中國首要的Wen Jiabao在西藏的主要市，拉薩指責了達賴喇嘛策劃最近暴力。 講話在議會結束， Wen先生也說「文化種族滅绝」被放逐的西藏領導的要求在西藏是謊言。

對暴力的中國的反應被克制了，首要認為。

中國認為13個人由暴徒在拉薩殺害。 西藏流放說至少80個抗議者在鎮壓被殺害了由中國安全部隊。

達賴喇嘛， 1989年在搜尋被授予諾貝爾和平獎為他一致的反對對暴力的用途對西藏自治，一再要求對話與中國。

The protests began on 10 March - the anniversary of a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule - and gradually escalated, culminating in a day of violence late last week.

The demonstrations have also spread to Tibetan communities in Gansu and Sichuan provinces.

‘Seeking independence’

Mr Wen’s comments - his first since the violence broke out - came in response to a question by a Western journalist at a press conference following the close of parliament.

He defended China’s handling of the violence, accusing protesters of robbery, arson and violence, and said Tibetan exiles had instigated the violence. “There is ample fact and plenty of evidence proving this incident was organised, premeditated, masterminded and incited by the Dalai clique,” he said.

“This has all the more revealed the consistent claims by the Dalai clique that they pursue not independence, but peaceful dialogue, are nothing but lies.”

In recent years, Tibetan exiles have accused the Chinese government of trying to eradicate Tibetan culture.

As Tibet has developed, Han Chinese have poured in and now dominate the economy, while the authorities continue to control aspects of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibetans are now a minority in Lhasa.

Olympic ’sabotage’

But Mr Wen insisted China was helping to improve the livelihoods of Tibetans.

“These claims that the Chinese government is involved in so-called cultural genocide are nothing but lies,” he said.

The Chinese premier accused the protesters of trying to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games, which begin on 8 August.

On Monday, European Union ministers ruled out a boycott over Tibet, saying it would only punish athletes.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on both Chinese forces and demonstrators to show restraint.

In Tibet, large numbers of police are patrolling the streets of the regional capital, Lhasa, and at midnight on Monday (1600 GMT) a Chinese deadline for protesters to surrender passed.

But the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville in Beijing says that people outside of China have been placing far more emphasis on the deadline than is the case inside the country.

In effect there has not been a deadline, our correspondent says, but instead a rolling crackdown with Chinese security forces moving through the city, going door to door, to root out and detain the instigators of the unrest.

China says Tibet has always been part of its territory but Tibet enjoyed long periods of autonomy before the 20th Century and many Tibetans remain loyal to the Dalai Lama, who fled in 1959.

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