Media tour in Gansu interrupted, resumes soon
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-09 14:30
XIAHE, Gansu Province -- A media tour to the Tibetan-inhabited areas in northwestern Gansu Province, which saw riots in March, was interrupted by a group of lamas at the Labrang Lamasery on Wednesday, but it soon resumed.
An officer with the Information Office of China's State Council, organizer of the media tour, said the coverage of the reporters would go on as scheduled.
The reporters, including 11 from foreign media organizations such as the American Broadcasting Company, The Reuters, the Russian News and Information Agency and the TV Asashi Corporation of Japan are on their four-day trip in the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture after the riots on March 16.
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