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stevemcgarrett
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 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:47 am Post subject: AN OPEN LETTER TO CHINA'S LEADERS I WISH THE U.S WOULD WRITE |
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I sorely wish the U.S. State Department would have the gumption to write a letter similar to the following terse version I have just penned to the Chinese Embassy in Seoul:
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To His Excellency, the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Korea:
Dear Sir,
Recently, as you are well aware, your Foreign Minister issued this statement:
"We solemnly demand that the U.S. cancel the extremely wrong arrangements," said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Beijing. "It seriously violates the norm of international relations and seriously wounded the feelings of the Chinese people and interfered with China's internal affairs."
As an American citizen with personal and professional ties to China, I find it tiresome that your government continues to take the position that the Dalai Lama is fomenting rebellion in XiZang--what most of the world still refers to as Tibet. His Holiness is doing no such thing as well; this is merely another feeble attempt to brand the legitimate leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a rabble rouser. Nothing could be further from the truth. For despite the Dalai Lama's obvious and historically tenable position that the Han Chinese constitute an occupying force in his country, he continues to seek a non-violent solution to this situation, which is in keeping with his religious convictions. Moreover, the Dalai Lama has taken up permanent residence in India, as well you are aware, and is at this time in his life focusing his energies on preserving his people's cultural heritage.
Aside from the blatant irony in having your government once again protest international intrusion into China's internal affairs, its publicly staged lament about the supposed wounded feelings of the Chinese people rings rather hollow given your government's complete unwillingness to demonstrate genuine concern for other Buddhist monks in Myanmar. In light of the fact that China has secured oil and gas rights in that country, the position of Zhongnanhai can hardly be described as principled.
Indeed, it "violates the norms of international relations" for China to exploit its vote in the U.N. Security Council in the matter of imposing severe sanctions on the Myanmar junta for such narrow purposes. It is also an affront for a coterie of atheists in the CCP to dictate the terms of morality to the leader of a major Buddhist sect.
So I ask that you please refrain from further feigned acts of indignation in reaction to the impending visit of the Dalai Lama to the White House and instead make a concerted and conscientious effort to get your own house in order by attending to the yawning gap between urban and rural incomes, and by disavowing your support of the genocidal regime in the Sudan and the increasingly oppressive regime in Zimbabwe if you truly wish to bolster the legitimacy of your assumed regional leadership role in ASEAN.
Sincerely, |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject: ... |
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STEVE,
I GENERALLY AGREE WITH THE SENTIMENT IN YOUR LETTER TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY, BUT:
1) I DON'T THINK THAT CHINESE INDIGNATION IS FEIGNED HERE. NOT THAT IT'S RIGHTEOUS, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE PRETENDING TO BE UPSET.
2) WHAT DOES CHINA HAVE TO DO WITH ASEAN? |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Nowhere Man wrote:
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| 1) I DON'T THINK THAT CHINESE INDIGNATION IS FEIGNED HERE. NOT THAT IT'S RIGHTEOUS, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY'RE PRETENDING TO BE UPSET. |
You might be right. Certainly some Chinese officials are genuinely upset. I guess I have this sense of the situation because, by comparison, the Taiwan issue is so much more emotional and hence likely to generate outright anger if not subdued resentment.
But I think you'll agree that the whole thing amounts to a stage act since they're not going to cut-off their biggest importer.
Either way, it's so da-mn hypocritical on their part, eh?
One thing many Westerners are not aware of is just how contemptuous most Chinese (who are not Communist Party members) really are toward their government leaders, especially at the provincial level. |
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