Evidence shows that the March 14 Lhasa violence was part of the "Tibetan People's Uprising Movement" plotted by the Dalai Lama clique, according to Wu Heping, Spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security.

Wu told a press conference on April 1 that the "movement" aimed to create a crisis in China by staging coordinated sabotage activities in Tibet. He said police had found weapons in some temples in Tibet and other provinces after receiving reports of monks and local people, including 178 guns, 13,013 bullets, 359 swords, 3.5 tons of explosives, 19,360 detonators and two hand grenades.

He said that police have captured the primary suspects who allegedly organized, planned and participated in the violence on March 14 in Tibet Autonomous Region's capital.

Smoking Ban

The Chinese capital will ban smoking in most public places starting from May 1, a move to meet China's pledge of a smoke-free Olympics.

Many Chinese cities already have limited restrictions in place, but Beijing will be the first to ban smoking in all restaurants and offices.

Beijing has had some smoking restrictions since 1996, when the municipal government prohibited lighting up in large public venues such as schools, sports arenas and movie theaters.

The new rules expand the scope to include restaurants, bars, Internet cafes, hotels, offices, holiday resorts and all indoor areas of medical facilities.

Resolution of Shanghai

The Shanghai Municipal Government should strengthen self-discipline to build itself into one of the most transparent and efficient governments in the country, city Mayor Han Zheng said on March 31.

The pledge came as Han presided over the first full meeting of the new city government since it was installed this January.

"Officials of the new government should learn new things and keep improving themselves. The whole government team should be strictly managed and disciplined rigidly," Han said.

The city government this year will focus on 14 city-level social investigation programs and 22 top government work deeds, including implementing energy saving and emission reduction strategies, perfecting the city's social welfare system and strengthening real estate market control, Han said.

Wisdom of Masses

New green inventions collected in March during the Month of Energy Preservation and Pollution Reduction, designed by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, are to be promoted nationwide.

Of the selected 100 inventions, most come from grassroots workers. They include an invention designed to prevent the leakage of petroleum and natural gas during transportation. The cap gadget created by Zou Jinhai, a worker at Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Co., could collect over 80 percent of leaked petroleum and natural gas.

Condom Promotion Campaign

Beijing is to make condoms more accessible in its hotels, nightclubs and construction sites, as a new move of the municipal government to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.

Guesthouses, hotels and scenic resorts are all required to put condoms in toilets, and nightclubs, bathing centers and major construction sites should have condom-selling vendors installed. The condoms shall not be used as evidence of prostitution, according to the meeting.

Beijing Municipal AIDS Prevention and Control Working Committee, the organization that launched the campaign, has urged local public security bureaus and health bodies to organize training for hotel managers on the promotion of condom use.