Tibet riots staged?

I had been meaning to cut down on the Tibet stuff but I read today that the PLA may have incited the riots using “agent provocateurs”. This conclusion was according to images from British satellites.

What caught my attention was this image (unfortunately, I don’t know where/when it’s from):

I guess you could say it’s photoshopped, but I can also say pictures of violence in Chinese media are too, and we won’t get anywhere on that line of argument.

Now, I don’t know if it’s true that these recent riots were staged, but I found another article which described the same tactic used in 1989. Here’s an exerpt:

Ma’s plans for the economy?

Even though Ma hasn’t officially taken office yet, there’s already been several changes (or talk of changes). So keeping in mind Ma’s platform of improving the economy, let’s take a look at what’s been reported so far (in chronological order):

Plans to change “Taiwan” on stamps back to “ROC”

This is hardly surprising, considering his vow to change it back, but it is ironic since he kept saying he was “Taiwanese” before the election. It also has nothing to do with the economy.

I guess when he said “immediately”, he meant “after I attempt to eradicate Taiwanese identity/nationalism”.

Raise gas prices

Previously, gas prices were frozen (an act the KMT promoted before the election). However, post-election, KMT officials claimed, “oil companies are losing money and will go bankrupt within a month”.

It’s been a month since this was reported and there’s no sign of bankruptcy.