To take a specific example, in the riot of 5-7 March 1989, 16 people had died and over 120 had been injured, 24 public buildings and schools had been damaged; 99 shops, restaurants or hotels had been looted or burnt down; and over 200 cars had been destroyed. The incident certainly did not deserve to be called a "peaceful demonstration". It had been instigated by a small number of separatists both inside and outside Tibet, and had not reflected the wishes of the Tibetan people as a whole, most of whom had condemned it. The riots had been against both the law and the Constitution of the country, and in order to preserve national unity, lives and property, the central Government had been obliged to impose martial law from 8 March 1989 to 30 April 1990. The situation in Tibet had since been stable. Mr. FAN Guoxiang (China) said that the Chinese delegation had further tables and statistics, which it would supply to members of the Committee or include in China's next periodic report, as the Committee wished. Mr. WOLFRUM thanked the Chinese representatives for the vast amount of additional information they had provided. It was unfortunate that the information could not have appeared in the periodic report, since that would have made the Committee's work much easier. He considered that he had not received an adequate reply to all of his questions, and he therefore wished to repeat them. Firstly, he had asked who CERD/C/SR.871 page 8 actually governed the autonomous areas in practice. For instance, he would like to know the names and ethnic origins of the First Secretary of the Communist Party, the military commissar, the senior judges and the senior civil servants of the major autonomous areas. The Chinese representative had stated that the economic situation of the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a specific event, the 1989 riot in Tibet, and the subsequent measures taken by the Chinese government to maintain national unity and stability. The text also mentions the provision of additional information by the Chinese delegation to the Committee, which suggests that it may be related to a human rights or political situation.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Education