Beijing to hold talks with Dalai Lama's envoys »
Posted By Alexia 1 year, 6 months ago in NewsUnder increasing pressure from Europe and elsewhere, the Chinese government announced Friday that it would meet with envoys of the Dalai Lama, an unexpected shift that comes as Tibetan unrest in western China has threatened to cast a pall over the Olympic Games in August.
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MacBookForMe1 year, 6 months ago
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skeek1 year, 6 months ago
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Some facts you should know.
1. Tibet has been part of China for 800 years.
2. China has never relinquished sovereignty of Tibet.
3. Tibetans lived as slaves under the Dalai Lamas.
4. The Dalai Lama is on the CIA payroll. Google it.
5. Pro-Tibetan Groups are also CIA funded, eg. Reporters Without Borders.
6. China has always been open to talks with the Dalai Lama.
Here's an example.
Wednesday, December 06, 2000
China still 'ready' for talks with Dalai Lama
BEIJING, DEC.5. China today said its channels of communication with the Dalai Lama remained open but refused to make any concession for restarting negotiations to end the Tibet impasse.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/12/06/stories/03...
If you are so sincere and earnest about returning land to its rightful owners perhaps you should set the example and pack up out of the stolen land you live in - the United States of America.
Didn't think so.
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oldgringo1 year, 6 months ago
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hey skeek...I was sitting here, sipping a Margarita, and just for ******s and giggles I Googled "a history of slavery in China". Dude, get a grip. We Americans are pikers compared to China.
"Slavery has a history dating back to the Shang dynasty in China (18th -12th century BC). About 5% of China's population was enslaved. The way they were generated there in China was the same everywhere else slavery had reached. With slave raiding, sale of insolvent debtors and capture in war. In China the selling and buying of women and children was allowed to repay debts. China didn't actually develop into a slave society but slavery moved on to other places such as Korea, India, and Asia. Slaves were used in Mesoamerica as porters in the absence of animals. And some were eaten by the social elite. Then on to England, Scandinavia, Russia, and Islamic societies, slavery traveled.
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oldgringo1 year, 6 months ago
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And the there's this, examples of salvery in China TODAY.
http://granitestudio.blogspot.com/2007/06/slave...
And I found more describing the Chinese people selling their countrymen all over the world! Take a few hours to read it all and get back to me!
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ETproductions1 year, 6 months ago
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LARK1 year, 6 months ago
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Hey, do you want Tibet for your goodself to be king there? The Dalai Lama does not want it! He says Tibet is part of China, even he said that! He didn't say it at the beginning of the riots; he said that only after he had lobbied for support and failed to garner enough for him to be king, just support for causing trouble. He denied being connected to the rioters, but he indicated downright refusal to advise the people to stop killing and wounding innocent people while he was supporting Tibet independence which was at least a taciturn support for actions of the rioters. Now he wants to keep clear of those responsible for the riots. Why didn't he do that at the beginning? If he were not part of them, he had FAILED IN HIS ROLE AS A SPIRITUAL LEADER. He had better keep his mouth shut, or give good advice for peace. Is a culture of rioting part of what he wants to preserve? What if every time some people want to preserve a historical building, they start rioting & claiming independence!
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LARK1 year, 6 months ago
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Comments on other articles such as hunger and rising prices of food clearly show some Americans' fear of the national debt and downturn of economy. There were comments such as whether the orange robes of monks would curb China's competitiveness.
The issue is all politics, don't try to shroud it in the names such as preservation of culture and other things.
Fear and evil wishes for trouble are sick. This is the result of indoctrination of the western press, with their purse strings pulled by powerful groups in the west that fight between themselves but stand together for common interest - the actions of some politicians in the west clearly indicate that. Such control of the press is even more powerful than direct control by the state; it makes the press the mouthpiece for the powerful.
And, it is a fact that France has FAILED to maintain order for an important global event - the Olympics.
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Mdiar1 year, 6 months ago
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I'm not an expert on Tibet by any means. My big "source" was Wikipedia on this issue and something I saw on the news not so long ago, pre protests of Olympics. My stance on this, in general, is to simply allow a free election to determine the future of Tibet.
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skeek1 year, 6 months ago
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This, I gather, would be the same call for free elections based on CIA interference and agitations and its funding of a political opportunist, the Dalai Lama, in addition to its funding of protest groups who perform on cue for the US-led Western media eager to see the demise of China.
Their eagerness comes because it not only feeds into the sensationalistic, overly simplistic stereotypes of China, irrational Western phobias held since childhood, but because it makes great headlines that pull strong ratings and subsequently the big budget advertising contracts, and also because their governments have long been plotting China's downfall.
There is no risk of offending anyone as Western media, governments, corporations and public opinion are all on the same page. It's a win win situation for everyone. Everyone except the scapegoat of course. That would be China, but then, that is the general idea after all. And as such they should have no say in the matter. Those 'free' elections?
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