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Posted Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:08 PM

Monks and Media in Tibet

Melinda Liu

Just a quickie before I run off for an interview.  The government-organized media tour of Lhasa was disrupted today by some 30 monks who shouted Tibetan independence slogans and maintained the exiled Dalai Lama had nothing to do with the protests.  One lama wept. After about 15 minutes they were hustled away by police, and the journalists were shoo-ed off to the next stop on their packed itinerary. My question is: what will happen to those monks? Everyone's worries, expressed in yesterday's blog, about the need to protect sources' right to free expression are really top priority now.  Here's Reuters report:

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Posted By: fan_chor-cheung (April 13, 2008 at 10:28 AM)

Let us the United States as a precedent as an example what China should treat their minority.  In general, the Americans are treating its Black minority very well.  Starting when equal right in transportation and bus riding.  They were given affirmartive actions for employment and education and other previlages.  They were given fair share of social security benefits.  They are getting much more than their fair share in the media, television, newspaper, advertisements, etc...  They are getting fair housing.  Much more so than other ethnic groups such as Latino, Asian and especially the American Indian who were originally living in this laned.  But the result is, everyone can clear observe,  the Black minority in the U. S. are exploiting their previleges.  Black bus drivers harassing and unfairly treating non-Black riders. They using crimes and hasassments to force other race our of their neighbors moving to new development into the wilderness destroying our environment.  Affirmative in education, taking away other ethnic groups rights for a fair eduaction lower the national literacy and eduaction standard compare to other countries.  Affirmative action in employment lower the quality of american workers to the points of outsourcing even very simple jobs to other country.  All of you that oppose China action are simply insulting Chinese intelligence, thinking China will be so stupid as to listen to one word you say.   Just give me one reason why China should not suppress the illegal uprising and terrorism of its Tibetan minority groups?


Posted By: fan_chor-cheung (April 13, 2008 at 10:27 AM)

Let us the United States as a precedent as an example what China should treat their minority.  In general, the Americans are treating its Black minority very well.  Starting when equal right in transportation and bus riding.  They were given affirmartive actions for employment and education and other previlages.  They were given fair share of social security benefits.  They are getting much more than their fair share in the media, television, newspaper, advertisements, etc...  They are getting fair housing.  Much more so than other ethnic groups such as Latino, Asian and especially the American Indian who were originally living in this laned.  But the result is, everyone can clear observe,  the Black minority in the U. S. are exploiting their previleges.  Black bus drivers harassing and unfairly treating non-Black riders. They using crimes and hasassments to force other race our of their neighbors moving to new development into the wilderness destroying our environment.  Affirmative in education, taking away other ethnic groups rights for a fair eduaction lower the national literacy and eduaction standard compare to other countries.  Affirmative action in employment lower the quality of american workers to the points of outsourcing even very simple jobs to other country.  All of you that oppose China action are simply insulting Chinese intelligence, thinking China will be so stupid as to listen to one word you say.   Just give me one reason why China should not suppress the illegal uprising and terrorism of its Tibetan minority groups?


Posted By: rickt (April 7, 2008 at 6:52 PM)

China's human rights abuses are "staggering": the detention of hundreds of thousands of people, including political activists, for "reeducation" programs, and forced labor camps; and the liberal use of the death penalty in China -- including for political prisoners -- which makes China the site of 8 of every 10 government administered executions carried out in the world!

It is clear that the Communists can't be trusted at all and they have a bag full of tricks to fool not only Tibetans but the people of China with a state-controlled press. The solution is a free Tibet. There is no doubt that a sovereign Tibet would be a savior state not only for Tibetans but for all ethnic groups of China who have nowhere to go if they disagree with the CPC. A free Tibet would be such a free democratic heaven and haven.


 
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