Naomi Klein, author of the great book The Shock Doctrine, has an in-depth look at the Chinese security state in Rolling Stone. In the article, Klein looks at how China’s infamous Golden Shield surveillance system has been deployed and implemented as a tool in crackdowns in Tibet.
This is how this Golden Shield will work: Chinese […]
From John Pomfret of the Washington Post, an interesting take on a new type of “engagement” — Kevin Rudd’s approach to telling China the truth, rather than appeasing the delicate feelings of the Communist Party:
Does the West have a new secret weapon in dealing with China in the person of Kevin Rudd, the new prime […]
Great news from the US Congress. The Gavel reports:
The House has just overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling on the Chinese government to end its crackdown in Tibet and to enter into a substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, H.Res. 1077. House Resolution 1077 was introduced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the […]
The pronouncement issued by the National Congress of Chinese Canadians(hereafter referred to as “NCCC”) is based on skewed views and information, and anyone who reads it will agree. Where they get their “facts” from is apparent when they regurgitate the Chinese government’s party line.
The following is a point by point refutation/exposé, if you will, of […]
The following a translation of the NCCC’s pronouncement made about a week earlier.
(Tuesday, March 25, 2008)
Supporting the Beijing Olympics, Opposing Tibet’s violent separatism.
In order to support the Beijing Olympic Games, NCCC who opposes the violent separatism in Tibet are submitting the pronouncement accordingly as follows:
We are very concerned about the recent riots in Lhasa plotted […]
The Chinese government must be so scared right now… is it losing Tibet? Consider the following three developments:
One: The Chinese government is desperately organizing political “study sessions” all over Tibet to re-indoctrinate Tibetans working for the Chinese government (whose loyalty Beijing has always questioned). Reading between the lines, this means that China is all the more terrified […]
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has introduced a resolution in Congress that calls on China to cease its crackdown in Tibet, release protestors, provide unfettered access to journalists and independent international monitors, and engage in a results-based dialogue with the Dalai Lama.
Personally, I like this resolution a lot.
Unlike […]
Okay, everyone STOP THE PRESSES. This is big news here, straight from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security, published by China.org.cn (more on this site at the end of the post…):
China’s Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday that it had gathered sufficient evidence showing that March 14 riots in Lhasa was not isolated or […]
US presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for more action on Tibet, including UN and Red Cross investigation.
Thank you, Senator Obama:
Obama Encourages President to Urge Tibet Resolution
Friday, March 28, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Michael Ortiz, 202 228 5566
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) today sent the following letter to President Bush, calling on him […]
EU ministers engaged in a debate over whether China’s brutal crackdown in Tibet merited a boycott of the Beijing Olympics’ opening ceremony.
Although they ultimately decided not to endorse a boycott, the very fact that this debate took place represented a victory for Tibetans, whose grievances are finally being taken seriously.
Additionally, individual countries are still free […]