On Mar 16, 11:51Â am, CharlesLiu
hotmail.com> wrote:> On Mar 16, 8:36Â am, tuna
nz11.com> wrote:
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>> Â (CNN) -- The Dalai Lama on Sunday called for an international probe
>> of China's treatment of Tibet, which he said is causing "cultural
>> genocide"
>
> Has HH never been to a reservation in US?
I don't know. But I do know that the question is a complete non
sequitur.
> Has HH ever heard of this
> recent news, that the last speaker of a Native American tribal
> language died?
>
>
http://news.google.com/news?q=last+native+Eyak+speaker+died
>
> There was no protest, Google news only has 7 fucking entries about it.
> This is cultural genocide and no one is marching to DC, no worldwide
> outrage, many US cities remain front runners for up comming Olympics.
>
> - Native Americans live in tiny pockets of desolate, remote land
> called reservations - while Tibet SAR remains one large contiguous
> territory.
>
> - Native Ameicans has the highest unemployment, infant mortality rate,
> lowest economic status, most unhealthy population with life expectancy
> 20 years less than average Americans - Tibetan's live expectance is on-
> par with rest of China, need I say more?
>
>
>
>> of his people.
>> art.policelhasa.jpg
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>> A video image of Chinese police carrying out door to door searches in
>> Lhasa.
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>> The exiled spiritual leader of Tibet spoke at a news conference Sunday
>> in Dharmsala, India, two days after violent clashes between pro-
>> autonomy demonstrators and Chinese security forces in the Tibetan
>> capital Lhasa.
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>> A spokesman for the self-declared Tibetan exile government said it has
>> confirmed at least 80 deaths in Friday's violence and that protests
>> were continuing outside the capital on Sunday, further undermining
>> China's hopes of a smooth run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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>> Tibet Watch, a group based in Dharamsala, India, told CNN that 34
>> people have died in the Nwaga County area of Sichuan province in
>> western China.
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>> The dead include women and children, the group said in an e-mail,
>> adding they were killed by Chinese police attempting to stop the
>> protests.
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>> Eight bodies were brought to the Nagaba Kirti monastery, the Tibetan
>> Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Dharamsala told CNN. Of the
>> eight, two are the bodies of monks, the center said.
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>> Another protest took place in Machu County in northwestern China, the
>> group said. It was started by some Tibetan students distributing
>> fliers.
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>> They were later joined by monks and laypeople. During the
>> demonstration, several shops and a security headquarters were burned,
>> Tibet Watch said. An estimated 2,000 Tibetans were using firecrackers
>> in the streets, the group said.
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>> Rare live video broadcasts from Lhasa Sunday showed dozens of Chinese
>> police searching a section of the capital, near the palace where the
>> Dalai Lama lived before going into exile 49 years ago.
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>> The Dalai Lama said China, as the world's most populous nation,
>> deserves to host the Olympics but it must look seriously at repairing
>> its human rights record "in order to be a good host."
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>> He laughed at suggestions that the exile government was fueling the
>> anti-Chinese protests, saying it was the natural result of deep
>> resentment caused by China's treatment of Tibetans as second class
>> citizens in their own land.
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>> The Dalai Lama -- who fled his homeland 29 years ago after a failed
>> uprising, said Tibet's "ancient cultural heritage" is threatened with
>> extinction by China.
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>> He said the officials in the Chinese government's local administration
>> in Tibet were "very, very negative" toward the native Tibetans, which
>> prevents development of a "harmonious society."
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>> Tibet, he said, is seeking autonomy necessary to safeguard its
>> heritage.
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>> "We are not seeking separation," he said. In fact, he said, Tibet can
>> enjoy modernization through its connection to China.
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>> China was using force to gain stability and peace, but it would always
>> be superficial, he said.
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>> True harmony and unity must come from the heart, the Dalai Lama said.
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>> Although Chinese authorities are keeping a tight control over
>> communications out of Tibet in recent days, the world got a rare live
>> glimpse Sunday inside the Tibetan capital Lhasa.
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>> Video provided live by CNN affiliate Hong Kong Cable showed armed
>> Chinese police, dressed in riot gear, searching door to door through
>> the Tai Yan Dao section of Lhasa -- near the Potala Palace. Video
>> Watch police conduct searches. »
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>> There was no sign of violence between the police or residents.
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>> CNN International's live rebroadcast of the video was not blacked out
>> by the Chinese government to viewers in that country. The government
>> sometimes exercises its power to censor CNN's broadcast of stories
>> sensitive to China by interrupting the broadcast as it is fed into the
>> country.
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>> The Hong Kong Cable camera appeared to be pointed out a window above
>> the area being patrolled.
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>> A spokesman for the Tibetan government in exile told CNN Sunday it had
>> confirmed from "reliable sources" inside Tibet that at least 80 people
>> were killed during protests Friday in Lhasa. Many others were shot to
>> death by police in other areas, but the numbers have not been
>> confirmed, an exile spokesman said.
>> Don't Miss
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>> The exile government said Chinese authorities had effectively imposed
>> martial law, although it has not been officially declared. Schools,
>> shops and businesses have been closed, it said.
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>> Home telephones and cell phones have been cut off and the movement of
>> people is restricted in many parts of Tibet, it said.
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>> "Monasteries have been completely sealed off by [the military] and
>> remain under extremely strict surveillance," the exiles said. "Monks
>> are being followed even as they try to move within the compounds of
>> the monastery."
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>> Still, there were protests going on outside the Tibetan capital, the
>> exiles said.
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>> More than 200 people protested in Nyangden -- near the Sera Monastery
>> north of Lhasa -- Sunday, the exiles said.
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>> Police used tear gas against demonstrators who took to the streets of
>> Kama Kusang, east of Lhasa, on Sunday, they said.
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>> The exile spokesman also said there were major protests at the Labrang
>> Tashikyil Monastery and at least four people were taken into custody
>> by Chinese soldiers.
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>> Xinhua, China's official news agency, quoted police in Tibet giving
>> protesters a deadline of midnight Monday "to stop their criminal
>> activities and offering leniency to those who surrender themselves."
>> advertisement
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>> "Those who surrender and provide information on other lawbreakers will
>> be exempt from punishment," Xinhua reported the police notice said.
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>> Tibet is one of two provinces in China, along with Xinjiang, where the
>> Chinese government places restrictions on reporters' access.
>> Government permission is required for foreign media to enter Tibet and
>> Xinjiang, and CNN has not received permission to go in.- Hide quoted text -
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