links for 2008-05-07
Posted on May 7, 2008 by nolympics
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Game’s Over - Free Tibet : An online shop for your protest T-Shirts, Flags, Signs & Symbols…
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links for 2008-05-06
Posted on May 6, 2008 by nolympics
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Aus Protest gegen Chinas Tibetpolitik wird Judo-Kämpferin Yvonne Bönisch nicht an der Eröffnungsfeier der Olympischen Spiele in Peking teilnehmen.
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Beijing is the target of world criticism over its Olympic preparations and its Tibet and Xinjiang policies. It needs a better public-relations response, says James A Millward for openDemocracy.
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China has urged its citizens to be calm amid further anti-Western protests in the country, focused on French supermarket chain Carrefour.
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It is time to pause and reflect on the issue of China and Tibet. The past month has made two things clear: China cannot hope to see its case understood with the rigid stance it has taken on the Dalai Lama. Its current strategy of expressing only grudging
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AJWS: “The attendance of President Bush at the opening ceremony would implicitly endorse the actions of the government of China.”
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Do let firms know that you’re boycotting them and why. How can corporate scumbags be expected to learn if we don’t tell them why we’re withholding our custom?
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So… remember… Boycott: the sound of one hand not opening a wallet.
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Jacques Rogge against a “better world”?
Posted on May 6, 2008 by nolympics
The Economist blog “Certain ideas of Europe” describes the China argumentation of IOC boss Jacques Rogge. His defensive approach can be summarised with the following statements: “be reasonable, old chap, what can we do?” and “we don’t do politics but things are much better than you think” combined with some claims about the successes of “quiet diplomacy”…
Apologists for the Beijing Olympics usually use one or a combination of these lines of argumentation. Interestingly, the argument that the IOC is involved in some quiet diplomacy (which would slowly improve things in China) contradicts the claim that the Olympic games do not have anything to do with politics and that the IOC is an unpolitical actor …
The post ends with Mr Rogge’s opinion about the “protest badges”:
Mr Rogge was asked his personal opinion of badges that some athletes, notably from France, want to wear during the Olympics, which the IOC looks set to ban as being too “political” to permit in the Olympic village. The badge is very unlikely to be permitted, said Mr Rogge, noting that athletes have said that the badge “signifies that they are not indifferent to what goes on in China.” Was that not clearly political, asked the Olympic boss. And the motto on these outrageously political and provocative badges? Since you ask, the proposed badges carry the words: “For a better world.”
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Breaking news: China to Meet With Representative Of Dalai Lama
Posted on April 25, 2008 by nolympics
Chinese officials will meet representatives of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism whom China blames for a wave of unrest, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday, citing official sources.
The move marks a change in tactics on the part of Beijing, which has stepped up its vilification of the Dalai Lama since anti-government protests hit Tibet and rippled across ethnic Tibetan parts of China in the past weeks.
“In view of the requests repeatedly made by the Dalai side for resuming talks, the relevant department of the central government will have contact and consultation with Dalai’s private representative in the coming days,” Xinhua quoted an official as saying.
BBC: Beijing ‘to talk to Dalai aides’
AFP: Dalai Lama welcomes Chinese offer for talks: spokesman
The question of course is why and why now? Is it part of a PR campaign or really a politically motivated move?
However, the protests seem to work and even the Chinese government recognizes the necessity to address the issue. It remains to be seen whether the proposed talks bring any real improvement of the situation, but for the time being it should be seen as a step forward!
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Don’t watch the Olympics Vol. 3
Posted on April 25, 2008 by florianwagner
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Don’t watch the Olympics Vol. 2
Posted on April 16, 2008 by florianwagner
Watch this instead:
BBC News - June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square Massacre
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links for 2008-04-14
Posted on April 14, 2008 by nolympics
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MEPs have urged EU leaders to boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing, unless Chinese authorities talk to the Dalai Lama about the situation in Tibet.
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“The current wave of repression occurring in China is not in spite of the Olympic Games, but because of the Olympics,” claims an April report from Amnesty International.
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TamCam exclusive Obama tells Sally Quinn and Tammy Haddad he supports a US boycott of the Olympics ceremony and the Dalai Lama’s request today that the US push China on human rights broadly.
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…but we would all do better to recognize that it is also fully a tool of propaganda, and use that propaganda tool against nations that fail to live up to the standards of freedom and equality which we believe ought be universally implemented.
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Gordon Brown has announced he will not attend the controversial opening ceremony of the Olympics.
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There is no tradition of world leaders attending these ceremonies. In the case of Beijing, however, there was an initial rush to curry favour with an emerging superpower. Now, to China’s dismay, the herd mentality seems to be going in the other direction.
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The guards protecting the Olympic flame had paramilitary training and were chosen by Beijing for their toughness and fitness
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The footballing great Diego Maradona pulled out of the Olympic torch relay in his native Argentina yesterday as the flame ran the gauntlet of fresh protests in Buenos Aires.
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It is not just the recent suppression of Tibet, he said, but issues ranging from pollution, to human rights to freedom of speech and religion, are all hot buttons triggering events such as the attacks on the torch relay participants, he said.
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Police and security staff forced to fend off demonstrators
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The head of the European Parliament invited the Dalai Lama on Wednesday to address the EU legislature on events in Tibet and questioned whether European leaders should attend the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games.
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China überwacht mit mehr als 30.000 Internetpolizisten das Web. Die Zensur funktioniert erstaunlich gut. Der Glaube, das Internet bringe auch in Diktaturen automatisch Freiheit, ist falsch - wie das Beispiel des Dissidenten Hu Jia zeigt.
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Geht es um Menschenrechte, offenbart sich ein Konflikt der Generationen: Die Athleten wollen Zeichen setzen, die Funktionäre lieber schweigen.
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Welcome to Whitewash Country
Posted on April 8, 2008 by florianwagner
© Clay Jones | The Free Lance-Star 2008
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links for 2008-04-06
Posted on April 6, 2008 by nolympics
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China is draping itself in Olympic values and talking about a journey of harmony with this torch relay, whilst at the very same time, as has been reported this morning, the Chinese government is killing Tibetans in Tibet.
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France’s human rights minister has denied setting conditions for President Nicolas Sarkozy’s attendance at the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge says he sees no momentum among governments to boycott the summer games in Beijing following China’s crackdown on anti-government protesters in Tibet.
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links for 2008-04-05
Posted on April 5, 2008 by nolympics
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If the world really wants to send a message to Beijing, here’s how it can be done; with personal boycotts. There are individuals, and I’m sure there are many, who will refuse to attend the Olympics in Beijing because of China’s record on human right
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China’s Great Firewall is crude, slapdash, and surprisingly easy to breach. Here’s why it’s so effective anyway.
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The Olympics may be athletic competition, but this year it is also a contest of alternative realities.
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The Beijing Olympics has engaged and inspired activists like never before, and made activists out of those who were only sideline sympathizers. It is simply the best thing to have happened to the Tibetan cause in 50 years.
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This week, a Beijing court sentenced human rights activist Hu Jia to 3 1/2 years in prison for subverting state authority and to one additional year’s loss of his “political rights.”
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In a significant shift, campaigners against the genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region are endorsing a call for world leaders to boycott the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games in August.
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This is a state that imprisons, tortures and kills its political opponents.It is a state that pollutes public discourse with untruths,and that not only seeks to suppress truths, but that seeks to suppress the free exchange of thought between its citizens.
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French President Nicholas Sarkozy will not attend the opening of the Beijing Olympics unless China opens talks with the Dalai Lama and frees political prisoners, a French minister has said.
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Consider this: in the past few months alone the following events have taken place around the upcoming Beijing Olympics -
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Honestly, giving China the Olympics was a huge mistake in the first instance and now as the blood of murdered Tibetans trickles down the street, I wonder who out there has any enthusiams for these bloodied games?
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