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http://www.dossiertibet.it Chinese authorities strengthen their security forces in Kardze Chinese security forces have set up two new bases in Kardze to guard against mass protests and adding to an already heavily armed presence in the region.The bases were set up recently and comprise hundreds of soldiers.One camp was set up in a Tibetan school, forcing its closure.The other was set up at a place called Shisur, the site of a gas station in Kardze town close to the highway that leads from Kardze to Lhasa.Each of these two camps has hundreds of soldiers.Since protests challenging Chinese rule swept across Tibetan regions in 2008, 26 new military camps have been set up within the jurisdiction of Kardze county.There are seven in the area of the Tongkor subdivision, and 17 around Kardze town. Both China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and its paramilitary People’s Armed Police (PAP) have bases in Kardze and in other Tibetan-populated regions , with the PAP given primary responsibility for maintaining public order, analysts say.
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