Tibet isolated after Chinese lockdown

Wen said the situation in Lhasa was returning to normal, and a Chinese resident of the city contacted by AFP reported that some businesses were reopening.
The unrest -- and the virtual sealing off of the region -- has renewed international attention on China's human rights record amid scattered calls from Tibetan activists and campaigners to boycott the Games.
But while many nations have called on China to use restraint in dealing with the protesters, none have said they would boycott the Olympics.
Asked Tuesday whether his country would consider skipping the Games, Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura replied: "No." He said events in Tibet were "a domestic issue."
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the Chinese authorities to "avoid further confrontation and violence" in his first public comments since the crackdown.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Beijing to open talks with the Dalai Lama -- who has lashed out at Chinese "cultural genocide" in Tibet but has also stopped short of calling for an Olympics boycott.
But Wen said Beijing would only hold talks with the Dalai Lama if he gives up independence ambitions for his Himalayan homeland -- a vast region more than twice the size of France that makes up about one-eighth of China.
"We have plenty of evidence that proves that these incidents were organised, premeditated