Irrepressible Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu, whose grip on reality would give Syd Barrett circa 1967 a run for his money,* called the situation in the Τibetαn regions of China “stable” on the same day that the government declared giant swathes of western China off-limits to foreign travelers.
I must be in a classic rock mood today.
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*I’m kidding. We love Jiang Yu here at the Granite Studio. She seems pretty sharp, so much so that I sometimes wonder if she ever gets handed the more bizarre talking points and simply asks: “Really? Really? You’re kidding? You’re NOT kidding? Really?” then pulls a flask out from beneath her desk and starts drinking heavily.
“It is true that it is now harder for some journalists to go to Tibet. But this is not caused by us and is not a situation we would like to see,”
Thanks for the link Jeremiah.
This seems like an odd comment to make. I wonder, who does she mean by ‘us’?
I don’t see the problem here… foreigners have to be kept out to maintain stability, obviously!