Wednesday, April 9, 2008

"London and Paris a success"

A few days ago I had written this long post about Qingming Jie, or Tomb Sweeping Day, a national holiday in China to pay homage to your family ancestors. People take the day off to go to the cemeteries, tidy up the graves, leave flowers, and perhaps burn some fake money to wish their relatives good fortune in the afterlife. Anyway, because I have to use a proxy server to go to my blog these days, one wrong click and I lost everything to cyberspace – I hate when that happens. In retrospect, most of the lost post contained my accounts of a scandalous night at a “room salon” accompanied by a group of visiting businessmen with a knack for Chivas, KTV, and concubines, so its probably for the better (Hint: “room salons” are underground KTV clubs where you get to pick your quasi-concubine for the night, minus anything sexual, unless you pay more, oh god there is no way to morally justify the place, I should just shut up, my mom and girlfriend are reading…. ). But seriously, it was interesting – field work in Beijing is never easy.

Today I wanted to comment on the ludicrous reports coming out of China’s media on the recent protests in London and Paris amidst the Olympic torch relay. Yesterday, the front headline of the China Daily read “French passion greets torch in Paris” only mentioning the protests as “disruptions by some seperatists” and then made light of the fact that “Pars…failed in all three of its bids” to host the Olympics in the past decade – ouch! The torch runs in London and Paris have been labelled a "sucess" throughout the media in China. Here is some more fun sketchy reporting and from China’s objective journalists:

“The Paris section of the Olympic torch relay has ended. It's the fifth leg of the flame's global journey. The torch relay was at least one hour behind schedule due to disruptions by protests over Tibet.The torch had to be put onto a bus three times on Monday before it resumed the relay on the ground. A member from the French Green Party attempted to snatch the torch but was stopped by policemen. At least five people have been arrested who tried to interrupt the relay. Around 3,000 French policemen have been deployed to protect the torch. The relay started at the Eiffel Tower, and was scheduled to pass famous landmarks including the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees, Concorde Square, the Louvre and Notre Dame Cathedral.”

“As the torch's global relay continues, residents of Lhasa in Tibet Autonomous Region are also preparing to welcome the flame's arrival. A set of stamps depicting the torch relay of the 29th Olympic Games has been published. Many people in Lhasa have shown an interest.”


HEADLINE: Dalai´s brag about "peace", "non-violence" is nothing but lie

BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday criticized that the Dalai Lama has proved with his own acts that his brag for "peace" and "non-violence" is nothing but lie.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Jiang Yu made the remarks at a regular press conference on Tuesday afternoon when asked to comment on the Dalai Lama's claim in his recent statement that he sticks to his "middle way" approach and does not seek for "Tibet independence".
Jiang said the Dalai Lama is the head representative of the serf system which integrates religion with politics in old Tibet.
Such serf system, which harbors no democracy, freedom and human rights in any form, is the darkest slavery system in human history, Jiang said, adding that only the serf owners could enjoy special privileges under such a system.
The "middle way" approach that the Dalai Lama is pursuing for is aimed at restoring his own "paradise in the past", which will throw millions of liberated serf back into a dark cage, Jiang said.
"Such a 'middle way', who can accept it?" said Jiang.
On the Dalai Lama's claim that he is unconnected with the riots in Lhasa, Jiang said "Dalai has always been dependent on telling lies", noting that it does not matter much about what he said, only what he did.
One thing that the Dalai Lama has done recently is to instigate and orchestrate the violence in Lhasa, Jiang said.
The Dalai Lama's own acts have proved "peace" and "non-violence" are all lies to cheat people, Jiang said.
Jiang also added that the central government's policy toward the Dalai Lama is consistent and the central government has been patiently keeping contact with the Dalai Lama side.
"Our door to conduct dialogue with the Dalai Lama was open in the past and is still open now", Jiang said.
Only if the Dalai Lama changed his mind, stopped separatist activities, violence and sabotaging the Beijing Olympic Games, "we are still willing to contact and consult with him", Jiang said.


…… Good luck San Francisco, I look forward to not reading about in accurately in Beijing

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