Chinese authorities have arrested a popular young Tibetan singer, accusing him
of composing subversive songs.
Tashi Dondrup was detained yesterday afternoon while in hiding in the western
city of Xining, capital of Qinghai province, where he had taken refuge after
the authorities banned his music.
The 30-year-old professional singer released an album titled Torture
without TraceThe Times. It comprises 13
songs expressing nostalgia for the exiled Dalai Lama and remembering the
crackdown that followed an anti-Chinese riot in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa,
in March last year.
last month, sources told
The 5,000 CDs sold out quickly among Tibetans in the Amdo region of eastern
Tibet, where Tashi Dondrup is a local star. Authorities at once banned the
album.
Officials in central Henan province, where the singer is a member of the Henan
Mongolian Autonomous Region Arts Troupe, issued a warrant for his arrest.
The musician, the son of Tibetan farmers who was married two months ago,
fled into hiding | 
