What's going on in Tibet (update)

I find the comments of Tibet's Communist Party secretary, Zhang Qingli, when he warned of a "long-term" struggle against the Tibetan exile movement deeply disturbing: "We are in the midst of a fierce struggle involving blood and fire, a life and death struggle with the Dalai clique," he told a meeting of regional leaders on Wednesday...Leaders of the whole country must deeply understand the arduousness, complexity and long-term nature of the struggle," he said in remarks carried online by the China Tibet News.

My understanding is that over a hundred Tibetans have died and many hundreds are injured but too scared to seek treatment. The West cannot stand idly by, for too long the West has made allowances for China. For many on the left, China is their great hope that some country will be powerful enough to stand up to the US and protect the world from the "Great Satan", maybe now they will realise how wrong they were - I of course realise that this will not happen as most of these people don't think, they feeeeeel.

The 2008 Olympics should never have been awarded to China, the country is not fit to hold them. I am not sure that a boycott is the right answer but someone should design a symbolic protest that athletes could take part in before each event and on the medals rostrum - something along the lines of Tommie Smith and John Carlos "black power" salute during the medal ceremony for the 200 metres sprint at the 1968 Olympics...