Status Updates From Dans la gorge du dragon

"Murder investigation is an art form. The essential cause of violent crime is class struggle."

"A murder investigation is pointless unless it can become a parable for the people."

The ultimate weapon wielded by Beijing had always been population...Beijing was turning the native population of Tibet into a minority in their own lands...Endless truck convoys over thirty years had turned Lhasa into a Han Chinese city.
the roads built for such convoys were called avichi trails at the 404th [construction brigade], for the eighth level of hell, the hell reserved for those who would destroy Buddhism.

Om mani padme hum
(Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus)
Chant 108 times per day