More from Xia He

The video starts out a few blocks from the monastery, well into the Muslim part of town. It then cuts to right outside the monastery, across from some of the prayer wheels. The second floor of the building that's in the background is, I think, the Nomad Cafe, where I had the yak.

There's a photo album here (it's labeled 'Ambro Labrang', which is the Tibetan name for the town) with a series of photos. Those that look like they are in a more open square are pretty far from the monastery, where the Han Chinese dance at night. So I would guess that people are at least being allowed to walk around in different parts of town. Also: while the video is pretty blurred (thanks for being safety conscious!), it looks like a fair number of these people are Han, so this is starting to look like a 'leave us the fuck alone' uprising more than a strictly an ethnic thing.

And go figure--there was someone from Eugene there last week. I have only one correction to make to his article: Xia He distinctly has 2 paved roads, not one.