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There was a vigil/protest outside the Chinese embassy in London earlier. Lot of people showed up (way more than usual.. there has been a small "Vigil for Tibet" outside the Chinese Embassy every Wednesday evening for nearly 20 years. Today's was the most shouty and vastly attended (by Tibetan exiles, Londoners and police) I've ever seen. The regular Wednesday vigil will go ahead as usual, apparently. This was a bonus vigil.) It got on the news and apparently some of the protesters are planning to hunger strike.
The Dalai Lama will be visiting the UK in May (I'm going to see him at the Royal Albert Hall, profits go to the Tibet Society). There's been increased pressure for Gordon Brown to officially meet with him. (If he does, it will annoy China. So it's up in the air.) Nearly 10,000 signed a petition requesting an official statement from the PM about it. No word yet.
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