Chinese netizens mourn Lhasa riot victims

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-06-2008 11:54

Since the Qingming festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, on Friday, Chinese Internet users have been mourning victims who died in last month's Lhasa riots. They've also condemned the Dalai clique and its followers.

Since the Qingming festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, on Friday, Chinese Internet users have been mourning victims who died in last month''s Lhasa riots.

One Internet user has started a forum on xinhuanet.com where he asks other users to present virtual pieces of Khatag, long strands of silk used by Tibetans for blessings.

The invitation was soon supported by posts from web users who expressed their sympathy for the victims and their families.

A vice-director of news on sina.com said the website had received more than 1.5 million hits and over 2.5 thousand postings on one of their blogs.

sohu.com also opened a forum dedicated to mourning the victims. A vice editor-in-chief for the news section of the website said nearly ten million bouquets of virtual flowers had been left for the victims on the website by eight o'clock on Saturday evening.

Users have also published more than 200,000 postings on the site in support of the victims, and there had been over five million page hits in total.

Editor:Zhang Ning