The Dalai Lama to Receive the Congressional Gold Medal
October 16th, 2007 by Richard CockrumThe Chinese. You gotta love ‘em. They’re such cards.
Tomorrow the Dalai Lama is due to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. Chinese officials are all abuzz. As the Communist Party Secretary of Tibet, Zhang Qingli says
We are furious. If the Dalai Lama can receive such an award, there must be no justice or good people in the world.
Chinese government officials would know.
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October 18th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
LOL! That’s just hilarious! All I can think of saying is “Oh No He Didn’t!”
Talk about twisting the perception of reality!
October 18th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Direct quote, Lyman. It would be funny if it weren’t so sad. Whenever I think of China and Tibet, the image that pops into my mind is of the student in front of the tank from Tiananmen Square.
October 19th, 2007 at 11:22 am
It’s so rediculus. I first read the article on Yahoo. It makes me sad.
I just wrote a cause post related to Tibet:
http://thinksimplenow.com/happiness/the-causes-that-make-my-heart-sing/
Part of Alex Shalman’s Caring Compassion Charity
October 19th, 2007 at 11:23 am
Hi Richard, I was in Beijing when Tiananmen Square happened. I remember seeing the tanks on the main street. Again, this just makes me sad.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Can anyone tell me why I’ve heard so little of an outcry about the Olympics being held there?
Oh, yeah, that’s right… cheap stuff.
October 19th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Hello Tina Su,
Yes it is ridiculous, but par for the course for China.
I read your post. I wish you luck, but this is a calculated policy on China’s part to subjugate the Tibetan people. It ties in with their huge importation of the Han into the area.
Strange to say, but I believe the entire Chinese policy, both in Tibet and elsewhere, is based on fear.
October 19th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Lyman,
Cheap stuff is probably a big part of it.
On the other hand, it may be a good thing. Maybe people will get a firsthand view of the situation.
October 19th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
That could be true, Rick… my reactionary thinking hadn’t considered that.
I do agree with you that the Chinese government policies are based on fear… pretty much all oppressive governments are: they start off because of fear of one thing or another, and end up with fear of loss of the power they’ve gained (yes, I am generalizing quite a bit here).
And breaking all of my own rules… writing about politics on the web!
October 19th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Chinese history, what little I know of it, is fascinating, Lyman.
I think the fear basis of their political life is much deeper and longer than the majority of totalitarian governments. Look at the Great Wall, and their long-standing fear of outsiders. The annexation of Tibet gives them a natural great wall to the south in the Himalayas.
But what do I know?
October 19th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
A whole lot more than me, Rick! I never knew that… fascinating is right!