On 15 Mar, 16:56, "Zomi" <z...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> =====
>
> Zomi says:
>
> Although Burma adopts Communist Atheist China as its master, Burma led
China
> in historic events:
>
> (1) Burma killed at least three thousand demonstrators in 1988; China
killed
> thousands in the so-called "Tien-an-men Massacre" in 1989.
>
> (2) Burma killed hundreds of Buddhist monks in Burma in 2007; China
killed
> hundreds of Buddhist monks in Tibet in 2008
>
> =====
>
> MP: Government must take clear stance on Tibet (+photos)
>
> 12:23PM Sunday March 16, 2008
>
> ==
> Photo:
> tibet2301.jpg
> Violence in Lhasa has reached its fiercest levels in over 20 years.
> Should NZ speak out on political clashes in Tibet?
> ==
>
> ==
> View photos: Tibet burns
> ==
>
> New Zealand cannot sign a free trade agreement with China while it
continues
> to suppress Tibetan people, the Green Party said today.
>
> Ten civilians are re****ted dead, although the Tibetan
government-in-exile
> puts the figure at more than 100, following violent clashes between
Chinese
> authorities and Tibetan independence protesters.
>
> Tensions between the two have been escalating all week since the 49th
> anniversary of a failed upraising against China's rule.
>
> Green MP Keith Locke says it's im****tant the Prime Minister speaks up
now,
> as the situation continues to deteriorate.
>
> Mr Locke says the country must take a clear stance against oppression
before
> signing a free trade agreement with China next month.
>
> He says the government needs to stand up for the people of Tibet. He
> believes there is no way the country can stay silent, as it will mean
> signing the deal over the dead bodies of Tibetan monks.
>
> Helen Clark is expected to formalise the agreement when she visits
Beijing
> next month.
>
> Meanwhile the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is warning against
any
> non-essential travel to Tibet.
>
> New Zealand citizens currently in the capital Lhasa are advised to avoid
> areas where protests and riots are taking place, and are being told to
> consider departing the city when it is safe to do so.
>
> Overnight China has given Tibetan independence protesters an ultimatum
to
> surrender after the worst riots in Lhasa in two decades.
>
> The tough response by the Chinese authorities came after fierce protests
on
> Friday which contradicted China's claims of stability and tarnished a
> carefully-nurtured image of national harmony as it readies to stage the
> Olympic Games in August.
>
> Official Tibetan judicial authorities gave protesters until Monday night
to
> turn themselves in and benefit from leniency.
>
> "Criminals who do not surrender themselves by the deadline will be
sternly
> punished according to the law," said a notice on the Tibetan government
> website (www.tibet.gov.cn).
>
> International pressure is mounting on Beijing to show restraint.
Australia,
> the United States and Europe urged China to find a peaceful outcome,
while
> Taiwan, which China claims as its own, predictably condemned Beijing for
> launching a crackdown.
>
> Xinhua news agency said 10 "innocent civilians" had been shot or burned
to
> death in the street clashes in the remote, mountain capital which has
been
> sealed off. The dead included two people killed by shotguns.
>
> Xinhua said 12 police officers had been "gravely injured" and 22
buildings
> and dozens of vehicles were set on fire.
>
> A source close to the Tibetan government-in-exile, however, questioned
the
> official death toll of 10. He said at least five Tibetan protesters had
been
> shot dead by troops.
>
> Some Tibet monitoring organisations outside the country put the death
toll
> at up to 32.
>
> The riots emerged from a volatile mix of pre-Olympics protests,
diplomatic
> friction over Tibet and local discontent with the harsh ways of the
region's
> Communist Party leader****p.
>
> The protests, the worst since 1989 in the disputed region, have thrust
> China's role as Olympic host and its policy towards Tibet back into the
> international spotlight.
>
> A rash of angry blog posts appeared after the deaths were confirmed.
> Hollywood actor Richard Gere, a Buddhist and an activist for Tibetan
causes,
> urged an Olympics boycott.
>
> Official statements suggested the government reaction in coming days
would
> be tough, with Tibetan Buddhist monasteries - traditional focal point of
> opposition to Beijing's rule - and nunneries being brought under tighter
> control.
>
> The regional communist-controlled government said those who harboured
> protesters would be punished and offered rewards and protection to
> informers. Tibet television urged residents to denounce the "malicious
> intent" of the Dalai Lama.
>
> Tibetan crowds in Lhasa attacked government offices, burned vehicles and
> shops and threw stones at police in Friday's confrontations. Many people
> were injured.
>
> Chinese television showed footage of rioters tra****ng shops and trying
to
> break down the entrance of a bank, and plumes of smoke floating above
the
> city.
>
> A Reuters picture showed a protester setting on fire a Chinese national
> flag. Another depicted security personnel ****elding themselves against
rocks
> hurled by protesters.
>
> Qiangba Puncog, the top government official in Tibet, told re****ters in
> Beijing that Tibetan authorities had not fired any shots to quell the
> violence.
>
> John Ackerly, of the International Campaign for Tibet, said in an
emailed
> statement he feared "hundreds of Tibetans have been arrested and are
being
> interrogated and tortured".
>
> Hundreds of angry young Tibetans protested on Saturday in Dharamsala,
home
> to Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and the refugees'
> "government-in-exile".
>
> Not far from where the Dalai Lama was recovering from a cold and keeping
up
> his lifetime routine of praying for peace, the crowd of young Tibetans
> gathered to vent their rage.
>
> The crowd tore apart a flaming effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao in
> normally peaceful Dharamsala in the Indian Himalayas and the protesters
> decided to march to New Delhi.
>
> A Western tourist said that Lhasa itself was like a ghost town on
Saturday,
> though it was packed with Chinese soldiers.
>
> China has accused followers of the Dalai Lama of engineering unrest in
the
> run-up to the Beijing Olympics. The Olympic torch relay will pass
through
> Tibet in a few weeks time.
>
> Although the Dalai Lama was resting after falling ill with a cold, he
> released a statement condemning the "brute force" of China on Friday and
> will meet with journalists on Sunday.
>
> "He is a monk so he follows his routine," explained Chhime Chhoekyapa,
the
> Dalai Lama's spokesman. That includes listening to news on the radio.
"He
> said it's very sad," said Chhoekyapa. "As a Buddhist he prays for
peace."
>
> The Free Tibet Campaign organisation cited eyewitnesses as saying that
> thousands marched on government buildings in Xiahe, an ethnic Tibetan
area
> of China, and raised a Tibetan national flag at a school.
>
> In Lhasa, Danish tourist Bente Walle, 58, said: "Today Lhasa is
completely
> closed and there is Chinese military all over."
>
> - NEWSTALK ZB, NZ HERALD STAFF, NZPA, REUTERS
>
>
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> =====
that's the downside of capitalism, everything is for sale and the
almighty dollar is god.....as long as there's something in it for
those s*** called politicians, they will sign whatever treaties and
sell their soul for a price. And yes when push come to shove, they
will denouce the evil doer and do their lip service. The world is
badly in need of a revolution, to cleanse the old way and open for a
world where mankind and unite as one.
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