This is a truly startling revelation about how hard the Chinese government is working to ensure that no news about what they are doing inside Tibet escapes to the outside world. Both the South China Morning Post (subscription) and The Telegraph are reporting that Chinese forces are searching every single house, hotel, and boarding house in Lhasa for non-Tibetans and even Tibetans who live outside of Lhasa. SCMP writes:

Security forces in Lhasa and other Tibetan-populated areas launched a search for “suspicious characters” amid a major security clampdown in the Himalayan region in a pre-emptive bid to prevent any unrest during sensitive anniversaries.

Tensions were high yesterday on the streets of the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region as armed police continued their door-to-door checks for overseas visitors or journalists. Not a single hotel, guesthouse or local home in the city was spared.

Those whose ID cards were not issued by the regional government were taken in for further interrogation and even faced detention, hotel and restaurant owners in Lhasa said.

Apart from people from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Tibetans from outside Lhasa and other parts of the Himalayan region were also targeted.

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All Tibetan areas in Sichuan and Qinghai are off-limits to overseas tourists and journalists this week, with communications cut off in the most volatile areas, local travel agencies and other sources said.

In Lhasa, major monasteries have been sealed and armed police patrol the city day and night.

Hundreds of big and small hotels were strictly required to report suspicious figures. Local people are required to produce their residence permits in frequent security checks.

Late-night road blocks were seen in downtown Lhasa. Passengers in taxis and pedestrians carrying bags were subject to identity checks by public security officers or armed police.

Shops and entertainment venues were ordered to shut as early as 10pm.

A resident of Bakhor Street, one of the most sensitive areas near the prestigious Jokhang Monastery, said security forces had been checking the rooftops of every building.

Tibet is a prison that the world is not allowed in. China does not anyone to know what they are doing to Tibetans behind closed doors. This is sickening.