If China does not relax its stance, we must reconsider holding the Olympics there
The reaction of the Chinese authorities to the Tibetan protests
evokes echoes of the totalitarian practices that many of us remember (not so fondly) from the days before Communism in Central and Eastern Europe collapsed in 1989: harsh censorship of the domestic media, blackouts of reporting by foreign media from China, refusal of visas to foreign journalists, and the blaming the unrest on the "Dalai Lama's conspiratorial clique" and other such unspecified dark forces that are supposedly manipulated from abroad.
Indeed, the language used by some Chinese government representatives and the official Chinese media is a reminder of the worst of times during the Stalinist and Maoist eras. But the most dangerous development of this unfortunate situation is the current attempt to seal off Tibet from the rest of the world.
Even as we write, it is clear that China's rulers are trying to reassure the world that peace, quiet, and "harmony" have again prevailed in Tibet. But then, we all know this kind of peace from what has happened in the past in Burma, Cuba, Belarus, and a few other countries – it is called the peace of the graveyard.
Merely urging the Chinese government to exercise the "utmost restraint" in dealing with the Tibetan people, as governments around the world are doing, is far too weak a response to this situation. The international community, beginning with the United Nations and followed by the European Union, ASEAN, and other international organisations, as well as individual countries, should use every means possible to step up pressure on the
Chinese government to:
• allow foreign media, as well as international fact-finding missions, into Tibet and adjoining provinces to enable objective investigations of what has been happening;
• release all those who only peacefully exercised their internationally guaranteed human rights, and guarantee that no one is subjected to torture and unfair trials;
• enter into meaningful and fruitful dialogue with the representatives of the Tibetan population. Unless these conditions are fulfilled by the PRC, the International Olympic Committee should seriously reconsider whether the holding of this summer''s Olympic Games in a country that includes a peaceful graveyard remains a good idea.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
The reaction of the Chinese authorities to the Tibetan protests
evokes echoes of the totalitarian practices that many of us remember (not so fondly) from the days before Communism in Central and Eastern Europe collapsed in 1989: harsh censorship of the domestic media, blackouts of reporting by foreign media from China, refusal of visas to foreign journalists, and the blaming the unrest on the "Dalai Lama's conspiratorial clique" and other such unspecified dark forces that are supposedly manipulated from abroad.Indeed, the language used by some Chinese government representatives and the official Chinese media is a reminder of the worst of times during the Stalinist and Maoist eras. But the most dangerous development of this unfortunate situation is the current attempt to seal off Tibet from the rest of the world.
Even as we write, it is clear that China's rulers are trying to reassure the world that peace, quiet, and "harmony" have again prevailed in Tibet. But then, we all know this kind of peace from what has happened in the past in Burma, Cuba, Belarus, and a few other countries – it is called the peace of the graveyard.
Merely urging the Chinese government to exercise the "utmost restraint" in dealing with the Tibetan people, as governments around the world are doing, is far too weak a response to this situation. The international community, beginning with the United Nations and followed by the European Union, ASEAN, and other international organisations, as well as individual countries, should use every means possible to step up pressure on the
Chinese government to:
• allow foreign media, as well as international fact-finding missions, into Tibet and adjoining provinces to enable objective investigations of what has been happening;
• release all those who only peacefully exercised their internationally guaranteed human rights, and guarantee that no one is subjected to torture and unfair trials;
• enter into meaningful and fruitful dialogue with the representatives of the Tibetan population. Unless these conditions are fulfilled by the PRC, the International Olympic Committee should seriously reconsider whether the holding of this summer''s Olympic Games in a country that includes a peaceful graveyard remains a good idea.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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