More overseas Chinese in Russia, Italy, Romania, Hungary and Myanmar have condemned the recent rioting in Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

The riots revealed an attempt by the Dalai clique to politicize the forthcoming Beijing Olympics and that was intolerable, Guan Baixin, chairman of the chamber of commerce of northern Chinese in Russia's Moscow, told Xinhua on Saturday.

"We overseas Chinese in Russia are all indignant at the violent crimes in Lhasa and express our strong condemnation," he said.

In Italy, Su Liqun, vice chairman of the overseas Chinese union in Florence, and Zhou Bin, deputy head of the Chinese chamber of commerce in Milan, joined a chorus of condemnation over the rioting masterminded by the Dalai clique.

The riots, which were premeditated and elaborately plotted, were designed to destabilize Tibet and create chaos, they said.

Overseas Chinese in Italy denounce the criminal acts of beatings, vandalism, lootings and arsons in Lhasa and support the Chinese government in taking all necessary measures to safeguard China's national unity and maintaining stability.

In Romania, many overseas Chinese expressed their indignation at the Tibet riots,said Guo Yushan, head of the China Chamber for Peaceful Reunification.

Safeguarding China's national unity and maintaining social stability are the wishes of all the Chinese people, who and other peace-loving people in the world also share the wish to make the Beijing Olympic Games a great success, said Guo.

Guo's remarks were echoed by his counterparts in Hungary. Chen Zhen, vice chairman of the society of traditional Chinese medicine in Hungary, expressed support for the Chinese government's anti-riot measures.

He also criticized some Western media for their exaggerated and distorted reporting of the issue.

Those "irresponsible reports have distorted the facts and misled the public," he said, noting that the overseas Chinese people, who are well informed about the history of Tibet, which has been part of China's territory since ancient times, will never be taken in by the biased reporting by some Western media.

Li Guanghua, honorary chairman of the Hungarian council for the promotion of peaceful reunification of China, said the riots in the run-up to the Beijing Olympic Games, was apparently designed to sabotage the event and undermine social stability in Tibet and the whole of China.

Their conspiracy will never succeed, Li said.

Leaders of overseas Chinese in Myanmar also expressed their anger over the riots. The violence, plotted by the Tibetan separatists, was aimed at undermining China's stability and unity, discredit China's international image and sabotage the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games, said the leaders.

The plot by the separatists and other hostile forces is doomed to failure, they noted.

(Xinhua News Agency, March 23, 2008)