接下来在政府猝不及防的时刻爆发了西藏叛乱，而后若干西方和亚洲国家又在中国的奥运火炬传递仪式上演出了令人尴尬的抗议问题。
Then came the riots in Tibet, which caught the government off guard, followed by embarrassing protests over China’s Olympic torch relay in several Western and Asian countries.