tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57807790404872697062009-04-21T11:03:23.448-07:00Chinese occupation of TibetNews around the Tibetan uprising in 2008, the riots, the Chinese repressionRudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-67572126206796393302009-03-22T09:39:00.000-07:002009-03-22T09:50:45.913-07:00One year later...I need to apologize. Over the last half year I have not entered any new messages to this blog, simply because I can't stomach going over all the bad news to keep this blog alive... <br />Now one year after the Tibetan uprising around March 10, 2008, the situation is not any better, but the outside world does not see much on the media these days, simply because the entire country is closed for foreigners, and especially foreign press.<br /><br />Please, if you want to stay informed about the actual situation, I can highly recommend <a href="http://www.agamsgecko.blogspot.com">Agam's blog</a> and the links to the right of this message.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-6757212620679639330?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-66137766285567419172008-08-22T02:28:00.000-07:002008-08-22T02:33:11.398-07:00Fasting for TibetA Personal Request from Samdhong Rinpoche<br /><br />Dear Friends,<br /><br />You might have seen the Appeal issued by the Tibetan Solidarity Committee to request all Tibetans, Tibet Support Groups and peace-loving people of the world to observe a 12-hour symbolic fasting and prayer on 30th August 2008 for world peace and, particularly, for the departed souls of the Tibetan people in recent months in Tibet. The appeal also re-commits ourselves to the path of non-violence. The objectives and how to observe the fasting are mentioned in detail in the appeal. If you have not received the appeal as yet, please visit our official website <a href="http://tibet.net/en/prelease/2008/140808.html">www.tibet.net</a> and <a href="http://www.stoptibetcrisis.org/">www.stoptibetcrisis.org</a>.<br /><br />We consider this as extremely important non-violent action taken by Tibetans under the leadership of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a very critical period for Tibet, particularly the post-Olympic period. I personally request you and your organization to kindly participate in this fast and prayer and encourage many other people to join us in this effort to reduce our own defilements and to create wisdom and compassion in the minds of the oppressor. I believe you will cooperate us in this<br />non-violent action.<br />With my warm personal greetings,<br /><br />Your sincerely,<br /><br />Samdhong Rinpoche<br />14 August 2008<br />KALON TRIPA<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-6613776628556741917?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-44520312863836999922008-08-22T02:24:00.000-07:002008-08-22T02:26:16.495-07:00It is far from over yet...Latest information as of july 29, 2008, number of Tibetans killed, arrested, and injured since March 10 clampdown on the Tibetans by the PRC follows below: <br /><br />Number of Tibetans killed: more than 216 <br />Number of Tibetan injured: above 1,000 <br />Number of Tibetan arrested: more than 5,972 <br />In view of the ongoing critical situation inside Tibet, we urge the United Nations and the International community and organizations to the following urgent needs:<br /><br />To immediately send an independent international fact-finding mission into Tibet <br />To exert pressure on the PRC government to allow unfettered access to free press in whole of Tibet <br />To pressure the PRC to end the brutal killings in the whole of Tibet <br />To immediately release all the arrested and imprisoned Tibetans <br />To extend immediate medical assistance to those injured Tibetans <br />To allow free movement of people and provide access to daily needs <br /> - Tibetan Solidarity Committee<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-4452031286383699992?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-69745794061976830512008-05-15T15:18:00.000-07:002008-05-15T15:34:58.845-07:00China and Myanmar - a comparison<strong>Myanmar</strong><br />1. The Junta is warned for an upcoming huge storm a week before it hits, the Junta does nothing.<br />2. The storm hits, the Junta does nothing, apart from worrying about their rigged elections.<br />3. Aid is offered, the Junta blocks it or lets in only selected aid. The selected aid disappears in their own stores, if anything is distributed, it is wet & mouldy rice, not even fit to feed animals.<br /><br /><strong>I would advise the International Court of Justistice to start collecting information NOW for a case of crimes against humanity.</strong><br /><br /><strong>China</strong><br />1. The CCP is warned for an upcoming earthquake weeks before it hits and does nothing.<br />2. The earthquake hits, and a huge rescue action is started immediately.<br />3. Aid is offered, the CCP accepts it, even from a sworn enemy like Japan.<br /><br />OK China, that's 3 out of 2, my compliments! <br /><br /><strong>Now please take care of your man-made disaster in Tibet, in Turkistan and with the Falun Gong with the same urgency, please...</strong><br /><br /><strong>OM MANI PADME HUM</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-6974579406197683051?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-70698449996254260782008-05-11T17:36:00.000-07:002008-05-11T17:49:18.547-07:00Stupidity, natural disaster and mass murderBurma - it's incredible to see what ignorance + guns (a junta) can do.<br /><br />First, they don't inform their people about a natural disaster at the doorstep. <br />Second, the natural disaster happens and kills tens of thousands, and makes over a million homeless.<br />Third, they call for outside aid, but avoid it gets to the people who need it.<br />Fourth, they continue their sham elections to ensure they 'justify' more illegal oppression.<br /><br />The first light in this: France has decided to ship in aid, <strong>without</strong> the proper permissions of the madmen who lead Burma into hell. <strong>Bravo France</strong>!<br /><br /><strong>Please USA</strong>, this time send two F15's, just to scare the hell out of Than Shwe and his hunting dogs, and send them packing; it could save over a million lives with one tiny gesture. Please invoke the new international legal doctrine known as <strong>Responsibility to Protect</strong>. There is no oil in Burma, so this time you can show you do care about people.<br /><br />A good summary (as usual) on <a href="http://agamsgecko.blogspot.com/2008/05/burmas-stifled-cheated-people-need-one.html">Agam's blog</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-7069844999625426078?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-41937678634688571452008-05-07T12:47:00.000-07:002008-05-07T12:55:53.090-07:00Background on Tibet & actual storiesToday I have very little to add to the two excellent posts on Agam's blog: <br /><a href="http://agamsgecko.blogspot.com/2008/05/some-good-reading-on-tibet-and-china.html">SOME GOOD READING ON TIBET AND CHINA</a> provides a quite interesting collection of articles via links, a must-read for people interested in Tibet.<br /><a href="http://agamsgecko.blogspot.com/2008/05/tibetans-steadfast-with-no-let-up-in.html">TIBETANS STEADFAST, WITH NO LET-UP IN CHINA'S REPRESSION</a> reports on a murder on a girl with a vengeance, which makes you wonder if some of the Chinese qualify as humans, and it ends with a lovely story I want to share here from <a href="http://www.tibet.net/en/flash/2008/0508/03B0508.html">Letter from Lhasa</a>:<br /><br /><blockquote>"Yesterday I saw a little boy, around one or two years old; that I believed displayed a good example of Tibetan spirit. <br />The baby looked as if he had just learnt how to walk and was out with his grandmother and her little dog. They were standing in front of the Jokhang Square where military in blue ensures nobody crosses the square. The baby walked up the three steps to the square and started to make prostrations towards the Jokhang while his grandmother also prayed but her frail body prevented her from prostrating as well. When the boy finished he looked at the guards, then at his grandmother, and then started to walk closer to the temple. The guards looked at the baby, not knowing what to do. After about ten meters the baby boy stopped and prostrated again, then turned around, walked back to one of the guards and took his hand to say goodbye. <br />Seeing this reminded me that all Tibetan people want is religious freedom and the right to preserve their culture." </blockquote><br /><br />OM MANI PADME HUM<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-4193767863468857145?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-86474546762803839502008-05-06T13:45:00.001-07:002008-05-06T13:49:52.469-07:00Unbelievable suffering in BurmaPlease take a moment to reflect on the tens of thousands of deaths and the unknown number of hurt and homeless people in Burma after the storm. The Junta apparently nows nothing better to do then to keep foreign helpers out of the country...<br />Dictatorships only help the dictators.<br /><br />OM MANI PADME HUM<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-8647454676280383950?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-26841782876292927062008-05-05T06:02:00.000-07:002008-05-05T06:14:05.167-07:00How talks are not talks at allFrom <a href="http://agamsgecko.blogspot.com/2008/05/tibet-china-talks-end-with-chinese.html">Agam's Blog</a>: <br /><blockquote>"Even as the talks were taking place, China maintained its constant verbal attacks.<br />Xinhua quoted Chinese experts on Tibet as saying the Tibetan Youth Congress, an exile group, was dedicated to separating Tibet from China and was the "armed spearhead of the 14th Dalai Lama group."<br />It quoted a researcher from the Beijing-based China Tibetology Research Center as saying the Tibetan Youth Congress was behind the March 14 riots.<br />"We hope the 14th Dalai Lama could truly give up 'Tibet independence,' stop secessionist activities, stop instigating violence, stop disrupting the Beijing Olympics, effectively prevent TYC's violence and denounce its terrorist acts," Xinhua quoted Liu Hongji as saying."</blockquote><br /><strong>But <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080505/wl_asia_afp/chinaunresttibetrightsoly2008media">it gets worse</a> - believe it or not;</strong><br /><blockquote>Following the March 14 incident in Lhasa, the Dalai has not only refused to admit his monstrous crimes, but he has continued to perpetuate fraud," an article in Monday's Tibet Daily said.<br />The article, which did not refer to Sunday's talks, described the Dalai Lama's demands for "genuine autonomy" in Tibet and the "greater Tibetan region" as fraudulent.<br />The "Dalai Clique" is trying to "confuse public opinion and incite ethnic hatred," the article said. The Dalai Lama's attempt to realise a "greater Tibetan region, is part of his attempt to split the motherland," it said.</blockquote><br /><strong>I think the only thing they have not (yet) accused the Dalai Lama of is holding weapons of mass destruction...<br />So what many feared, appears to come true. the Chinese government keeps blaming the Dalai Lama for something he did not do, the Chinese did, do and will do nothing wrong. Why the 'talks' were held? To save face and give in to foreign demands for talks. China does not want talks, it merely wants to bully everyone - including foreign press and governments into submission.</strong><br /><br /><br /><strong>Oh yes, the Chinese fascist flame will <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080505/wl_asia_afp/chinaunrestxinjiangrightsoly2008torch">continue to Uighur</a> after Tibet , so let's throw half the population there in jail, just in case...:</strong><br /><blockquote>"The Chinese authorities have been heavily cracking down on the Uighurs in order to bring the torch through East Turkestan," Kadeer said, using the Uighur term for the region.<br />"We have learned that many Uighurs are being detained and arrested by the Chinese authorities to prevent their peaceful protests in relation to the torch," she told AFP in an e-mailed answer to queries.<br />Leaders of Xinjiang's Uighurs, a Muslim central Asian people who have long chafed under Beijing's control, accuse China of harsh oppression and policies that they say are aimed at extinguishing their culture.<br />"I am opposed to the torch passage because it comes with severe repression of the Uighur people," she said.<br />Kadeer's comments follow allegations Saturday by another overseas Uighur leader that more than 10,000 people were believed to have been rounded up in Xinjiang over the past four to five months.<br />"Everywhere, homes, hotels are searched. People are arrested," Dolkun Isa, secretary general of the Munich-based World Uighur Congress, told AFP in Tokyo."<br />"Even people with no past records have been arrested simply because they look suspicious."<br />Kadeer, who spent six years in a Chinese jail from 1999-2005 and now lives in exile in the United States, also repeated her charge that China fabricated recent claims that it broke up Xinjiang-based terror cells targeting the Olympics.<br />"China is using the occasion to host the 2008 Olympics as an opportunity to further demonise the Uighur people's legitimate and peaceful struggle and justify its heavy-handed repression in East Turkestan," she said.</blockquote><br /><br /><strong>In the mean time, you can rest assured that thousands of Tibetans are being beaten up in jails, Falun Gong practitioners are waiting to be killed for their organs, and everything else is also 'normal' in China.<br />OM MANI PADME HUM</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-2684178287629292706?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-25316909938562053612008-05-05T05:22:00.000-07:002008-05-05T05:27:11.824-07:00Warning to journalists who will visit Tibet soonPlease take note of this warning from <a href="http://secrettibet.rsfblog.org/archive/2008/05/05/chinese-media-published-the-wrong-photo-of-the-special-envoy.html">Woeser</a> if you are invited to make a visit to Tibet soon:<br /><br /><blockquote>In Lhasa the authorities have created the <strong>appearance</strong> of harmony. The soldiers who were on duty all took off their uniforms and dressed up as tourists to walk around everywhere. Most soldiers on guard duty changed into the police uniforms, and the same soldier would change into uniforms for ground force, armed police and policemen. The authorities also created the false appearance of the freedom for religious belief. While some work units notified their employees their place of work is to circumambulate the Potala Palace, the neighborhood committees also organized and encouraged people to go on circumambulation tour and to pay homage in Sera Monastery which has been ordered to open to the public by the authorities themselves. They rewarded these people for doing so with bonuses. It is learned that recently there will be another journalist group, including foreign journalists, to visit Lhasa. <strong>In order to show that people enjoy the right to hold demonstrations freely, some work units will organize their employees to hold demonstrations, and the content for holding the demonstrations is about some trivial matters.</strong></blockquote> <br /><br />So now the government is going so low as to act as if there is freedom of speech in Tibet - how sick can you get? I hope the foreign journalists will be smart enough to see through this deception.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-2531690993856205361?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-40310043708739118542008-05-04T05:21:00.001-07:002008-05-04T05:45:54.364-07:00Letter from Lhasa and organ harvestingFor those of you who may think that things have normalized in Lhasa these days, please have a look at this <a href="http://www.meyul.com/news/letter-from-lhasa/"> Letter from Lhasa</a>. Due to the virtually total communications blackout by the Chinese, it is very difficult to know exactly what is happening, but there seems to be very little reason to be optimistic.<br /><br />Yes, the Chinese gevernment should be talking to representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (who was just announced to be Time Magazine's <a href="http://secrettibet.rsfblog.org/archive/2008/05/04/h-h-the-dalai-lama-time-s-most-influential.html"><strong>most influencial person in the world</strong></a>), but the Chinese press is not changing its vitriolic language against him at all. One could carefully conclude from that, that chances for a real breakthrough are minimal. I do pray that I'm wrong of course...<br /><br />Also, <a href="http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/chinas-organ-harvesting-confirmed-by-a-former-detention-center-prisoner/">Status of Chinese People</a> comes out with a new report of <strong>ongoing organ harvesting</strong> done apparently on an ongoing basis on Falun Gong practitioners and prisoners who are sentenced to death. <br />So while you go to the Olympics, why not pick up a fresh liver or kidney while you are there?...<br /><br />At the same time, the Chinese government are moaning that putting out the Olympic torch is seriously disturbing China's internal harmony. When do these people get real? Do we really need to give President Hu and his whole corrupt clique a standard torture and re-education treatment in a Chinese prison to get through their thick skulls?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-4031004370873911854?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-55636117532504330622008-05-01T15:40:00.000-07:002008-05-01T15:54:25.573-07:00Developing Human Rights - the Fascist WayFrom: <a href="http://boycott2008games.blogspot.com/2008/05/china-special-new-evil-in-our-world.html">Boycott 2008 Communist Olympics</a>:<br /><br /><strong>The Olympic message </strong>(slightly edited/shortened)<br /><br />In 2001, the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Olympics. Liu Jingmin, Vice President of the Beijing Olympic Bid, in April 2001, said: "By allowing Beijing to host the Games you will help the development of human rights."<br /><br /><strong>From the Human Rights Torch Relay issues of concern:</strong><br /><br />- An estimated 100 million Falun Gong practitioners and their families are enduring ever more stringent persecution; tens of thousands of Falun Gong prisoners of conscience have had their organs forcibly extracted and sold.<br /><br />- Hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens are held as political prisoners without charge or trial, including democracy activists, lawyers, human rights defenders, religious leaders, journalists, trade unionists, Tibetan Buddhists (including monks and nuns), Uighurs, ‘unofficial’ church members, Falun Gong practitioners, environmental activists, health and reproductive rights activists, and political dissidents.<br /><br />- People have been evicted from their homes to make way for commercial construction, and beaten or killed if they protest; any meager payment offered to them is usually stolen by corrupt local officials.<br /><br />- Millions of Chinese are sent without trial to slave labor camps, where they are tortured and forced to work long days producing consumer goods. <br /><br />- China continues to impose forced abortion and sterilization to enforce its gruesome ‘One Child’ policy, as per-family population control measures.<br /><br />- China imprisons more reporters, and executes more prisoners, than any other country in the world.<br /><br />- The military junta in Burma, controlled by the CCP, has enforced 19 years of brutal oppression on the Burmese people, and most recently violently cracked down on monks, sympathizers and reporters.<br /><br />- The Chinese regime funds and arms the Sudanese-government-supported Janjaweed militia, which is committing genocide in Darfur. Hundreds of thousands have been murdered and nearly two million displaced from their homes.<br /><br />- Close monitoring and suppression of free speech at all levels. <br /><br /><strong>And a few extra from myself:</strong><br /><br />- People who practice their right for petition as per Chinese law are jailed (see 3 messages ago).<br /><br />- Freedom of religion is 'ensured' by Chinese law, in practice however, there is no freedom of religion at all.<br /><br />- People's houses are raided and persons are arrested on a large scale without apparent reason, often these people are beaten/tortured and - if they are lucky - freed after some time.<br /><br />- Many trials in China are a complete farce; they are not public, accused have no access to a lawyer and are not even allowed to make a statement; the latest <a href="http://www.meyul.com/news/first-sentences-since-tibet-protests-began-monks-to-serve-life-20-years/">'trials' of Tibetans</a> are a good example of this.<br /><br />- (Child) Slavery, it exists, and probably not just a few isolated cases. <br /><br />- The bodies of people who die because of torture in prisons, whose organs are cut out for organ donation, or are shot during protests are often <a href="http://boycott2008games.blogspot.com/2008/05/china-special-new-evil-in-our-world.html">cremated to cover up any remaining evidence</a> - <strong>nothing short of what Nazi Germany did in their famous concentration camps</strong>. <br /><br />- People are forced to undergo 're-education sessions' in an attempt to brainwash any ideas that are not convenient to the central government. During the last weeks a new re-education was ordered to take place in Tibet.<br /><br /><em><strong>But, it seems the happiness of some athletes is more important then all of this...</strong></em><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-5563611753250433062?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-59841339596491757682008-05-01T14:40:00.000-07:002008-05-01T14:52:37.075-07:00Beijing Olympic torch - uncensored versionFrom <a href="http://www.daylife.com/photo/08DkehI5ez4vF">Getty Images</a><br /><a href="http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/uploaded_images/chinese-flame-thrower-1-737225.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/uploaded_images/chinese-flame-thrower-1-737221.jpg" border="0" alt="Beijing Olympic torch - the real one" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-5984133959649175768?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-14991589998429664182008-04-28T14:04:00.001-07:002008-04-28T14:19:35.450-07:00Really hate to say this, but I told you so...From the <a href="http://www.humanrightstorch.org/news/2008/04/28/is-it-olympic-torch-or-the-cultural-revolution-resurface-in-australia-i/">Human Rights Torch Relay site</a>:<br /><blockquote>In front of the Congress, on April 24, Olympic torch was relayed in Canberra, Australia. “Ït shows to everyone in the world that the event like what happened today in Australia is actually a new round of ‘Cultural Revolution’. ” (Mr. Chen Yonglin, a former Chinese diplomat).</blockquote><br /><br /><strong>You can look in the archive of this blog for April 2. Perhaps Mr. Yonglin has been reading it?</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-1499158999842966418?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-7797285040972055392008-04-28T02:19:00.000-07:002008-04-28T02:22:55.990-07:00Freedom of speech outside of ChinaThe eye-witness report from a good friend of mine of what happened in Canberra<br /><br /><blockquote>"The atmosphere was very aggressive and unpleasant. In this video a white Australian couple had a cardboard placard asking for autonomy in Tibet. They were surrounded, had their placard covered by the Chinese flag, and shouted down, "One China", " Go away", "who hired you?" and at the end "Use your own f***cking brain! You are against the free will of 1.4 billion people - --one fourth of the world's population. Do you think we care?" <br /><br />Other friends were punched in the stomach, kicked, spat on, had their flags and placards snatched away and stomped on. Several people were hit with flagpoles. Didn't matter if we were Tibetan or Australian. Nigel was given a hefty shove and rescued by the Chinese PAP. So much for respect for elders!<br /><br />The worst thing was that in our own country, we were prevented from exercising our right to free speech and point of view by foreign nationals. <br /><br />At least 10,000 Chinese, mainly students were bussed from Melbourne and Sydney and Adelaide, with all expenses paid for. On arrival they were fed, they listened to Chinese military music and were coached, with leaders in most groups shouting out slogans. Even the police were overwhelmed and horrified. The worst incident I heard of (reported by Reuters but not the local press) was a 15 year old Tibetan boy. He was set upon as he was on his way to the kiosk to get something to eat. 150 Chinese students belted him and chased him. Desperate to get away he ran into the waters of Lake Burley Griffin. The owners of the kiosk called the police and he was rescued by the police launch. Many Tibetans were distraught, it brought back awful memories for them."</blockquote><br /><br /><strong>This seems to be the only flame in the world that spreads darkness... </strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-779728504097205539?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-71537952184694070232008-04-25T14:36:00.000-07:002008-04-25T14:38:30.275-07:00'Freedom of complaint' the Chinese wayOf course not just the Tibetans have problems...<br /><br /><div><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="445" height="369" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://www.livevideo.com/flvplayer/embed/4ECFCACBC23D4621B7358351FE680529" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="445" height="369" src="http://www.livevideo.com/flvplayer/embed/4ECFCACBC23D4621B7358351FE680529" wmode="transparent"></embed></object></div><br /><br />Happy Olympics.<br />May the Chinese government become sportsmen rather then fascists...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-7153795218469407023?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-84417006103818431162008-04-25T06:27:00.000-07:002008-04-25T06:49:51.680-07:00Will the miracle happen?<a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/50e2584a-12a2-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1">China plans to meet Dalai Lama envoys</a><br />By Reuters April 25 <br /><br />Chinese officials will meet representatives of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism whom China blames for a wave of unrest, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, citing official sources. <br /><br />The move marks a change in tactics on the part of Beijing, which has stepped up its vilification of the Dalai Lama since anti-government protests hit Tibet and rippled across ethnic Tibetan parts of China in the past weeks. <br /><br /><br /><blockquote>"It is hoped that through contact and consultation, the Dalai side will take credible moves to stop activities aimed at splitting China, stop plotting and inciting violence and stop disrupting and sabotaging the Beijing Olympic Games so as to create conditions for talks," Xinhua quoted the official as saying.</blockquote><br /><br />As <a href="http://agamsgecko.blogspot.com/2008/04/china-agrees-to-meet-tibetan.html">Agam noted in his blog</a>:<br /><strong>"So that's that then -- he's never done any of those things.</strong> The talks are on."<br /><br /><br />Please pray with me that the Dalai Lama's representative will not talk to deaf ears only...<br />OM MANI PADME HUM<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-8441700610381843116?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-78043349593175357562008-04-22T16:10:00.000-07:002008-04-22T16:35:36.358-07:00China urges Australians not to protestIsn't that an interesting comment from a country that keeps hiding behind the statement that the outside world should not interfere with its "internal politics"?<br /><br />It seems that Chinazi's Foreign Ministry wants Australia to skip the constitution for the Holy Torch. At the same time, the Chinese themselves can demonstrate against Carrefour without any sensible or logical reason, in a country without freedom of speech. <br /><br />Is it just me who is getting confused?<br /><br />By the way, the Chinazi's Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman also said "... the Olympic torch, which belongs to the people of the whole world". <br />Exactly! The whole world is not China alone, dear...<br /><br />May wisdom replace short-sightedness in all human beings.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-7804334959317535756?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-86073908302676791202008-04-21T11:30:00.001-07:002008-04-21T11:30:52.182-07:00A journalist using freedom of speech, yes they still exist!Thank you <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/17/AR2008041704414.html?tid%3Dinformbox&sub=new">Sally Jenkins</a>!<br /><br />I wonder if she has received death threats yet...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-8607390830267679120?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-50988129010701463292008-04-21T03:14:00.000-07:002008-04-21T03:27:24.902-07:00Test for Chinese students - Spot the differences<strong>Can you find the differences?</strong><br /><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"><br /> <tr><br /> <td><a href="http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/uploaded_images/Han-protester1-734504.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/uploaded_images/Han-protester1-734501.jpg" border="0" alt="Han protester" /></a><br /></td><br /> <td><p align="left">Han protester</p></td><br /> </tr><br /> <tr><br /> <td><a href="http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/uploaded_images/tibetan-protester1-734497.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 0px; text-align:left;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/uploaded_images/tibetan-protester1-734491.jpg" border="0" alt="Tibetan protester" /></a></td><br /> <td><p align="left">Tibetan protester</p></td><br /> </tr><br /></table><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-5098812901070146329?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-56977310113359288552008-04-20T16:38:00.000-07:002008-04-20T16:48:09.218-07:00'Democracy' in ChinaI always wondered if I would be able to recognize a completely fake, government-organized demonstration. Now I know... Thank you dear Fuehrers! And, thank you Gestapo for keeping these wild demonstrators under control! <br />I don't think the demonstrators got paid as much as in <a href="http://agamsgecko.blogspot.com/2008/04/rage-for-sale.html">Thailand (350 U$)</a> though, or they would have looked much more outraged...<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rAXJmHMkbLM&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rAXJmHMkbLM&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-5697731011335928855?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-28440802121920663772008-04-20T14:26:00.000-07:002008-04-20T14:47:11.770-07:00Child slavery - a conflict of interestsI find Chinese a very difficult language. <br />Apparently, <strong>child slavery </strong>is called <strong>'a conflict between labour and capital'</strong>. I don't see any conflict though, every Nazi knows that slaves are cheap?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cHFv8W530LE&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cHFv8W530LE&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-2844080212192066377?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-27989482175686930612008-04-20T12:09:00.000-07:002008-04-21T02:44:45.929-07:00Religious freedom in the glorious empireOf course, everyone is focussed on the Tibetans at the moment, but let us not forget how the empire strikes back at religion in general. Of course, Mao (the biggest mass-murderer of Chinese history), was only '30% wrong' according to the current fuehrers that run the central government, and it seems his beloved statement 'religion is poison' is considered to be in the '70% right'-category.<br /><br />Probably you heard of the group of 17 Muslim Uyghurs who were killed in a raid by Chinese SS troops in January this year. Most of the Uyghurs, like the Tibetans, do not even want a separate state, but at least some cultural autonomy and religious freedom and simply be 'left in peace' by the continuous pestering by the central Fuehrership. <br />Now an Uyghur Chrisitan is enjoying <a href="http://chinaaid.org/2008/04/14/uygur-christian-appeal-trial-set-for-this-week-labor-camp-abusive-condition-worried-family-members/">two years re-education</a> through labor by the Re-education Labor Committee of Hetian City, Xinjiang, for, yes what exactly? For those who are more familiar with the German Nazi terminology, 'Re-education Labor Committee' is 'Concentration Camp' in Chinese. <br /><br />The Chinese constitution guarantees the right to religious freedom, but apparently not the right to own an Uyghur bible, nor visiting a Three Self Church in Xinjiang, and obviously praying with foreign Christians is out of the question, so what exactly does religious freedom mean in China?<br />Much more background in <a href="http://www.apcss.org/Publications/APCSS--%20Uyghur%20Muslim%20Separatism%20in%20Xinjiang.doc">this article</a> by Elizabeth Van Wie Davis.<br /><br />Or maybe just being Uyghur is the problem? <br />Not really, if you ask the <a href="http://chinaaid.org/2008/04/17/46-christians-arrested-in-kashi-xinjiang-2-detained-for-15-days/">46 Christians arrested</a> in Kashi, Xinjiang, 2 detained for 15 days or the <a href="http://chinaaid.org/2008/04/14/the-house-church-of-zhoukou-city-henan/">120 House Church members who were detained</a> in Liu Fang-ping village, Chuanhui County of Zhoukou City, Henan. "The Christians were studying the Bible in the home of Wang Ming-Liang, when suddenly, more than 60 policemen entered Wang’s home, and detained all of the members." Sounds like very dangerous for the empire...<br /><br />Perhaps we should ask the <a href="http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-4-15/69189.html">Falung Gong members</a> who are in prison at the moment, waiting to be killed in case someone needs a fresh organ...<br /><br /><a href"http://chinaaid.org/persecution/history-of-persecution-in-china/">Some info</a> regarding the 'religious freedom' in the Fourth Empire:<br />1982 - The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee (the Fuerhrers) formulate “The Basic Viewpoint and Policy on the Religious Affairs during the Socialist Period of Our Country,”known as “Document No. 19.” This document continues as the basis of the religious policy and itemizes “five characteristics” (wu xing) of religion in socialist China: that it 1) will exist for a long time, 2) has masses of believers 3) is complex, 4) entwines with ethnicity, and 5) affects international relations. The document concludes that: 1) religious affairs should be handled with care, 2) <b>religious believers should be rallied for the central task of economic construction</b> and 3) <b>religious freedom should be guaranteed, as long as the believers love the country, support CCP rule and observe socialist laws</b>. It acknowledges the mistakes of militant atheism, yet clearly reaffirms the atheist doctrine that religion will wither away and that atheist propaganda should be carried out unremittingly.<br /><br />OK, it finally dawns on me: <b>"religious believers should be rallied for the central task of economic construction"</b>, means all religious people (especially people like priests, monks and nuns) should be put in labour camps, and <b>"religious freedom should be guaranteed, as long as the believers love the country, support CCP rule..."</b> means that religious freedom is not guaranteed if you are not enthusiastically in favour of the repressing Han Chinese and the omniscient and all-wise central Fuehrership. Of course, that also explains why Tibetan monasteries need to <a href="http://www.tibetoffice.com.au/2008/04/update-tibet-19-april/#more-196">fly the Chinese flag</a> - just to pay reverence to the holy Fuehrers.<br /><br />So, I have a suggestion to the Chinese Central Party: they should promote another '-ism' that suits much better; it works very well to proclaim the Han Chinese a superior race, it promotes the use of re-education camps (concentration camps), it is patriotic, well-organized, nationalistic and socialist; of course, Fascism! To make the New China complete, you need some tine changes, the new name of the country could be Zina (swap the syllables), the CCP should be called 'the Fuehrers'. Zina has already found it's Mussulini: he is called Mugabe and is doing a great job of organizing Zimbabwe at the moment... <br />All we are waiting for is a declaration of war with the rest of the world - well, what better symbolism is the Olympic Games to set the world in flames...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-2798948217568693061?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-43437946038909737882008-04-18T11:01:00.000-07:002008-04-18T12:07:56.085-07:00Great Olympic Flames of FascismAfter the great success of the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward in killing millions of people, destroying all morals and culture of China's history, it's now official; we now have the <strong>Great Olympic Flames of Fascism</strong>. As communism was perhaps 30% wrong (like Mao), China is now a new country, driven by patriotism and a blooming economy, and a New Glorious Revolution is needed.<br /><br />With courageous patriotic acts of the glorious blue tracksuit army, Chinese authorities are now ordering the arrest and punishment of all Tibetan monks, nuns and other terrorists who dare to peacefully question the authority of the Holy Olympic Flames with torture, starving and - where necessary - the beating-to-death of these anti-patriotic criminal prisoners. The glorious Chinese Leadership has not only re-introduced the wonderful technique of re-education at gun-point, but have in their great wisdom now decided the attack on the strongholds of the suicide-bombing-terrorist-splittists of the Dalai Lama Clique: <strong>The monasteries can be destroyed again!</strong> <br /><br />All true Chinese patriots are now ordered to join the <strong>Great Olympic Flames of Fascism</strong> to bring the chauvinist rest of the world to their knees and build our 10,000-year Middle Empire. <br /><br />See <a href="http://www.agamsgecko.blogspot.com/">Agam's RAIDS, RE-EDUCATION, RESIST, REPEAT</a> for the depressing facts...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-4343794603890973788?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-39391579912193769142008-04-18T10:04:00.000-07:002008-04-18T10:19:33.565-07:00More witches please!You may have heard about the witch-hunt that was started after the Chinese girl Grace Wang at Duke University USA tried to make up her own mind between two groups of opposing protesters. An interview with her is available at <a href="http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/china-tibet-interview-with-grace-wang/">Radio Free Asia</a>. To me, she sounds like the most sensible Chinese person in the news since quite a while. A pretty heroic stance for a young student - applause! <br />A few sound bites:<br /><blockquote>"I think that this strange “anger” which we see among Chinese people right now is evidence of great psychological imbalance. It is a peculiar, twisted form of patriotism. It isn’t really patriotism at all. It is all about boosting oneself by attacking other people."<br />...<br />"It really does look just like the Cultural Revolution to me. When I was studying that period in China’s history, I didn’t believe it. But it’s really like a joke. A lot of these people think that there was no such thing as the Cultural Revolution, that it didn’t happen, but right now we are experiencing something very similar…"<br />...<br />"Actually there is a huge silent majority in China who don’t speak out. They can see clearly what is going on and they can think for themselves. So far, not one of those more considered voices has been heard. We are just hearing the rather excitable views of the people who are content to view things superficially. I think that this whole affair will blow over and be forgotten about, but psychologically it won’t have been dealt with. At least I can talk openly about it because I am in the U.S…"</blockquote><br /><br /><strong>Grace Wang for president!</strong> Oops, sorry, no elections in China...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-3939157991219376914?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5780779040487269706.post-76890002709458010962008-04-18T02:44:00.001-07:002008-04-18T02:47:10.500-07:00Shouldn't this guy wear a blue training suit?<a href="http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/uploaded_images/empire-strikes-back-795026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/uploaded_images/empire-strikes-back-795023.jpg" border="0" alt="The evil empire strikes back" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://tibetblogs.com/modules/feeds/index.php?page=clipping&clipping_id=6462">Thanks!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5780779040487269706-7689000270945801096?l=viewonbuddhism.org%2Fblog.html'/></div>Rudyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271088449054207652noreply@blogger.com0