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Nepal becoming a Chinese province? - 7- Arrests for doing prayers...

2010-07-15T17:54:00.000+02:00

TOI [Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:26]

"Over 350 Tibetans were detained by Nepal police while trying to attend the prayer meeting today on the occasion of His Holiness’ 75th birthday," said a doleful Tibetan journalist, who declined to be named. "There were extraordinary security measures to deter Tibetans from attending the mass meeting and we were not allowed to pray at the traditional public Buddhist places like Boudhanath, Swayambhunath and Pharping.
...
the caretaker government sent instructions to the parliament secretariat, asking the 601 members of parliament not to attend the subdued ceremony that was held at the Jawalakhel Tibetan refugee camp in Lalitpur district. The order came after Nepal’s President, Dr Ram Baran Yadav, and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala earlier this year accepted invitations to attend celebrations at a Buddhist monastery but were hurriedly forced to cancel them after a red-eyed Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu objected fiercely."

Religion is poison to the people according to hard-line communists; arresting them is apparently not?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nepal becoming a Chinese province? - 6 - Not allowed to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama birthday

2010-07-06T15:16:00.000+02:00

From DPA [Tuesday, July 06, 2010 15:11]

Nepal police on Tuesday detained more than 100 Tibetan refugees who had gathered to celebrate the Dalai Lama's 75th birthday, but released them later in the day.

If I were to celebrate the birthday of my mother in Nepal, would they arrest me too?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUR HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA !!!
Please remain to help us sentient beings.
We are daily tormented by suffering
Caused by our own ignorant behavior and attitude,
Please help us to reach the highest state of enlightenment.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Hao Peng's comprehension of freedom

2010-06-30T13:43:00.002+02:00

A fascinating comment by Hao Peng, deputy Communist Party boss and deputy governor in Tibet, as quoted By Reuter June 30, 2010 (Writing by Emma Graham-Harrison, editing by Miral Fahmy) exposing his delusions:

Hao said the prohibition on his image was natural. "The Dalai Lama is not merely a religious figure, he is also a mastermind of separatist activities. No sovereign country in the world would allow the hanging of a portrait of a person like that," he said.

The blind leading the seeing?
I thought only the North Korean government could come up with such unworldly statements about freedom of expression...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Bangladeshi Tibet activist harrased

2010-06-13T14:11:00.000+02:00

Bangladesh under pressure of Big Brother China?

According to this Blog, A Tibet activist is being harrassed by police in advance of a visit by Chginese Vice President Xi Jinping. Apparently, authorities fear that some protests may take place...

A new phase of harassment has started on Ms. Wasfia Nazreen, a blogger from this blog, and her family members. Special Branch from Bangladesh Police’s Gulshan Thana and NSI members have reportedly called and visited her and her relatives’ home over the past six days, not just in Dhaka the capital but also in her paternal village in the district of Feni.

She and her relatives have been interrogated several times during this time, in relation to her involvement with Tibetans in the past. Wasfia, who just lost her grandmother Monday June 7th morning, had requested from the authorities for some breathing time till next week. Her family will be observing the Qul at their village home on Friday, June 11th, where both SB and NSI have reached since last night. Her lawyer and friends have expressed grave concern for her family members, especially those who live in the same areas of the burial, to have to go through such unrelated questioning at these hours of grief.

... she has been completely inactive with Tibet’s work in recent times. She has repeatedly confirmed to the law-enforcing officers that she had nothing in store for the VP’s duration here, or let alone anything related to Tibet as far as Bangladesh was concerned as she is too busy working to eradicate violence against women.

Incidentally, on 13th June, the Chinese VP Xi Jinping will be visiting Bangladesh. Daily Star reported: “Official sources said the Foreign Ministry is coordinating with other ministries and law enforcing agencies, and holding meetings regularly as part of preparations for the visit and the Chinese leader will be given VVIP protocol, which is usually given to heads of state and government.” (http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=141921)

The harassment and these ‘friendly’ visits on Wasfia initially started in summer of 2008 following the publication of an article: and then took a radical leap from July 2009 onwards. An exhibition jointly organized with Drik Gallery, titled INTO EXILE: TIBET 1949-2009 was also shut down by riot-geared police, with pressure from the local Chinese Embassy in November 2009. However, the intimidation had stopped in January 2010 following an international letter-writing campaign targeting FM Dipu Moni and pressure from foreign embassies.

Welcome to China, the world-wide greatest exporter of repression and intimidation.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

If you can't beat them, sell them...

2010-05-22T18:29:00.002+02:00

China to turn Tibet into world's top tourist destination: report
Phayul [Tuesday, May 18, 2010 12:02]

Dharamsala, May 18: Chinese communist authorities have reportedly drawn ambitious plans to turn Tibet into world's top tourist destination thereby amassing total tourism revenue to the tune of 20 billion yuan (2.9 billion dollars) in the next ten years, according to media reports.

According to the roadmap, by the end of 2020, the number of annual visits to Tibet should reach 20 million and tourism revenue should reach 20 billion Yuan, making Tibet a world class tourism destination, PTI reported, citing China's state media as saying.

What most tourists these days do not realiza is that nearly all the 'beautiful old' monasteries they see had to be re-built after the Cultural Revolution razed virtually all of the them to the ground.
They also often do not realize that the Chinese force the monks to charge money to visit or photograph their monasteries, as if they are musea...
The monks are allowed to recite prayers - but only because the tourists like this.
Behind the scenes monks are often forced to study Chinese propaganda, and actual Buddhist teachings are discouraged.
Things are not always what they seem - most certainly in China these days...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nepal becoming a Chinese province? 5 - Perhaps the people don't like it?

2010-05-08T15:05:00.000+02:00

A huge crowd of Nepalese are going on the streets to protest, but now against the Maoists who are trying to paralyze the country. "We’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore". See the article with photo's at the Mikeldunham blog.

Strangely enough, Nepal is the only country in the world where people live who are still enthusiastic about communism, or even worse, maoism... Perhaps the majority of the Nepalese are finally waking up?

Of course, Nepalese have a lot of reasons to protest against a corrupt government, but with Maoism they would only go from bad to worse. I pray they will wake up to their confusion. OM MANI PADME HUM

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 18 - Sri Lanka blocked cricketers from meeting Dalai Lama

2010-05-08T14:52:00.001+02:00

Phayul [Wednesday, May 05, 2010 13:47]

Dharamsala, May 5: Sri Lanka, a key Buddhist nation, had stopped its national cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara and another player from calling on His Holiness the Dalai Lama out of fear that a meeting would anger China, media reports said Tuesday.
Sangakkara was advised against paying a courtesy visit to Dalai Lama in India (Photo: AFP)Sangakkara and former skipper Mahela Jayawardene were asked not to join their Indian Premier League (IPL) teammates of Kings XI Punjab, who paid a courtesy call on the exiled Tibetan leader last month in Dharamsala, the seat of Tibetan Government-in-Exile in North India, a top Sri Lankan cricket official told media in Colombo.
"Kumar and Mahela were instructed not to visit the Tibetan leader. It was a foreign ministry directive that was issued to us, via the sports ministry," Sri Lanka cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga told AFP. ...
"We were made to understand that we should not upset relations with China," Ranatunga said.

Apparently cricketers are the latest security threat for China...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Big Brother steps up communication paranoia

2010-05-01T17:28:00.001+02:00

AP [Wednesday, April 28, 2010 17:00]
By GILLIAN WONG

BEIJING – China is poised to strengthen a law to require telecommunications and Internet companies to inform on customers who discuss state secrets, potentially forcing businesses to collaborate with the country's vast security apparatus that stifles political dissent.
...
In China, state secrets have been so broadly defined that virtually anything — maps, GPS coordinates, even economic statistics — could fall under the category, and officials sometimes use the classification as a way to avoid disclosing information.

The new draft maintains that wide scope, defining state secrets as: "information that concerns state security and interests and, if leaked, would damage state security and interests in the areas of politics, economy and national defense, among others," Xinhua said. Reports did not say what penalties for violations would be under the amended law.

But its passage is unlikely to result in a significant change as communications companies are already often compelled by powerful authorities to comply with investigations.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Sad birthday

2010-04-27T13:34:00.000+02:00

TCHRD: 25 April 2010
Press Statement on the 21st Birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima” the XIth

25 April 2010: Today marks the 21st birthday of the XIth Panchen Lama: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, one of Tibet’s most important religious leaders, who was abducted by the Chinese authorities on 17 May 1995 when he was just six years old. He and his parents were not seen for the past 15 years and there has been no clear information on their exact whereabouts and well being. Over the years the Panchen Lama’s plight has come to symbolize the crisis facing the survival of Tibet’s religious culture.

Just imagine, being an adult (assuming he is still alive) and being imprisoned for 15 years just for being yourself.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Handling help after earthquake by chasing monks away and stopping aid

2010-04-22T11:01:00.001+02:00

Phayul [Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:57]
By Kalsang Rinchen

Dharamsala, April 22 – Chinese government has ordered monasteries to recall their monks who have been helping in relief and rescue effort in Yushu County ... which was hit by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake on April 14, according to the Associated Press. Survivors of the deadly earthquake say the Tibetan monks helped first, bringing food, pitching tents, digging through rubble and cremating bodies.

“Now the Buddhist monks who responded first are being pushed out of the disaster area and off of state media — apparently sidelined by Beijing's unease with their heroism and influence”, reported the AP.

Yet state-run broadcasters and news agency have given scant attention to the Tibetan monks and instead highlighted the hard work of the military and the People's Army. ... local Tibetans were frustrated because the monks are still needed to help dig out the dead and perform funeral rites.

Meanwhile, Chinese authorities in Driru County have stopped 14 trucks loaded with relief materials from heading to the quake hit area of Kyegudo, said Ngawang Tharpa, an exile Tibetan with contact in the area.

I thought communism was about power to the people?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Earthquake in Shinghai Province

2010-04-18T16:56:00.004+02:00

The heavy earthquake in Shinghai province has apparently left many hundreds of Tibetans dead, including monks and nuns, and unknown numbers wounded. It seems that many monasteries were severely damaged.
The Chinese government advertised that Chinese troops 'immediately responded with help'.

Radio Free Asia reported:
Sources in Tibet have told the National Democratic Party of Tibet that the Chinese government’s rescue teams are concentrated in areas dwelled by elites and government officials, and the ordinary Tibetans are being neglected. “The Chinese rescue workers helped mainly at official Chinese buildings that had collapsed. Residents where predominantly Tibetans live did not receive immediate help”.
Estimates by Tibetans of the death toll are considerably higher then the official Chinese numbers.

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa has asked practitioners to recite OM MANI PADME HUM mantras for the victims.

The International Campaign for Tibet collects donations for the Tibetans in trouble in the area.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nepal becoming a Chinese province? 6 - The invitation of a celebration in a Buddhist monastery is enough for an angry Chinese ambassador

2010-03-01T20:38:00.001+01:00

Please don't ask me to explain the logic of this, unless Nepal is already totally under Chinese control.
Phayul[Saturday, February 27, 2010 18:48]

Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala, who is also the deputy prime minister, and Culture Minister Minendra Rijal have received invitations to attend the birth centenary celebrations of the monk at a Tibetan monastery in Kathmandu.

However, the officials have distanced themselves from the Tibetan monastery under pressure from China, IANS reported.

The Tibetan monastery is celebrating the birth centenary celebrations of Dilgo Khyentse. ... This year, Shechen monasteries worldwide are celebrating the birth centenary of the monk.

The Chinese embassy in Kathmandu reportedly conveyed its anger over the invitations to Nepal's foreign ministry, saying any acceptance would be regarded as a gross violation of Nepal's avowed commitment towards China.

So apparently, Nepalese officials are not allowed to visit a religious celebration in a Buddhist monastery in their own country - or is Nepal a Chinese province?
Just imagine that the USA would forbid a Canadese official to visit a church in Canada...

By the way, Nepalese border police also arrested 17 Tibetans who fled China... Why does this remind me of Eastern Germany before the wall fell in 1989?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 18 - University of Calgary 'punished'

2010-02-13T15:44:00.000+01:00

Phayul [Friday, February 05, 2010 11:24]

The Chinese government has removed the University of Calgary from its list of accredited institutions — a move school officials say is connected to the Dalai Lama's visit last fall.

The university hosted the 1989 Nobel Peace Laureate and awarded him an honorary degree when he visited the city in September last year.

In December, officials were made aware the Chinese government had removed the university from a list posted on the Ministry of Education's website.

Now, Chinese students of the university face an uncertain future...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Bullying tactics nr. 17 failed - Obama will meet the Dalai Lama

2010-02-03T23:44:00.000+01:00

Phayul[Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:50]

"The president told China leaders during his trip last year that he would meet with the Dalai Lama, and he intends to do so," White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters Tuesday

In the USA, people are used to freedom of speech, the Chinese gov't apparently still aren't aware of that concept...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics 17 - China threatens Obama over Dalai Lama meeting

2010-02-03T23:38:00.000+01:00

Times Online[Tuesday, February 02, 2010 21:37]

Strained ties between the US and China could deteriorate further if President Obama goes ahead with a meeting with the Dalai Lama, Beijing warned today.

How come the Chinese cannot see they make themselves look totally ridiculous this way? A country of over a billion people still afraid of a Buddhist monk?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

TCHRD realeases 2009 Annual Report on the Human Rights Situation in Tibet

2010-01-24T15:39:00.000+01:00

On January 22, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy released their annual report for 2009, and as expected, it's not exactly light reading.

The year 2009 was no different when it comes to violation of human rights of the Tibetan people inside Tibet by the Chinese authorities. For Tibetans inside Tibet it’s been yet another year of heightened security, repression, isolation and suppression. The year encapsulated with numbers of highly sensitive anniversaries in Chinese calendar was dealt with an iron fist. The year 2009 marked 50 years of exile for the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people.
... China outshined its notoriety as the world’s leading practitioner of death penalty, carrying out more executions than all the other nations in the world put together.
... there are hundreds of Tibetans who are still held without any charges...

OM MANI PADME HUM

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 16 - China does not want Costa Rico stadium named after Dalai Lama

2010-01-24T15:28:00.000+01:00

Phayul [Friday, January 22, 2010 10:40]

Dharamsala, January 22 - China has objected to a pledge by a Costa Rican presidential candidate to name a stadium in the San Jose after Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama saying it "is not in line with the common desires of the two countries", reported the Indo Asian News Service.

What's in a name?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 15 - Hacking Indian government departments

2010-01-24T15:15:00.000+01:00

From Phayul [Tuesday, January 19, 2010 16:40]

Dharamsala, Jan 19: India's National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan said his office and other government departments, including computers in the Prime Minister's Office, were targeted by hackers believed to be from China, according to a report.

Do you recognize a pattern like I do?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Bullying nr 12 gone badly wrong - Tibetan movie becomes 'audience favorite'

2010-01-24T15:10:00.000+01:00

From Phayul [Tuesday, January 19, 2010]

Dharamsala, January 19: ‘The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom,’ a documentary film by Tibetan and Indian filmmaker couple has been declared 'audience documentary favorite' at the prestigious 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival which concluded in California yesterday.

This comes after the Chinese withdrew their movies from the festival in protest against a documentary about Tibet. Perhaps the western audience is not so easy to manipulate as the home-crowd in China?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics 14 - Harassment of Tibet activist in Bangladesh

2010-01-19T01:10:00.000+01:00

REUTERS/Andrew Biraj/File New Delhi, 14

Activists working for the Tibetan cause in Bangladesh are still being harassed and intimidated after Dhaka police, under pressure from Chinese officials, forcibly closed a Tibet photo exhibition in Dhaka in November last year. China’s imposition of its intolerant system and policies on Bangladesh is depriving the freedom of Bangladeshi citizens.

Does it ever end?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics 13 - Continued military build-up against Taiwan

2010-01-19T01:00:00.001+01:00

China continues arms build-up despite warming ties with Taiwan: U.S.
CNA [Thursday, January 14, 2010 13:27]

Washington, Jan. 13: Although Taiwan's relations with China have improved, China has continued its military build-up against the island, which raises doubts about whether China really wants to adopt peaceful means to resolve cross-Taiwan Strait issues, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Who is so naive to think that China is interested in peaceful means anywhere? They only understand bullying and scare-tactics if you ask me.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Google finally waking up?

2010-01-19T00:45:00.002+01:00

BBC [Wednesday, January 13]

Internet giant Google says it may end its operations in China after hackers targeted the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists.

It said it had found a "sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China".

It did not specifically accuse China's government but said it was no longer willing to censor its Chinese site's results, as the government requires.

Google says the decision may mean it has to shut the site, set up in 2006.

Sorry for the loss in your shares, but you should not have wanted to earn money with censorship for the Chinese government to begin with.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Bullying nr 12 gone bad - Controversy leads to sold out Tibetan documentary screenings

2010-01-19T00:40:00.000+01:00

KPSP[Tuesday, January 12, 2010 17:15]
Reported by: Kimberly Cheng

Controversy over a Tibetan documentary at the Palm Springs International Film Festival contributed to sold out crowds over the weekend.

As a result of its popularity, film fest organizers will add an additional screening. [of the movie "The Sun Behind The Clouds: Tibet's Struggle For Freedom"]

Why do I like this outcome?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics 12 - We don't realistic like movies about Tibet, so we withdraw our movies from the festival

2010-01-19T00:22:00.000+01:00

Phalyul reparts on January 7:

The director of the Palm Springs International Film Festival has said two Chinese movies selected for the event have been withdrawn after organisers declined Chinese government representatives' request to cancel screenings of a documentary about Tibet’s freedom struggle.

Good thing that a country withdraws their unrealistic fantasies from a film festival that shows a few good movies.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics 11 - Obama not to have any contact with the Dalai Lama "in any form and in any name"

2010-01-19T00:13:00.001+01:00

Phalyul reports on January 6:

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday, "We urge the U.S. to clearly recognize the severe consequences of arms sales to Taiwan and adhere to the three Sino-US joint communiques, especially the principles established in the Joint Communique on Aug. 17, 1982.”

Jiang was responding to a question on China-U.S. relations in 2010 at a regular press briefing. As the Obama administration is reportedly expected to approve the sale of arms to Taiwan early this year and as President Barack Obama prepares to meet the exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama China said it firmly opposed arms sales to Taiwan by the U.S. and any contact with the Dalai Lama “in any form and in any name.”

Do the Chinese authorities seriously think that Obama is a Chinese citizen who can be told who to talk to?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nepal becoming a Chinese province? 5 - Nepal will behave

2010-01-19T00:01:00.000+01:00

Phalyul Reports the AFP of December 30:

Nepali PM assures Premiere Wen of no-anti China activities in Nepal

Hmm, another declaration of love...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nepal becoming a Chinese province? 4 - Buddhist monasteries are spy-nests...

2009-12-05T14:55:00.001+01:00

From Nepalese Ekantipur.com, December 4 2009:

Spy agency finds Buddhist monasteries involved in anti-China activities

National Intelligence Department (NID) has listed 24 Buddhist monasteries in the Kathmandu Valley as sensitive for their involvement in the Free Tibet movement and anti-China activities. The national spy agency has placed seven of them on the ‘very sensitive’ list from the security point of view. It has suggested the Home Ministry to keep tabs on altogether 43 monasteries in the capital, out of 59 it studied.

According to him, the administration is on high vigil--anticipating demonstrations in Kathmandu on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the Dalai Lama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Anti-China demonstrations are staged in Nepal during the Tibetan festivals.

The intelligence report has suspected that Free Tibet activists have been operating from and some weapons have been stored at Nongak Chholing Monastery in Sheshnarayan VDC on the outskirts of Kathamndu. The monastery has been placed on the ‘highly sensitive’ list. ...

Sounds very essential to Nepalese intelligence, a few monks who wish Tibet was free in one of the poorest countries of the world which is on the brink of a civil war with the Maoist terrorists...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics 10 - building airstrips to intimidate India

2009-12-05T14:42:00.000+01:00

Report from Phayul[Tuesday, December 01, 2009 16:51]

China building 27 airstrips in Tibet:

Dharamsala, December 1: China is building or repairing as many as 27 airstrips in Tibet for potential use against India in case of a conflict, according to India's chief intelligence agency. ...

China is also moving its intermediate range of missiles, such as DF-4, stationed in Delingha closer to these airfields. These missiles can hit targets up to 3,000 km away, the report added.

Interestingly, the Chinese had complained about India upgrading its airfields in eastern Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh in October.

Egotistical thinking times 1 billion....

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Rome Declaration on Tibet

2009-12-05T14:31:00.000+01:00

From International Campaign for Tibet November 19, 2009.

The 5th World Parliamentarians Convention on Tibet ended in Rome today with the adoption of the Rome Declaration on Tibet. The convention was attended by 133 Parliamentarians and associates from 30 Parliaments around the world and included an address by the Dalai Lama at the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament. ...

The Fifth World Parliamentarians Convention on Tibet, meeting in Rome on the 18th and 19th of November 2009 -

Defends the right of the Tibetan people to their own identity, culture and way of life; etc. etc.

Now we need some Chinese parliamentarians to sign up...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

A US congressional report that the Chinese government will not like....

2009-11-15T15:04:00.003+01:00

On October 22 2009, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China released the 'Special Topic Paper: Tibet 2008-2009', which can be found at http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/tibet/tibet_2008-2009.pdf. If you want to know what's realy going on, I can highly recommend you read it, even just the findings in the very beginning.

Just a few quotes from the 'Findings' chapter:

the Chinese government and Communist Party strengthened the policies and measures that frustrated Tibetans prior to the wave of Tibetan protests that started in March 2008.

both sides have referred to the dialogue as having stalled. ... The principal results of the eighth round of formal dialogue between the Dalai Lama’s representatives and Party officials were the Dalai Lama’s envoys’ handover of a detailed memorandum explaining Tibetan proposals for “genuine autonomy,” the Party’s rejection of the memorandum, and the Party’s continued insistence that the Dalai Lama fulfill additional preconditions on dialogue.

The government has in the past year used institutional, educational, legal, and propaganda channels to pressure Tibetan Buddhists to modify their religious views and aspirations. Chinese officials adopted a more assertive tone in expressing determination to select the next Dalai Lama, and to pressure Tibetans living in China to accept only a Dalai Lama approved by the Chinese government. Escalating government efforts to discredit the Dalai Lama and to transform Tibetan Buddhism into a doctrine that promotes government positions and policy has resulted instead in continuing Tibetan demands for freedom of religion and the Dalai Lama’s return to Tibet.

The government pressed forward with a Party-led development policy that prioritizes infrastructure construction and casts Tibetan support for the Dalai Lama as the chief obstacle to Tibetan development.

The potential scale of demographic, economic, and environmental impact that the Sichuan-Tibet railway could have on Tibetan autonomous areas of China may far surpass the impact of the Qinghai-Tibet railway, which began operation in July 2006. Confrontations between Tibetans and Chinese government and security officials resulted in 2009 when Tibetans protested against natural resource development projects.

The government and Party crackdown on Tibetan communities, monasteries, nunneries, schools, and workplaces following the wave of Tibetan protests that began on March 10, 2008, continued during 2009. Security measures intensified in some Tibetan areas during a monthslong period that bracketed a series of sensitive anniversaries and observances in February and March 2009. As a result of increased government security measures and harsh action against protesters, Tibetan political protests in 2009 were smaller and of briefer duration than protests of March and April 2008. The Commission’s Political Prisoner Database (PPD) contained as of September 2009 a total of 670 records of Tibetans detained on or after March 10, 2008—a figure certain to be incomplete—for exercising rights such as the freedoms of speech, religion, assembly, and association.

Why do I sometimes wish the Chinese government had not blocked my website from being viewed in China?....

Love & clear lght,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 9 - Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi

2009-11-15T14:12:00.001+01:00

Phalyul.org reports on November 13 on another bullying attempt:

A two-day “5th World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet' will take place in Italy's capital Rome from 18 – 19 November. China's Consul General, Liu Yantao recently wrote a letter to persuade Mangosuthu Buthelezi (the South African President of the Inkatha Freedom Party), not to attend a summit of world leaders to discuss China’s rule of Tibet, SAPA news Agency cited a local newspaper of the country as reporting on Thursday.

Buthelezi, who is a friend of the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, has refused to turn down the invitation, the paper is said to have reported.

Attempts to persuade the South African government to block Buthelezi also failed as government told the Chinese that South Africa is a democratic country which allowed its citizens to travel anywhere as they wished, the report said.

It must be tough for Chinese officials to face all these people who don't want to bend over backwards to please them, and who think democracy is a good idea...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 8 - Obama is to think differently

2009-11-15T13:58:00.000+01:00

Yes, according to the 'enlightened view' of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, President Obama should remember the days of slavery in the US, and therefore appreciate what the Chinese did in Tibet to stop the serf system.

According to Associated Press on November 12:

Asked about a possible meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama, Qin said the U.S. president should recognize the exiled Tibetan leader — a Nobel Peace Prize winner — as the former head of a slave state.

What the Chinese appear to forget is that their form of government is considered by many as slavery of the entire population, upto and including arbitrary executions. I would say they replaced partial serfdom with absolute slavery...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 7 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama

2009-10-22T14:23:00.000+02:00

In an amazingly clear move, China now wants to forbid His Holiness the Dalai Lama to travel to western countries!
By the way, they recently also do not want him to visit Taiwan or even Arunachal Pradesh in India as you can see in previous posts here.... So perhaps His Holiness should not even leave his residence?

As Phalyul reports on October 22 in China sets three conditions for resumption of talks with Dalai Lama's envoys;

The Dalai Lama should stop travelling to the west as it jeopardizes China’s friendly relations with other countries, Zhu said, accusing the Tibetan leader of engaging in political activities in those countries.

This is not paranoia anymore, this is outright mentally disturbed!

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 6 - Japan

2009-10-22T14:12:00.001+02:00

The good news is that China does not only bully other countries about the Dalai Lama. The bad news is that they bully just about everyone on everything.

China criticises Japan over Uighur exile visit
Reuters[Tuesday, October 20, 2009 19:07]

BEIJING - China chastised Japan on Monday for allowing a visit by an exiled Uighur activist who Beijing condemns as a separatist, opening a small crack of discord with Japan's recently elected government.

It seems that China is full of separatists and splittists that are all supported by just about all foreign countries. I wonder what the Chinese word for paranoia is?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 5 - India

2009-10-20T13:38:00.000+02:00

I hope to be wrong, but it seems that China is desperately looking for a fight with India. A few months ago, the Chinese started claiming that Arunachal Pradesh is their territory, and India's own Prime Minister and His Holiness the Dalai Lama should not go there....?

Now they are starting to show Kashmir as an independent state and treating Kashmir as an independent nation. Phalyul.org reports on Oct.20:

Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir State China is now projecting Kashmir as an independent country on maps, media kits and tourist information brochures.

When will the Chinese ever be really concerned about saving face, and stop being every neighbor's pain in the *ss?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nepal becoming a Chinese province? - 3

2009-10-13T15:18:00.002+02:00

From Phayul[Monday, October 12, 2009 17:13]

Nepal asks China for Beijing-Lhasa railway extension till Kathmandu

Dharamsala, October 12: Prime Minister of Nepal, Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, has urged China for extending the Beijing-Lhasa railway line till Kathmandu, PTI reported.

As Beijing marked the 60th anniversary of Communist rule last week, police in Nepal quietly rounded up dozens of Tibetan exiles they said were suspected of planning to hold anti-China protests here. (AFP/File/Prakash Mathema) The report indicated that the new demand could have strategic geopolitical implications for India.

...In return, the Nepalese Prime Minister has assured not to allow any anti-China activity from its soil.

Whereas China has left Maoism behind a long time ago, the Maoist in Nepal are growing and growing in influence. Stuck in the middle are the Tibetan refugees. I wonder when the Chinese will come up with a story that Nepal was China all along in history...

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nobel peace prize for Barrack Obama

2009-10-11T00:57:00.001+02:00

OK, I'll admit it, I'm an Obama fan, his attitude is so much more positive then the retard who held the office 8 years before him...

His Holiness congratulates Obama, and in his letter to Obama it reads (from Phalyul.org on Otober 10, 2009):

“The Committee has rightly noted your efforts towards a world without nuclear weapons and your constructive role in environmental protection. The 20th century was a century of bloodshed and all of us have the responsibility to make the 21st century a century of dialogue and co-operation. There is thus the need for concerted efforts from all sides in this highly interdependent world to promote and adopt a more compassionate approach."

"I have maintained that the founding fathers of the United States have made this country the greatest democracy and a champion of freedom and liberty. It is, therefore, important for today's American leaders to adopt principled leadership based on these high ideals. Such an approach will not only enhance the reputation of the United States, but also contribute tremendously to reducing tension in the world"

It may be interesting to also note the article "Obama’s Tibet plan: risks and opportunities" from ICT from 18 September.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 4 - USA legislators

2009-10-11T00:33:00.000+02:00

China, a country of over 1 billion people is scared of one simple Buddhist monk, guess who....

From Phalyul.org, October 9, 2009:

China on Friday warned members of the US Congress to 'stop using the Tibet issue' to meddle in Beijing's domestic politics, after top US lawmakers gave a human rights award to the Dalai Lama.

Ummm... since when is a human rights award by US lawmakers an internal affair of China? Which part of the US is now claimed to be Chinese territory?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China welcomes nobody for 'Big Celebration'

2009-09-29T00:37:00.002+02:00

China announces a wonderful celebration - nobody welcome.
Of course that is logical; nothing to celebrate...

From Tibet Weekly Sep 22, by the International Campaign for Tibet:

China bans foreigners from Tibet ahead of Oct 1 celebrations: China has banned foreigners from travelling to Tibet ahead of the October 1st celebrations marking 60 years of Communist rule in China. Security has been stepped up across the country to ensure nothing mars the celebrations.

As Phalyul.com wrote on September 28:

Beijing is expected to mark its 60th anniversary by the grandest martial parade in the history of modern China with a display of its military prowess. "Thursday's parade is certain to provoke an outpouring of virulent nationalism," the report said. According to Chinese military websites, the People's Liberation Army would "unveil six weapons systems, including new generation Jian-10 fighters and JL-2 ballistic missiles." Some 200,000 soldiers will march in 56 formations, one for each of the officially recognised ethnic "nationalities" in China, the report added.

Gee, I'm glad I'm not welcome.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 3 - India

2009-09-11T17:41:00.000+02:00

China, a country of over 1 billion people is scared of one simple Buddhist monk, guess who....

From Phalyul.org, Reuters[Friday, September 11, 2009 20:50]:

China opposes Dalai Lama trip to Arunachal Pradesh

By Krittivas Mukherjee

The Dalai Lama plans to visit soon Arunachal Pradesh, part of which China claims as its territory, an aide said on Friday in a trip that could again rile Beijing after it denounced his visit to Taiwan this month.
Chhime Chhoekyapa, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's aide, told Reuters the Dalai Lama would be in Arunachal Pradesh in the second week of November
"He is going there for teaching. This has nothing to do with politics, there is nothing political about it," Chhoekyapa said. ....
"China expresses strong concern about this information. The visit further reveals the Dalai clique's anti-China and separatist essence," Jiang Yu, the spokeswoman for China's foreign ministry, said in a statement faxed to Reuters.
"China's stance on the so-called 'Arunachal Pradesh' is consistent. We firmly oppose Dalai visiting the so-called 'Arunachal Pradesh'," Jiang said.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nepal becoming a Chinese province? - 2

2009-09-11T00:52:00.000+02:00

From Phalyul.org:

Reuters[Tuesday, September 08, 2009 17:27]
Nepal to reassure China on Tibetan exiles

KATHMANDU - Nepal's Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala left for a week-long tour of China on Tuesday, during which she will reassure Beijing that Kathmandu will not allow Tibetan exiles to launch anti-China activities from its soil.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 2 - Czech Republic

2009-09-11T00:37:00.002+02:00

China, a country of over 1 billion people is scared of one simple Buddhist monk, guess who....

From Phalyul.org, September 10, 2009:

China protests Kadeer, Dalai Lama visit

Prague: China has protested planned addresses by exiled Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer and the Dalai Lama at a Prague conference on human rights in Asia, the Chinese Embassy said Thursday.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Torture and murder

2009-09-11T00:16:00.001+02:00

From the TCHRD website, 10 September 2009:

"A Tibetan monk died from torture whilst in Chinese detention

According to reliable information received today by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), a Tibetan monk from Drepung Monastery has died from torture in a Chinese detention center, Lhasa. He is alleged to have died in August 2009."

So you thought things had become better in Tibet since last year? Think again, please.

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Let's pester Tibetans - 1

2009-09-11T00:05:00.004+02:00

From TCHRD website September 9, 2009:

"China launches the “Strike Hard” campaign in Tibet ahead of major anniversary

The Chinese authorities in “Tibet Autonomous Regions” (‘TAR’) has decided to launch a new “Strike Hard” campaign ahead of the 60th Anniversary of the National Day Celebration (starting 1 October) according to the official report posted on Xizang Re bao (Tibet Daily) dated 8 September 2009.
... The last “Strike Hard” campaign that took place for 42-days, was launched on 18 January 2009, during which a total of 5,766 Tibetan suspects were rounded up and questioned. No official figure has ever been released regarding the number of suspects released or detained so far."

Strange, I thought this "Strike Hard Campaign" is already active since 1959? Perhaps it should be called "Strike Even Harder Campaign", or just "Exterminator"?

Love & clear light,
Rudy

China's bullying tactics - 1 - Taiwan

2009-09-04T20:13:00.006+02:00

China, a country of over 1 billion people is scared of one simple Buddhist monk, guess who....

His Holiness the Dalai Lama visits Taiwan to pray for victims of the recent typhoon.

This is 'obvioiusly' an aggressive act towards mainland China....?

See the Times Online

Actually, according to Phalyul:

"China twice protested the Dalai Lama’s visit and warned Taipei that the visit would damage Taipei-Beijing ties, which have been improving since President Ma Ying-jeou took office in May 2008.

To retaliate against Taiwan for allowing the visit, China has cancelled or postponed several delegations’ trips to Taiwan."

Love & clear light,
Rudy

Nepal becoming like a Chinese province?

2009-09-04T19:41:00.001+02:00

The Tibetan uprising in early 2008 is all but forgotten in the media. Unfortunately, the situation for Tibetans has barely improved since the brutal Chinese crackdown. So, there is still a flow of Tibetan refugees over the dangerous Himalayan mountain passes.
Refugees do not merely risk their lives by crossing these dangerous high-altitude passes without proper clothing, equipment, or even decent shoes. Even high in the mountains, they are easy targets in the snow for eager Chinese soldiers, who don't hesitate to shoot and kill them. When they manage to reach the Nepalese border, one would expect the worse of their horrors to be over, but lately Nepal behaves more and more like an outpost for China. Tibetan refugees are hunted down and - when not killed - are handed back to the Chinese authorities. What happens after this handover in China is anyone's guess; many of the refugees are never heard of again...
The International Campaign for Tibet published this report:
'Dangerous Crossing: Conditions Impacting the Flight of Tibetan Refugees, 2007-8

But also for Tibetans living in Nepal things are worsening. The Nepalese government is so eager to please their big Northern neighbour, that they seem to have decided that pestering Tibetans is a good way to obtain more help from China - how low can you get?
The International Campaign for Tibet wrote this report on the situation:
'An uncertain welcome: how China's influence impacts Tibetans in Nepal,' July 27, 2009

Apparently shouting "Free Tibet" in Kathmandu lands you in jail these days... See this report.

Love & clear light,
Rudy