… “I would like to offer my greetings to the People’s Republic of China, the organisers and the athletes participating in the forthcoming Olympics games in Beijing,” said the Tibetan temporal head in a message released from the headquarters of Tibetan government in-exile Dharamsala.
“Right from the time of China’s application to hold the Olympics Games, I have supported China’s right to host the mega event,” he said. …
What a wonderful man.
Support the Games. Support non-violent protest of China.
Right on.
(via Beijing Olympics Fan)
Here’s a non-violent protest of Chinese totalitarian state. A “pirate radio station” just launched in Beijing:
A media watchdog took over a frequency on China’s tightly-controlled airwaves Friday in a symbolic protest calling for free speech just hours before the start of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Reporters Without Borders broadcast the 20-minute programme in Chinese, English and French beginning from 8:08 am (0008 GMT), exactly 12 hours before the Olympic opening ceremony. …
“China is the country of censorship, and this programme is our way of making fun of the Chinese authorities who still keep hundreds of journalists and Internet users in prison,” said a voice at the start of the broadcast. …
Media group takes over Chinese frequency in symbolic protest – AFP
And another. The USA Olympic Flag Bearer is from Darfur:
… Joseph Lopepe (Lopez) Lomong … was unanimously elected as flag-bearer by the captains of the US Olympic sports at a meeting today and with spectacularly good timing hurled himself into the politically murky waters of China’s relationship with his native land at the precise moment President Bush arrived in Beijing. Depending on whose figures you believe, the UN puts the death toll in Darfur at 300,000, while an estimated 2.2 million people have been displaced in the war. …
Lopez Lomong’s Olympic role tells important tale to world audience – Times Online
China is much criticized for economic involvement in Darfur.
A billion+ TV viewers worldwide will be reminded of Darfur during the Opening Ceremonies. I love it.
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