In the news for his biography of V.S. Naipaul, Patrick French, who is also the author of Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land, writes for The Daily Mail on his personal experience of travelling through Tibet to research his book
The Chinese men in blue tracksuits were horribly familiar. Although they were dressed like athletes, their robotic movements, blank faces, swivel eyes and rough, menacing style reminded me of the secret policemen I had to avoid when I was in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, some years ago.
Last Sunday, they surrounded Konnie Huq as she ran with the Olympic flame through the streets of London, ordering her to hold the torch higher and shoving protesters and British policemen out of the way.
Lord Coe, the London Olympics chief, was overheard describing the so-called “torch attendants” as “thugs”.
He said: “They tried to push me out of the way three times. They are horrible.”
[Pic: Konnie Huq is surrounded by 'thugs' as she carries the Olympic Torch in London last week]
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