|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amigos w/ Common Interests
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<<
View Prev Image
|
|
|
|
View Next Image >>
|
|
|
|
REUTERS photo of Tibetan protesters outside Olmympic Committee International Headquarters
Did you know?
That China, since seizing Tibet, has taught it's schoolchildren that Tibet was NEVER FREE? That Tibet rebelled and was seized "peacefully?"
excerpt from Reuters article today about the Dalai Lama answerinmg Chinese attacks that he instigated this rebellion (a long time coming, this rebellion)
' "STOP VIOLENCE" ON BOTH SIDES
'The Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule, denied the charges and said he would quit as Tibetan leader if the violence got out of hand.
' "Please help stop violence from Chinese side and also from Tibetan side," the Nobel peace laureate told a news conference in Dharamsala, northern India. "If things become out of control then my only option is to completely resign."
'The Dalai Lama has said he cannot give up his role as the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. His spokesman, Tenzin Taklha, said the rioting started with one or two incidents.
' "Because of technology, because of word of mouth, word quickly spread," he said. "This was very spontaneous."
'The Dalai Lama consistently says he is not seeking independence for Tibet but wants autonomy within China, which sent troops into the region in 1950.
'A senior U.S. diplomat said Washington had seen no evidence that the rioting was orchestrated by the Dalai Lama.
' "We don't have any evidence one way or the other on that score and I think you have to ask the spokespeople in Beijing what evidence they have to support that," Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Christensen said.
' "The information that we have from the Dalai Lama himself is that he's calling for peace and he's calling for restraint on the Tibetans. He's been critical of the violence," he told a U.S. Congressional advisory panel hearing on China.
'Several days of monk-led anti-China protests in Lhasa, the biggest in almost two decades, turned violent on Friday, weighing uncomfortably on the Communist leadership anxious to polish its image in the build-up to the Olympic Games.'
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK26733 920080318?sp=true
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
My Favorites
|
tomswift46
Apr 06, 2008
Tenafly, NJ
|
siamakjafari
Apr 01, 2008
tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
|
shakeh
Mar 31, 2008
tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
|
tomswift46
Mar 31, 2008
Tenafly, NJ
|
More Favorites >>
|
|
|
|