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Rather, for the three weeks that we were in Asia, the global media's attention on China has been focused on the riots in Tibet. As devastating as this situation is, the media missed the real cause of the riots. It wasn't religious freedom or even human rights. It was about higher food prices.
The poor people of the world are having a much tougher time adjusting to $11 for a bushel of wheat than oil at $110 a barrel. So the protests may have started with a few hundred monks protesting China rule, but they grew violent as thousands of angry low-income Tibetans joined the riots. Interviews with several Tibetans who took part in the riots revealed that most of the rioters took to the streets because their lives are getting harder with higher food prices and stagnant income. Plus, similar riots among other disadvantaged people broke out in Latin America, Central Asia and Africa during the past two months.
The poor people of the world are having a much tougher time adjusting to $11 for a bushel of wheat than oil at $110 a barrel. So the protests may have started with a few hundred monks protesting China rule, but they grew violent as thousands of angry low-income Tibetans joined the riots. Interviews with several Tibetans who took part in the riots revealed that most of the rioters took to the streets because their lives are getting harder with higher food prices and stagnant income. Plus, similar riots among other disadvantaged people broke out in Latin America, Central Asia and Africa during the past two months.