(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-11 21:20

China Radio International (CRI), a foreign languages-speaking public radio, had a large response from its global audience after it broadcast news of the Lhasa riot on March 14.

Since mid March, CRI has received tens of thousands of letters, e-mails, phone calls and other responses to the editor, many of whom saying the violence in Lhasa and its rippling effect would not disrupt the Beijing Olympics in August.

Dmitrij Tychinin, a Russian listener, said the Chinese government has every right to crack down on violence undermining stability, while ignoring what the Western media say.

The Russian said he believed the well-planned violence in Lhasa, as well as organized demonstrations in other places, were aimed at sabotaging the Olympics. But the results showed that the Chinese government is capable of ensuring security and the Olympics will not be affected.

A Japanese netizen Hishida Hiroshi told CRI in an e-mail that many Japanese cannot understand the complicated situation of ethnic issues in China because Japan has only one minority ethnic group while China has 55.

Any organization or individual should not use illegal means to upset the Olympics, the Japanese said.

Zhang Xiaobei, executive president of a Chinese newspaper, The European Times, said it was ridiculous to link the Tibet issue with the Olympics. Any people who cherish world peace and the Olympic spirit will support and respect the torch relay leading to the Olympics.

A CRI listener from India named Jayanta Chakrabarty wrote in a letter that as a China admirer, he was very concerned about the Lhasa riot on March 14. It is undeniable that Tibet is part of China, he said.

He praised the Chinese government's efforts to improve livelihoods in Tibet and offer greater incentives to economic development for Tibetan people.

The separatist activities would not only obstruct the Chinese government in achieving new developments in Tibet but also do harm to Tibetan people, the Indian said.

Audiences from 142 countries and regions also condemned the violence in Lhasa on March 14 and some western media's distorted reporting about the event.

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