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Comment by dghughes | Hacker News Reader

China has detained over three million people in an even bigger area called Tibet.

A few years ago there was video of people; men, women and children desperately trying to escape over a mountain into Nepal. Long lines of people on snow mountain peaks. Chinese military snipers picked them off one by one.

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I don't know about any video, but I have met Tibetan refugees in northern India and heard their stories about escaping via the Himalayan mountains, and the need to carefully avoid Chinese guards. The stories were haunting. Traversing the Himalayas is no joke.

Such accusations had better come with some seriously credible evidence.

Use your common sense. Watch the video again. If a group of people was shot, they'd more likely to lay down immediately, not continue climbing. It's mostly likely that guy was tripped into the snow by accident.

At this point the only thing this thread actually demonstrates is the intensity and the stupidity of the latest anti-Chinese propaganda. These fact-free Two Minute Hates against the endless enemies of the West are very much not about common sense.

China got this on itself.

Back in 2008 there are actually Chinese/Tibetans debating on this matter on the Interweb. Now all sites are blocked in China, it's one sided voice only.

China admitted to killing one person (a 17 year old nun, at that) after the video evidence came out. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nangpa_La_shooting_incident

Admitted according to wikipedia? China never admits nothing.

The video is a solid evidence of one people fall down. The shooting maybe happened before or after the video.

Wouldn't common sense include trying to research a subject before coming up with reasons it may be wrong?

I think you mean to say China has detained over 1.4 Billion people in an even bigger area called China.

This is an extremely arrogant, ignorant and condescending statement.

thanks for the insight

You could also say the power elite has detained over 7.2 Billion people in an even bigger area called Earth.

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