17 March 2008

"Great restraint"? Highly unlikely

From al-Reuters: "China said on Monday it had shown great restraint in the face of violent protests by Tibetans, which it said were orchestrated by followers of the Dalai Lama seeking to wreck the Beijing Olympics in August."

Rico says he doubts that; the Dalai Lama isn't into violence. ("Speaking from his home in India's Himalayan foothills on Sunday, the Dalai Lama called for an investigation into what he called cultural genocide in Tibet. Xinhua news agency quoted Tibetan officials as saying the charge was 'downright nonsense'." Rico says any time a government agency, even in translation, uses the phrase 'downright nonsense', whatever they said is bullshit.)
But the Uighurs, they could be a problem; seems they're unhappy, too, and are 'plotting' to disrupt the Olympics out in Xinjiang. Looks like the Olympics could be more exciting than the Chinese intended this time...

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