BEIJING - I-Air China izoqala ukunikeza izindiza eziqondile zisuka eBeijing ziya eTibet kule nyanga, zishefe amahora amabili ngesikhathi sohambo lwamanje ngenhloso yokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha, kusho abezindaba zombuso ngoLwesithathu.

Isikhulu se-Xinhua News Agency sithe le nkonzo entsha eya enhloko-dolobha yase-Tibet i-Lhasa izosuka e-Beijing nsuku zonke kusukela ngoJulayi 10. Njengamanje, zonke izindiza eziya e-Lhasa zidlula e-Chengdu, inhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe saseSichuan esiseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeChina.

I-Xinhua ithe le nkonzo entsha yakhelwe ukuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha esifundeni sase-Himalaya. Imboni yathinteka kakhulu kulandela izibhelu zangoMashi 2008 lapho abantu baseTibet ababebhikishela ukubusa kweBeijing behlasela abafuduki baseChina bashisa ingxenye enkulu yesifunda sezentengiselwano saseLhasa.

Izikhulu zaseChina zithi bangu-22 abantu abashonile, kodwa abantu baseTibet bathi baningi abashonile odlameni lwangoMashi 14, olwasusa imibhikisho emiphakathini yaseTibet eSichuan, Gansu naseQinghai.

Ukuvinjelwa kokuvakasha kanye nokwehliswa kanzima kukahulumeni ezindlini zezindela zamaBuddha kwenze ezokuvakasha ziwohloka, kwathi abafika engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka odlule behle cishe ngamaphesenti angama-70. I-Tibet yavulelwa kuphela izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ngokugcwele ngo-Ephreli 5.

Abaphathi bezokuvakasha eTibet ngo-Okthoba banxuse izikhungo zezokuvakasha, izindawo zezivakashi, amahhotela neziphathimandla zezokuthutha ukuthi zehlise amanani azo ngohhafu.

I-China ithi i-Tibet ibilokhu iyingxenye yendawo yayo, kodwa abantu abaningi baseTibet bathi isifunda sase-Himalaya besizimele amakhulu eminyaka nokuthi ukulawula okuqinile kwe-Beijing kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1950 kuyabaqeda amasiko kanye nobunikazi babo.