[Buddha-l] Tibet uprisings

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

jkirk schreef:
> But supporters of the protesters warned that long-simmering resentment would
> not die down soon. 'China has swamped Tibet with settlers, poured money into
> colonialist mega-projects that solidify its control and ruthlessly attacked
> Tibetan culture and religion,' said Tenzin Dorjee, deputy director of
> Students for a Free Tibet. 'The timing and scale of this unrest indicate a
> truly national Tibetan uprising against China's illegal occupation.'
>
>   
Today I attended a demonstration in front of the Chinese embassy. A 
several hundreds of people came and that was exceptional, because in 
past years we were only with twenty or thirty. A Tibetan young men 
succeeded to crawl under the gate and got hold of the Chinese flag which 
was burned ofcourse. Later a small part of the fence was damaged. Nobody 
got hurt and the police just watched adn pushed a few people back. A 
senator was also there and she expressed her full support for the 
Tibetan case, which again never happened before. In Holland there are a 
few standup comedians and artists who are aware of what's going on and 
are in favour of a boycott of the Olympics. The 20th of april there's a 
rockfestival for Tibet in Amsterdam. It seems that the Chinese 
governement is feeling the pressure, because they officially reacted to 
criticism on Chinese involvement in Darfur.
It's important to understand that these events are not carefully 
orchestrated puppet shows, but outbursts of anger and despair caused by 
many years of oppression and cruelty. And let's not forget Birma. Is Hu 
Jintao any better then Saddam Hussein?


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Erik

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