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...separating China from Tibet - where Chinese troops put down bloody protests against Beijing's rule in March, sparking global protests that sullied China's image as it prepared to host the Olympic Games in August. Others gloomily point to a series of other recent tragedies - destructively cold snowstorms, an outbreak of disease that left dozens of children dead, a train accident that killed 72 - as evidence of some kind of heavenly displeasure...
...past, Beijing has often handled crises by suppressing the media and trying to pretend problems did not exist. In 2003, authorities covered up the full extent of the deadly SARS outbreak for weeks, a decision that critics said delayed efforts to fight the virus and may have increased the number of deaths. But lessons have been learned from that episode, which came during Hu's first months in office. The earthquake received blanket coverage by the Chinese media, with TV stations broadcasting almost hourly updates of the number of fatalities along with sometimes gruesome video of rescue operations, including scenes...
...that it occurred at the boundary of China and Tibet--where military intervention in demonstrations against Beijing's rule resulted in bloodshed in March, sparking global protests that sullied China's image ahead of the Olympic Games. Others point to a string of recent calamities--a destructive snowstorm, an outbreak of disease that killed dozens of children, a fatal train accident--as evidence of some kind of heavenly displeasure...
...southeast of Beijing, killed up to half a million. Not only did China refuse foreign offers for help, it banned foreigners from entering the city until seven years after the event. As recently as 2003, authorities in Beijing covered up the full extent of the deadly SARS outbreak for weeks, a decision that critics said delayed efforts to fight the virus and may have increased the number of deaths...
...thought to have lost 13 fighters in the battle with the Druze militants, a significant number for one of the world's most professional guerrilla armies. Hizballah militants told TIME that the Druze fighters had fought them from dug-in positions prepared well in advance of last week's outbreak of violence between the supporters of the government and the opposition. They claimed the Druze used snipers, mortars and even twin-barreled 23mm anti-aircraft guns to blast at the advancing Hizballah...