Protests in Tibet

Khak

it seems that http://www.meyul.com/ has been disbaled

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Sama

I can log on to it with no problems...

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Nick-H

I wonder how long Indiamike will be available in China?

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michael_metal

China has always pursued a belligerent policy towards most of its neighbors except those receiving military aid from it. Look at wots happening in Taiwan, in Tibet and elsewhere including its increasing but indirect threats in Arunachal. If the Chinese Govt is claiming "no human rights violation" in Tibet then why the media blackout? It has been following a policy of "brute force" and the recent spate of uprisings are a result of its high handedness towards the people of Tibet and their supporters. The Dragon's got to be tamed else its gonna keep breathing fire and burning others! Wonder why USA has not condemned the Chinese aggression? ;-)

Khak

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Sama

ha! I know I've (well, at least my yoga blog) been banned in China -- the number of readers from China stopped at 30 a long time ago.... but hey, I've been thrown out of places before...

China has also now blocked YouTube -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHnB-VOxHF4

UN Council Keeps Silent

"The U.N. Security Council will likely keep silent about China's crackdown on demonstrations in Tibet, mostly due to belief that provoking Beijing would accomplish nothing, diplomats said on Monday....

"The issue did not come up in the council," China's Deputy permanent U.N. representative Liu Zhenmin told Reuters after a meeting of the council on unrelated issues.

"This has nothing to do with peace and security," he said. "It is local violence, ... a domestic issue.""

Nick-H

Well quite. They just don't care what anyone else thinks.

But then, that doesn't excuse the cop-out.

Sama

is there even a point to the United Nations anymore?

brownboy66

at the end of the day - the UN is nothing more then the collective will of its members (or more importantly, the security council - and if they don't want it - it doesn't happen). Hmmmm....who's the biggest permanent member of the security council?

Sama

rand0M aXiS

I just logged on to their site after a few attempts. Their servers are just probably overloaded. Maybe the DRUDGEREPORT linked to them, that would cause a crash

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I think you're dividing two things that are actually connected: Had there been proper oversight of loan practices, the problems could have been prevented. But because rising housing prices, speculative real estate, etc. gave the illusion of economic growth, GWB et al. were willing to look the other way.

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Minnesota

It looks like Nepal has agreed to work with China to cut off access to Everest in order to prevent protests there.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...ow_ article=1
We can only hope that this, together with actions by the Chinese in preparation for the Olympics, will show the world the kind of country we're dealing with -- and that this will result in wider, stronger support not only for Tibet but also for Taiwan and for the Uyghur people of Xinjiang.

For an informative overview of the China / Tibet situation, see John Derbyshire's new article on National Review Online (he's a total right-winger, but spot-on in his take here -- especially in punching holes in every Chinese argument): http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...Q4MmExZmMxNGU=

Dilliwala

Joking?
I've seen their training area and seen them training. Easily accessible too. The Chinese know all about it. Probably send their spies around regularly too.

Tibetans were a part of SFF?
The SFF is alive and well and stacked predominantly, but not exclusively, with Tibetans. That's them referred to above.
There are no Tibetans serving in the ITBP or other para-military as they are not Indian citizens. SFF is the only exception.

US planned? India refused?
Chushi Gangdruk was a reality between 1958 and 1974. The CIA was already training the first lot of volunteers in Colorado in '58. In '62 the SFF was raised from among Tibetan refugees. Between '60 and '72 Chushi Gangdruk's guerrilla base in Mustang (Nepal) received full support and regular visits from CIA and (after '62) SFF personnel. And bloody good these guerrillas were too - China never succeeded in building the highway to Sinkiang becos of their regular ambushes.

In '72 after the Great Thaw with China, Nixon withdrew CIA support. The Mustang base continued upto '74, by when the King of Nepal, under pressure from the Chinese, sent the Army in and the base was wiped out.

http://www.chushigangdruk.org/

dzibead

Orphans of the Cold War by John Kenneth Knaus is a good book on the Tibetan guerrillas by a guy who was involved in in training them: http://www.amazon.com/Orphans-Americ...5794570&sr=8-1