Published by: World Tibet Network News, Tuesday, Mar 12, 1996

Submitted by: McComas@cres20.anu.edu.au (McComas)

by Jane Dargaville

Canberra Times, Monday 11 March 1996, page 2, with pic.

More than 100 people gathered outside the Chinese embassy yesterday in a dual protest against China's occupation of Tibet and China's continuing program of nuclear arms testing. The Dalai Lama's representative in Australia, Chime Rigzing, said the peopel who had gathered outside the embassy were commemorating the 37th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese army. ....

Tim Maher, of the Australian Tibet Council, said the Chinese had been carrying out nuclear testing in the Tibetan region for many years.....