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In two frames shows a Chinese man showing slides of the Chinese Olympic preparations. Unfortunately he shows an image of a Tibetan corpse wrapped and ready for cremation by mistake. He laughingly changes to the correct image and explains that that was the body of a Tibetan trouble maker about to be cremated. Refers to the violent Tibetan demonstrations against the Chinese in March, 2008 which resulted in several Tibetans being shot by Chinese armed police. The Chinese are anxious that there b...

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Date created

2008

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22728859

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China

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Olympic Games (29th : 2008 : Beijing, China) / Slides (Photography) / Olympics / Stadiums / China / Foreign relations / Tibet Region / Dead / Cremation / Tibetans / Tibet Autonomous Region (China) / History / Uprising of 2008

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