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Vicissitude
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 Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:50 am Post subject: Tibetans Monks storm Chinese embassy in India |
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Tibetans storm Chinese embassy By GAVIN RABINOWITZ, Associated Press Writer
Wed Oct 10, 5:42 AM ET
Some 30 Tibetan exiles protesting Chinese religious policies stormed the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi on Wednesday, with several breaching the front gate and chaining themselves to the flag pole inside, police and witnesses said.
Others repeatedly sprayed "Free Tibet" in red paint on the embassy walls and the main gate before many of the demonstrators were forcibly taken away by Indian police, according to an Associated Press photographer at the scene.
The activists were protesting a recent Chinese order that Beijing must approve all of Tibet's spiritual leaders, known as Lamas. For centuries, the search for the reincarnation of lamas � including Tibet's spiritual head, the Dalai Lama � has been carried out by select Tibetan monks.
"This order is an attempt to undermine the influence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama," said Dorjee Bhondup, a leader of the Tibetan Youth Congress who was at the protest.
The protest is one of a series in India against what the Tibetan exiles say are China's continued attempts to subvert Tibetan Buddhist culture and strengthen Beijing's hold on the Himalayan region.
In August, thousands of Tibetan exiles marched through New Delhi to protest the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Chinese plans to have the Olympic torch run go through Tibet.
India has been a center for the Tibetan exiles since the Dalai Lama fled to there in 1959 after a failed uprising and set up his government in exile in the northern town of Dharmsala.
However, India has tempered its support for the Tibetan cause in recent years as it seeks to improve relations with China. Last year, to avoid embarrassing visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao, India imposed a series of restrictions on Tibetan activists and protesters.
India's Foreign Ministry had no comment on Wednesday's incident.
Descending from a bus, the activists ran through the embassy's main gate that was guarded by private guards only. About six of the protesters scaled an inner wall and entered the main embassy compound where they chained themselves to a flag post and waved the Tibetan flag.
After about 15 minutes Indian police arrived and detained the protesters.
Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said 22 protesters had been detained but no charges would be filed against them.
Bhagat denied there had been a breach of security. "They were taken away because demonstrations are not allowed in that area," he said.
Phones at the Chinese Embassy rang unanswered.
The demonstrators were protesting the new order, which came into force in September and states that all future incarnations of living Buddhas related to Tibetan Buddhism must get Chinese government approval.
China's officially atheistic communist government has increasingly sought to direct Tibetan Buddhism, for centuries the basis of Tibet's civil, religious, cultural and political life.
Reincarnated lamas often lead religious communities and oversee the training of monks, giving them enormous influence over religious life in Tibet.
China already insists that only the government can approve the appointments of the best-known reincarnates, including the Dalai and Panchen Lamas, the No. 1 and No. 2 figures in Tibetan Buddhism.
In 1995, the Dalai Lama chose 6-year-old Gendun Choekyi Nyima as the 11th Panchen Lama, the most exalted figure of Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama. The boy and his family disappeared soon after and have not been heard from since.
China's communist-led government later named Gyaltsen Norbu as the 11th Panchen Lama and said Nyima and his family were being kept in a secret location for their protection.
"On behalf of every Tibetan we call on the Chinese government to withdraw this order," Bhondup said. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071010/ap_on_re_as/india_china_tibet
What an outrage! Stupid Chinese government. It's bad enough they had to invade Tibet and commit genocide but they add insult to injury by ordering the monks to get Chinese government approval for a living reincarnation of Buddha!!!!
Where is the boy (the 11th Panchen Lama) and his family? Huh, China? What have you done with him and his family? |
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igotthisguitar
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Criminals. |
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Tjames426
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Amazing how this story is ignored by the Mainstream press, isn't it? |
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igotthisguitar
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Tjames426 wrote: |
| Amazing how this story is ignored by the Mainstream press, isn't it? |
Maybe it didn't really even happen  |
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Vicissitude
Joined: 27 Feb 2007
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I'm tempted to start an "I HATE CHINA" thread/poll.
I'm sure there's no shortage of "untold stories" to share. |
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Vicissitude
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China condemns U.S. award for Dalai Lama 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
China has complained to the United States over a decision to award exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama a U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
The Dalai Lama, who fled to India after a failed uprising against Chinese Communist rule of Tibet in 1959, is branded by China as a "separatist."
The Nobel Peace Prize winner says he only wants greater autonomy for the predominately Buddhist Himalayan region.
"The Chinese government strongly opposes the U.S. Congress giving the Dalai Lama a so-called award," spokesman Liu Jianchao told a regular news briefing.
"We strongly oppose any country or person who uses the Dalai Lama to interfere in China's internal affairs. We have already made solemn representations about this to the U.S. side."
White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said last month that President George W. Bush would attend the October 17 ceremony at the Capitol.
Bush has previously met the Dalai Lama at the White House.
China has already chided German Chancellor Angela Merkel for hosting the Dalai Lama, demanding Berlin take action to repair damage done to bilateral ties.
China, keen to maintain stability ahead of a key Communist Party meeting next week, is also questioning the loyalty of ethnic Tibetan Party members, accusing many of swearing their true allegiance to the Dalai Lama, according to an internal memo.
This week, China's state media lashed out at the Dalai Lama, accusing him of supporting "evil cults," such as Japan's Aum Shinrikyo and banned Chinese spiritual group Falun Gong.
On Thursday, the overseas edition of Party mouthpiece the People's Daily said the Dalai Lama was involved in killing people during an uprising in the 1950s, in violation of Buddhist principles, and that he was a liar.
"The armed rebels set houses on fire, looted Tibetan people and raped women. What happened then still lingers in Tibetan people's minds today," said the commentary, signed by somebody called Shi Shan.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071011/ts_nm/china_usa_dalailama_dc&printer=1;_ylt=AhhDAO.qdd6W3sqkNdyEhe1g.3QA
I am usually in strong opposition to GWB but this time he deserves a thumbs up and Laura too:
And China deserves a thumbs down:
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