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=== Amdo/Gansu ===
[[File:China-Gansu.png|thumb|right|200x200px|Gansu Province]]
On 14 March, 200 [[Labrang Monastery]] monks were assaulted by Chinese police
▲On 14 March, 200 [[Labrang Monastery]] monks were assaulted by Chinese police when leaving their monastery in [[Amdo]] ([[Gansu]]), before being surrounded by military units while conducting a sitting protest outside.<ref>Jonathan Watts, ''Tibet gripped by violent clashes'', (14 March 2008), https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/14/tibet.china3</ref> Local residents from [[Xiahe]], numbering around 300, were prevented from approaching and roads were blocked by Chinese forces.<ref>{{cite news|title = Open revolt defies China's iron fist | url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/open-revolt-defies-chinas-iron-fist/2008/03/16/1205602195404.html|date=March 17, 2008|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2008-06-29}}</ref>
On 15 March, 4,000 Tibetans gathered near the Labrang Monastery and clashed with Chinese forces.<ref>Jim Yardley, ''Chinese Forces Say They’ve Secured Tibet’s Capital'', (15 March 2008), https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15cnd-tibet.html</ref><ref name=telegraph>{{cite news
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In [[Machu]] on 16 March, rioters set a government building on fire, while clashes continued on 18 March.
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China's [[Xinhua News Agency]] reported the cost of damage in Gansu at an estimated [[Renminbi|¥]]230 million ([[US$]]32.7 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/25/content_7857168.htm|title=Questions, answers about casualties, damages of recent riots|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|date=March 25, 2008|accessdate=March 26, 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080330233716/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/25/content_7857168.htm| archivedate= March 30, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
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=== Amdo/Qinghai ===
[[File:China-Qinghai.png|thumb|right|200x200px|Qinghai Province]]
Chinese authorities
On 19 March, Chinese forces cordoned off the village of [[Taktser]], where the 14th Dalai Lama was born.<ref name=BBClist/>
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In the capital city of [[Xining]], a journalist with [[Neue Zürcher Zeitung|''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'']] reported that residents were receiving intimidating calls from the [[Public security bureau (China)|Public Security Bureau]]. A call received by a Tibetan professor was reported as having said "Take good care of yourself" in a threatening manner.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
During special classes for students in the region, videos
Passports belonging to Tibetans were confiscated to prevent returns to India and the delivery of reports on events to Tibetan exiles. Tourists and foreign residents were surveilled and informed about their possible expulsion in case they got involved in Tibetan protests.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
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=== Kham & Amdo/Sichuan ===
{{Main|2008 Sichuan riots}}
[[File:China-Sichuan.png|thumb|right|201x201px|Sichuan Province]]On 16 March, Tibetan monks and local residents clashed with police in [[Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture|Ngawa]]
▲On 16 March, Tibetan monks and local residents clashed with police in [[Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture|Ngawa]]<nowiki/>after monks held a protest at the traditional Tibetan grounds of Kham and Amdo. A BBC eyewitness reported that approximately 17 Tibetans were killed, including a school girl. By 18 March, the town was "teeming with police and soldiers".<ref name=BBCAccounts/>
The India-based [[Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy]] reported that at least seven people were shot.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tibet protests spread to other provinces |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080316/aponreas/china_tibet |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=March 16, 2008 |accessdate=March 19, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318222009/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080316/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet |archivedate=March 18, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> There are other reports that police shot between 13 and 30 protesters after a police station was set on fire, reports of at least one policeman being killed, and the burning three or four police vans. Reports on the exact number of deaths were difficult due to the expulsion of journalists.<ref>{{cite news | title = Tension rises as armed police mass in capital | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/18/tibet.china | work=The Guardian | date = March 18, 2008 | accessdate = March 19, 2008 | location=London | first1=Jonathan | last1=Watts | first2=Tania | last2=Branigan| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080318223000/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/18/tibet.china| archivedate= March 18, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> The Chinese government stated that it opened fire on protestors in self defense on 20 March, reporting that four were wounded.<ref name=BBClist/><ref name=":2">{{cite news|date=March 21, 2008|title=川阿壩警開槍自衛 四暴徒受傷 (Sichuan, Ngawa police fire in self defence; four rioters wounded)|publisher=Da Kung Pao|location=Hong Kong|url=http://www.takungpao.com/news/08/03/21/ZM-880897.htm|url-status=dead|accessdate=March 30, 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328070029/http://www.takungpao.com/news/08/03/21/ZM-880897.htm|archivedate=March 28, 2008}}</ref>
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A wave of arrests occurred in [[Sertar]] on 21 March, where police shot and killed a protestor. Chinese army troops blocked roads in Sertar, and many Tibetans were arrested. The [[London]]-based Free Tibet Campaign reported that troops had been sent to the county after residents used explosives to destroy a bridge near the village of Gudu.<ref>{{cite news|title=China blankets Tibetan areas with troops |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet_131 |publisher=Yahoo News |date=2008-03-20 |accessdate=2008-03-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324061623/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_re_as/china_tibet_131 |archivedate=24 March 2008 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=Kirti>{{cite news |title=Beijing deploys army against nuns|url=http://www.nzz.ch/nachrichten/international/peking_setzt_armee_gegen_nonnen_ein_1.693952.html|work=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |date=2008-03-23 |accessdate=2008-03-23}}</ref>
''Tibetan Nuns Jailed, Detained'', (12 May 2008), https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/tibet_nuns-05122008160846.html?searchterm=None</ref> Other protests were held in Chori.
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