Posted on 03/26/2008 8:54:27 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Countries urged to see 'true face' of Dalai Lama
By Qin Jize (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-03-26 07:10
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang yesterday again urged the international community to see the Dalai Lama's "true face" and offer no support for his secessionist activities.
Qin made the remarks in response to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent call for China to consider a new policy to address the Tibet issue and to start talks with the Dalai Lama.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi also visited the Dalai Lama last week.
Qin said the position of just a few countries did not represent that of the international community.
More than 100 nations have expressed their support and understanding of the Chinese government's attitude to protecting the lives and property of its citizens from violent riots, he said.
Qin said the central government's policy toward the Dalai Lama is consistent and explicit, saying it not only listens to what he says but, more importantly, observes what he does.
China yesterday also criticized a British newspaper's report that linked the Beijing Olympics with the Berlin Games of 1936, saying the story is an insult to Chinese citizens and to the people of the world.
A report published in the British newspaper the Sunday Times said China is holding the Olympics for the same reason Adolf Hitler did in 1936, as an opportunity to collect accolades.
Qin said the Beijing Olympics is a magnificent sports meeting, and people from all nations have expressed their wishes to use it as an opportunity to enhance global understanding, friendship and cooperation.
"The Olympic torch symbolizes humankind's noble ideals and beautiful aspirations," Qin said.
" It also casts light on the gloomy mentality of some people, which will help the common people see their true face," he said.
"The Beijing Olympic Games must be a success with all the efforts made by the people of the
Actually, China is reminding us of 'true face' of theirs.
Ping!
I tend to think the Dalai Lama are to Tibetans and a better life in Tibet as a part of China as Black preachers are to Black America and a better local life in the greater America. It's no wonder the Democratic elite love the Dalai Lama.
Well put. Not that China is all peaches and cream, I just get the same thoughts.
His 'true face' is wanting freedom and democracy for his people.
Yes, China, by all means - let's see his true face
Great... let’s find more excuses for a communist tyranny violenty occupying a nation. Way to go!/s
Texas was not violently occupied, annexed and oppressed by the USA. Totally different case.
do you know this for a fact, or is it just something you think because it makes you ‘feel good’ to say it? The Dali Llama has asked for true autonomy, not outright independence. Meanwhile, China is systematically eradicating Tibetan culture, bringing in Han Chinese to overwhelm the population (a form of ethnic cleansing) and raping their land of natural resources. Yeah, just like our black population. If you love the concept of freedom at all (and I am not sure that you do) then you would do well to support the Dali Llama.
I’m not giving commie’s absolution, quite the contrary. I was just agreeing about the similarities articulated by the original poster.
Color me skeptical but due to the entourage the Dalai Lama surrounds himself with, I’m not so sure his rhetoric would match his “vision” of a democratic Tibet. Democratic like Venezuela or Cuba?
China seized Tibet by force, and holds it by force. There isn’t any way around that.
The Dalai Lama has never supported any kind of militant opposition to Chinese rule, and still does not. The only threat he poses to them is as a reminder of a Tibetan culture that has not yet been entirely extinguished.
And for them, that is enough to make him their greatest enemy.
Exactly. If countries knew about the true face of China,.....wait a minute, they do and are still willing to pamper the ChiComs.
Let’s see, the Dalai Lama talks about peace. And acts in a peaceful way. And then he has more peaceful talk.....
The Chinese OTOH.......
LOL....did you come up with these thoughts on your own or are you merely a willing “victim” of ChiCom propaganda?
Do you know anything about Tibet at all? Or are you just spewing off nonsense?
Tibet is one of the only places left with operational gulags. Possessing a picture of the Dalai Lama is enough to get one imprisoned for years if not decades.
Add to this the 1.6 MILLION Tibetans who have been killed by the Chinese, and I am not sure whether you looks more stupid, naieve or moronic.
Well said.
How about you learn something before making yourself look foolish?
The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk
Palden Gyatso was born in a Tibetan village in 1933 and became an ordained Buddhist monk at 18 — just as Tibet was in the midst of political upheaval. When Communist China invaded Tibet in 1950, it embarked on a program of “reform” that would eventually affect all of Tibet’s citizens and nearly decimate its ancient culture. In 1967, the Chinese destroyed monasteries across Tibet and forced thousands of monks into labor camps and prisons. Gyatso spent the next 25 years of his life enduring interrogation and torture simply for the strength of his beliefs. Palden Gyatso’s story bears witness to the resilience of the human spirit, and to the strength of Tibet’s proud civilization, faced with cultural genocide.
Texas was not violently occupied, annexed and oppressed by the USA. Totally different case.
Re: As for Tibet, it has belonged to China for several hundred years
Let’s see your proof of this.
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