Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance
Communist China showcases her technological advancement by erecting structures such as Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain. Such use of technology is not resolving the problem of transparency in Communist Governance. In fact, the Glass Walkway symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing. Red China must remove the Bamboo Curtain to reveal the full range of its oppressive measures to destroy Tibetan Culture and Identity.
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing.
Glass walkway opens in Tianmen mountain, China
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing.
This terrifying construction is part of the latest addition to China’s glass bridge craze.
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing.
The Coiling Dragon path is in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan province, and a new section opened to tourists on Monday.
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing.
The 100-m walkway has 99 turns around the side of the sheer cliff face of Tianmen Mountain. For those immune to the terror of a vertical drop, it’s a perfect photo opp.
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing.
Reassuringly some tourists, in their protective shoes, appeared more keen to cling to the walls and just get it over with.
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing.
Braver tourists can enjoy spectacular views across the Hunan countryside. No, we’re not sure how this picture was taken either.
The Zhangjiajie park already offers tourists this – at 430 m (1,410 ft) and suspended over a 300 m-deep valley it is billed as the world’s longest glass bridge.
Glass Bridge in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan Province. Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing. Glass Bridge in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Showcases Unsafe Face of Communist Governance.
To assuage fears about safety, in June the park authorities deliberately cracked the glass then drove a car full of people over it. It was fine.
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing. Sledgehammer Red Dragon to Crack Open its Secrets. Glass Bridge in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan Province. Glass Bridge Showcases Unsafe Communist Governance.
And for good measure, they hit it with a sledgehammer.
Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing. Glass Bridge in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Showcases Unsafe Face of Communist Governance.Red China – The Problem of Transparency in Communist Governance: The Glass Walkway in Tianmen Mountain symbolizes the lack of transparency of the dictatorial regime in Beijing. Glass Bridge in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Showcases Unsafe Face of Communist Governance.
BLACK DAY IN THE U.S. HISTORY – JULY 15, 1971. PRESIDENT NIXON’S DESPICABLE DECISION TO BEFRIEND ENEMY WHILE FIGHTING WAR.
On behalf of Special Frontier Force, I record July 15, 1971 as ‘Black Day’ in the U.S. History. While the U.S. engaged in bloody war in Vietnam to contain Communism, President Richard M. Nixon announced his plan to befriend the Enemy that his Armed Forces were fighting against. The Enemy at that time was implementing a horrific program called ‘Cultural Revolution’ which in reality constitutes Crimes Against Humanity. This despicable act of surrender ensured the most humiliating defeat ever suffered by the U.S. in its entire history.
BLACK DAY IN THE U.S. HISTORY – JULY 15, 1971. PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCED THIS MEETING WITH COMMUNIST PARTY CHAIRMAN GUILTY OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.
In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 15, 1971, Richard Nixon stunned the nation by stating that he would visit communist China. Nixon was a product of the Cold War and spent his career bad-mouthing everything red China did or said. But, Nixon wanted a second term and his polls were down; he hoped China would put pressure on their allies, the North Vietnamese, to end the war. Unfortunately, there was no immediate gain from the trip and the Vietnam War went on for another year and a half.
During a live television and radio broadcast, President Richard Nixon stuns the nation by announcing that he will visit communist China the following year. The statement marked a dramatic turning point in U.S.-China relations, as well as a major shift in American foreign policy.
Nixon was not always so eager to reach out to China. Since the Communists came to power in China in 1949, Nixon had been one of the most vociferous critics of American efforts to establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese. His political reputation was built on being strongly anti-communist, and he was a major figure in the post-World War II Red Scare, during which the U.S. government launched massive investigations into possible communist subversion in America.
By 1971, a number of factors pushed Nixon to reverse his stance on China. First and foremost was the Vietnam War. Two years after promising the American people “peace with honor,” Nixon was as entrenched in Vietnam as ever. His national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, saw a way out: Since China’s break with the Soviet Union in the mid-1960s, the Chinese were desperate for new allies and trade partners. Kissinger aimed to use the promise of closer relations and increased trade possibilities with China as a way to put increased pressure on North Vietnam–a Chinese ally–to reach an acceptable peace settlement. Also, more importantly in the long run, Kissinger thought the Chinese might become a powerful ally against the Soviet Union, America’s Cold War enemy. Kissinger called such foreign policy ‘realpolitik,’ or politics that favored dealing with other powerful nations in a practical manner rather than on the basis of political doctrine or ethics.
Nixon undertook his historic “journey for peace” in 1972, beginning a long and gradual process of normalizing relations between the People’s Republic of China and the United States. Though this move helped revive Nixon’s sagging popularity, and contributed to his win in the 1972 election, it did not produce the short-term results for which Kissinger had hoped. The Chinese seemed to have little influence on North Vietnam’s negotiating stance, and the Vietnam War continued to drag on until U.S. withdrawal in 1973. Further, the budding U.S.-China alliance had no measurable impact on U.S.-Soviet relations. But, Nixon’s visit did prove to be a watershed moment in American foreign policy–it paved the way for future U.S. presidents to apply the principle of realpolitik to their own international dealings.
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BLACK DAY IN THE U.S. HISTORY – JULY 15, 1971. National Security Affairs Adviser Dr. Henry A. Kissinger ( not U.S. Secretary of State at that time) with Communist China’s Prime Minister Zhou En-Lai in July 1971.
Black Day in the U.S. History – July 15, 1971. Crimes Against Humanity. Nixon’s Treason in Vietnam.
BLACK DAY IN THE U.S. HISTORY – JULY 15, 1971. PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL VISIT ENEMY. NIXON’S VIETNAM TREASON.
Black Day in the U.S. History – July 15, 1971. Nixon’s Vietnam Treason.
Black Day in the U.S. History – July 15, 1971. Nixon’s Vietnam Treason.
Black Day in the U.S. History – July 15, 1971. President Nixon-Kissinger Treason in Vietnam.
TIBET – THE BURNING QUESTION – IT IS NOT ABOUT SELF-IMMOLATION. THE BURNING ISSUE IS DEATH OF MILITARY OCCUPATION.
Tibetans have celebrated His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 81st birthday. In recent times, Tibetans have displayed a sense of restraint as they share a sense of optimism about ‘The Burning Question’ that occupies their minds. Red China’s military occupation is ‘The Burning Question’ and international community is willing to take up this issue as they confront Red China’s Maritime Expansionism.
TIBET – THE BURNING QUESTION – DEATH OF OCCUPATION IS THE BURNING ISSUE.
Tibetans aren’t self-immolating as much anymore. Isn’t that a good thing?
One afternoon in 2009, a monk holding his national flag lit himself on fire — and ignited a raging conflagration in one of the most muffled parts of the world: Tibetans burning themselves in protest of Chinese occupation. More than 140 Tibetans burned themselves in protest over the ensuing years, advocacy groups say. The youngest was 15.
The burnings peaked in 2012, but they could easily return in a climate where suicide bombers otherwise hold the franchise on self-harm as public protest. No, I’m not comparing self-immolation, which is by nature a solely self-harming physical act, to violent jihadism, which seeks to harm nonbelievers, the more the better. But there is a whiff of something similar, metaphorically and emotionally: ideologies that tell vulnerable people their lives — and deaths — have purpose. That is wrong. Someone should call for the Tibetan people to halt their burnings and turn to other forms of protest.
The ideal person would be the Dalai Lama. He never has. Though we couldn’t grab His Holiness’ time for an interview through spokespeople, he’s articulated his reasons before: He worries China will use the protests against him, painting him as approving of them. He didn’t want to devalue the lives of those who had self-immolated. If not him, then perhaps another prominent monk.
To be sure, we’re outside Tibet and cannot empathize with the conditions there. (The Dalai Lama is himself exiled in India. Even his image is banned in his homeland.) But it’s worth noting that self-immolation is “a new element in the vocabulary of Tibetan activism,” says Robert Barnett, director of modern Tibet studies at Columbia University. Indeed, he argues there’s no grounding for the practice in Buddhism. It was in fact modeled off of Chinese protest practices, not the 1960s Vietnam immolations, as is often thought, Barnett says.
Those who self-immolate in protest see it as “self-sacrifice to express their feelings,” says Tibetan BuchangTsering, vice president of the International Campaign for Tibet. He says that when the count of burnings hit 104 in 2013, the Chinese government was forced to respond. Alistair Currie, of London-based Free Tibet, says participants may believe that a high number of immolations would force the international community’s hand.
Clearly, though, that’s not been the case. It may be a good sign that the self-immolations are down in count these days — Free Tibet counts only two this year — but it also may be a symbol of resignation to China, says Barnett. Can Tibetans use the abatement of such protests to speak in other voices? Perhaps that is a privilege belonging only to the diaspora; after all, we can’t hear those from within China. “Is this [self-immolation] the best way for people to do something? I don’t think so,” says Tsering. “I don’t call that as a protest — it’s an assertion of their rights.” Tsering believes instead in using China’s system against it, arguing for Tibetans’ rights within the Chinese constitution — for instance, to preserve the language.
Coming up is the Dalai Lama’s birthday. Currie says the stateless nation will spend its time celebrating, not discussing protest. Maybe though, just maybe, the occasion could gift His Holiness with something different. I speak with privilege. Perhaps I’m wrong.
TIBET – THE BURNING QUESTION. IT IS NOT SELF-IMMOLATION. IT IS ABOUT DEATH OF MILITARY OCCUPATION.
TIBET – THE BURNING QUESTION – WHAT OCCUPIES MINDS OF TIBETANS? OCCUPATION BY FOREIGN POWER.
TIBET – THE BURNING QUESTION – OCCUPATION BY FOREIGN POWER.
TIBET – THE BURNING QUESTION – OCCUPATION BY FOREIGN POWER
Tibet – The Burning Question – Occupation by Foreign Power. Celebration of Dalai Lama’s Birthday gives them a respite.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Occupation by Foreign Power. Celebration of Dalai Lama’s Birthday gives relief.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Occupation by Foreign Power.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Occupation by Foreign Power.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Occupation by Foreign Power.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Occupation by Foreign Power.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Occupation by Foreign Power.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Occupation by Foreign Power.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Foreign Occupation.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Foreign Occupation.
Tibet – The Burning Question – Foreign Occupation.
Trouble in Tibet – India – China Wars are mere Symptoms of a serious malady
Whole Trouble – India – China War of 1967 describes illegal occupation of Tibet. India – China War of 1962 and 1967 cannot be described as border conflicts for India and China do not share a common border. These conflicts are signs and symptoms of a serious malady called ‘Trouble in Tibet’, the Trouble caused by Tibet’s illegal occupation.
India – China War of 1962 and 1967 cannot be described as border conflicts for India and China do not share a common border. These conflicts are signs and symptoms of a serious malady called ‘Trouble in Tibet’, the Trouble caused by Tibet’s illegal occupation.
Trouble in Tibet – India – China Wars are mere Symptoms of a serious malady. A view of Nathu La pass, India – Tibet Border. India – China War of 1962 and 1967 cannot be described as border conflicts for India and China do not share a common border. These conflicts are signs and symptoms of a serious malady called ‘Trouble in Tibet’, the Trouble caused by Tibet’s illegal occupation.
The Story of Indian Army’s Nathu La & Cho La Stands that saved Sikkim from the Chinese Army!
Trouble in Tibet – India – China War of 1967. On any day, I can see Trouble in Tibet when I stand near Nathu La Pass, the Pass of “Listening Ears.” India – China War of 1962 and 1967 cannot be described as border conflicts for India and China do not share a common border. These conflicts are signs and symptoms of a serious malady called ‘Trouble in Tibet’, the Trouble caused by Tibet’s illegal occupation.India – China War of 1962 and 1967 cannot be described as border conflicts for India and China do not share a common border. These conflicts are signs and symptoms of a serious malady called ‘Trouble in Tibet’, the Trouble caused by Tibet’s illegal occupation.
This is how it happened at Nathu La ::
Nathu La was the only place in 4000 km long Indo-China border where two armies were separated by a meagre 30 yards.
Chinese held the northern shoulder of the pass while Indian Army had the southern shoulder. Two dominating features south and north of Nathu La namely Sebu La and Camel’s back were held by the Indians.
It started with scuffle between sentries :: Sentries of both the forces used to stand barely one meter apart in the centre of the Pass which is marked by Nehru Stone, commemorating Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s trek to Bhutan through Nathu La and Chumbi Valley in 1959.
On 6 September 1967, an argument soon turned into a scuffle in which the Chinese Political Commissar fell down and broke his spectacles. Chinese went back since they were thin in size. Indian Army, however, in order to de-escalate the tension decided the lay a wire in the centre of the Pass from Nathu La to Sebu La to demarcate the perceived border. The task was given to jawans of 70 Field Company of Engineers assisted by a company of 18 Rajput deployed at Yak La pass further north of Nathu La.
The actual face-off ::
The wire laying was to commence at first light on the fateful morning of 11 September 1967. With first light, the engineers and jawans started their bit of erecting long iron pickets from Nathu La to Sebu La along the perceived border while 2 Grenadiers and Artillery Observation Post Officers (AOPO) at Sebu La and Camel’s Back were on alert.
Soon, the Chinese arrived. Their Political Commissar, with a section of Infantry came to the centre of the Pass where Lt. Col Rai Singh, Commanding Officer (CO) of 2 Grenadiers was standing with his commando platoon.
The Chinese asked CO to stop the fencing. But Lt. Col was adamant as orders were clear. The argument soon turned into scuffle and once again the tiny Chinese Commissar got roughed up.
Chinese went back to their bunkers, but this time returned to salvage their insult. Minutes later a murderous medium machine gun fire from north shoulder of Nathu La ran riot and jawans of 70 Field Company and 18 Rajput were caught in the open.
Among the Indian causalities was Col Rai Singh who succumbed to the bullet injuries. He was awarded MVC later. Two other brave officers – Capt Dagar of 2 Grenadiers and Major Harbhajan Singh of 18 Rajput rallied a few troops and tried to assault the Chinese MMG but both died a heroic death. They were posthumously awarded Vir Chakra and MVC respectively. Within the ten minutes, there were nearly seventy dead and scores wounded lying in the open on the pass.
Indians in retaliation opened fire from artillery observation posts and as a result, most of the Chinese bunkers on North shoulder and in depth were completely destroyed and Chinese suffered very heavy casualties which by their own estimates were over 400. It was followed by a ferocious counter strike from the Mountaineers, Grenadiers and Rajputs which included close quarter combat also.
The artillery duel thereafter carried on relentlessly, day and night. For the next three days, the Chinese were taught a very good lesson.
On September 14th, Chinese threatened to use Air Force if shelling didn’t stop.
But by then a lesson was taught to the Chinese. Col Raj Singh and Maj Harbhajan Singh were awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously while Capt Dagar was awarded the Vir Chakra.
Another duel at Cho La (1st October 1967) ::
It again started with sentries.
Minor scuffle between Sikh sentries and the Chinese on 30th September on a flat patch of icy land of about five metres on the unmarked boundary was the start of the stand off.
Information of scuffle reached late to CO, Major KB Joshi, but he didn’t waste anytime in telling Lt Rathore about anticipating a Nathu La like backlash. The CO decided to take stoke of the situation and thus reached Rai Gap area on the way to De Coy positions in morning.
While the Indian Sentry at post 15450 was visible, Major Joshi also observed that the post was being surrounded by a section strength of Chinese troops. Major Joshi at once informed Lt. Rathore of what he had seen. The later informed Major Joshi that the Chinese Coy Commander and the political commissar were staking claims to the boulder at the sentry post.
When Gorkha taught them a lesson ::
Naib Subedar Gyan Bahadur Limbu was having a heated argument with his counterpart at the sentry post during which he rested his right foot on the boulder under dispute. The Chinese kicked his foot away. Gyan put his foot back and challenged them. Events were moving quickly.
By this time the Chinese had taken up position, presumably because their commander had already taken a decision to escalate the incident. And one of the Chinese sentries bayoneted Gyan wounding him in the arm.
The Gorkha’s response was swift and soon both arms of the Chinese who hit the JCO were chopped off with a Khukri. At this point the Chinese opened fire and the two sides engaged in a firefight at close range. Lance Naik Krishna Bahadur, the Post Commander, then led a charge against the Chinese in the vicinity who were forming up for an assault. Although hit and incapacitated, he continued to harangue his men forward.
Rifleman Devi Prasad Limbu directly behind his Post Commander was already engaged in a close quarter battle with the enemy and his Khukri took off five Chinese heads.
But he was soon claimed by a direct hit. For his actions he was awarded a Vir Chakra, Posthumous. Meanwhile at Pt. 1540 Lt. Rathore was wounded in his left arm as soon as the firing started. He nevertheless continued to lead until he was hit in the chest and abdomen and died thereafter.
From here on Major Joshi took over immediately and his accurate mortar fire on Chinese positions around Point 15450 put an end to further activity in this area.
CO took matter in his hands ::
While Point 15450 was temporarily quiet, Tamze and the Rai Gap area came under rocket and RCL fire at around 10:50 am. The mortar position at Tamze came under heavy pressure as it threatened the rear of the Chinese positions. J&K Rifles stationed there suffered heavy casualties when one of their bunkers received a direct hit by RCL fire.
Soon, Major Joshi’s escort was killed and a handful of Chinese soldiers tried to move towards Major Joshi’s party. These troops withdrew after Major Joshi took down two Chinese. The fighting, however, continued.
Chinese wanted to shift the location of fight and hence stopped firing. But immediately retaliated by bringing down fire on Timjong’s position, another position closer by.
Major Joshi, undaunted, even though alone, continued to fire until all ammunition was exhausted. By 11:30 am troops were withdrawn back from Pt. 15450 under covering fire from MMGs on Pt. 15180.
Though the Chinese shot green lights indicating a ceasefire but at Pt. 15180 Major Joshi noticed some enemy troops lined up just below the crest at Rai Gap and engaged them, forcing them to scatter. while thwarting them back into their territory, Major Joshi shot four more.
The last assault ::
Despite great show, Pt 15540 was still under Chinese control. Thus operation was launched at 1700 hours after he met his men at camp. Soon Captain Parulekar and B Coy were given the task to capture Pt 15540, but they fumbled in dark.
Chinese fired magnesium flares to see the activity but failed. Captain Parulekar realized it was risky to move further, thus he waited. At 06:40 pm, Major Joshi ordered Parulekar and the platoon to outflank the enemy from a north-west direction, while the rest of the company and supporting mortars were readied for a frontal assault.
The offensive was about to be launched when the Chinese saw Indians occupying key positions to nail them. Thus they retreated and Pt 15540 was captured without firing a single shot.
During the whole standoff, the Chinese lost more than 50 soldiers while Indian Army conceded 15 of its valiant soldiers.
Trouble in Tibet – India – China War of 1967. Nathu La Pass, Sikkim, India. India – China War of 1962 and 1967 cannot be described as border conflicts for India and China do not share a common border. These conflicts are signs and symptoms of a serious malady called ‘Trouble in Tibet’, the Trouble caused by Tibet’s illegal occupation.
Trouble in Tibet – India – China War of 1967. On any day, I can see Trouble in Tibet when I stand near Nathu La Pass, the Pass of “Listening Ears.” India – China War of 1962 and 1967 cannot be described as border conflicts for India and China do not share a common border. These conflicts are signs and symptoms of a serious malady called ‘Trouble in Tibet’, the Trouble caused by Tibet’s illegal occupation.Trouble in Tibet – India – China War of 1967. On any day, I can see Trouble in Tibet when I stand near Nathu La Pass, the Pass of “Listening Ears.” India – China War of 1962 and 1967 cannot be described as border conflicts for India and China do not share a common border. These conflicts are signs and symptoms of a serious malady called ‘Trouble in Tibet’, the Trouble caused by Tibet’s illegal occupation.
12 QUOTES FROM THE DALAI LAMA – THE FIGHT AGAINST INNER ENEMY
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy
Indian Tradition describes Kaam (Lust), Krodh (Anger), Lobh (Miserliness), Moh (Infatuation), Mada(Arrogance), and Matsarya (Jealousy) as six Internal Enemies that steal, rob, and plunder man’s Peace of Mind and deny man experience of Happiness. To fight against External Enemy, man has to constantly prepare himself by fighting against Inner Enemy. With wisdom from Defender of the Earth, let us join hands to fight against our Enemies.
12 quotes from the Dalai Lama to make your day happier and calmer
As the Dalai Lama rings in the 82nd year of his life, let his inspirational words set your tone for the day.
HEMU GOEL
July 6, 2016 | UPDATED 12:52 IST
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Known as Lhamo Thondup at birth, the 14th Dalai Lama was born on July 6, 1935, to a farming and horse-trading family in Amdo, Tibet. When the search for the 14th Dalai Lama was on, among other omens the one that finalised the choice of the current Dalai Lama was when the head of the embalmed body of the 13th Dalai Lama turned from its original position to face the north-east, which was taken as a cue about the direction in which his successor would be found.
Though he was rechristened Tenzin Gyatso (short for Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, meaning Holy Lord, Gentle Glory, Compassionate, Defender of the Faith, Ocean of Wisdom), it’s only when he turned 15 that he formally attained the position of the spiritual and political leader of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama’s struggle against the Chinese government has been inspirational. It’s his affable manner and his sense of optimism with which he manages to convey the message that continue to cement his position as one of the most popular religious leaders across the world. On his 81st birthday, here are 12 quotes from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, that will help you see things in a whole new light.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
12 Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
Quotes From the Dalai Lama – The Fight Against Inner Enemy.
SPECIAL FRONTIER FORCE – PEKING – TAWANG – NIXON CONNECTION
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon administration, I visited Tawang. I call it Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection.
I am sharing pictures of Sela Pass near Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh (North East Frontier Agency or NEFA), India, to recall my visit to Tawang in 1972 at the request of Nixon administration. President Richard M. Nixon after his famous visit to Peking to establish friendly relations with Communist China, surprised me when his Administration contacted my Unit to place surveillance equipment inside Tibet to monitor China’s nuclear tests. To perform that task, my Unit personnel did not require Passports or Visa documents for Tibet is claimed by them as their own territory.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, just a few months after President Nixon’s Visit to Peking, at the request of Nixon administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon – Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – India- Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. At the request of Nixon Administration in 1972, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Special Frontier Force – Peking – Tawang – Nixon Connection. In 1972, at the request of Nixon Administration, I visited Tawang.
Trouble in Tibet – Walk The Talk – Red China’s Road Block. Peaceful Conflict Resolution in Occupied Tibet is impossible while Red China erects Road Block halting The Walk for Talks.
The Road Map for Peace and Reconciliation in Occupied Tibet is presented as “Umaylam” or Middle Way Approach. However, Red China is unwilling to talk or negotiate with the Dalai Lama on the issue of introducing ‘Meaningful Autonomy’ in Occupied Tibet. While it is commendable to recommend ‘Talk’ as a tool for Peaceful Conflict Resolution, how to get Red China to Walk to The Conference Table? If China refuses to Talk, How to Walk The Talk on Peaceful Conflict Resolution? Peaceful Conflict Resolution in Occupied Tibet is impossible while Red China erects Road Block halting The Walk for Talks.
Trouble in Tibet – Walk The Talk – Red China’s Road Block. Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga talked about the role of compassion to resolve conflicts in changing world. If China is Unwilling to Talk, How to Walk The Talk on Peaceful Conflict Resolution?
OUR OPINION: GOOD ADVICE FROM THE DALAI LAMA WE SHOULD ALL FOLLOW
Trouble in Tibet – Walk The Talk – Red China’s Road Block. The Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis. If China is Unwilling to Talk, how to Walk The Talk on Peaceful Conflict Resolution?
The Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga pose for a photo with mayors attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis on Sunday.
The message was simple, but in the midst of a presidential campaign filled with mean tweets, name-calling and a general air of nastiness, it sounded downright revolutionary and refreshing.
Be kind. Practice compassion.
That was a theme of the keynote address delivered by the Dalai Lama Sunday at the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Indianapolis. According to an Indianapolis Star report, in a discussion that followed the address, the Buddhist leader, along with entertainer Lady Gaga and philanthropist Philip Anschuwitz, talked to more than 200 of the nation’s city mayors about the importance of being kind in a violent and angry world.
He said that people are compassionate by nature, and that enemies can be the best of friends.He also noted that the time has come for America to be the leading nation in the promotion of human compassion, human love in order to achieve compassionate world.
While there are compassionate people to be found in communities such as ours, there is no denying that the national discourse has deteriorated over the years. That’s thanks in no small part to a Congress where inflexibility is prized, demonizing the opposition plays well and failure to compromise on such mammoth challenges as immigration reform is the norm. And four months from the election of a new president, things are certain to get even uglier and more divisive.
In a panel discussion short on policy proposals and heavy on philosophy, the Dalai Lama called the 20th century the century of violence,and suggested that the 21st century should be one of talk.
That sounds good to us. Now if only he can get certain folks in Washington, D.C. and on the campaign trail to listen.
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OpEdNews Op Eds 6/22/2016 at 08:53:29 The Dalai Lama addresses joint session of California Legislature By SHAWN HAMILTON
Note to Readers: The Dalai Lama isn’t always easy to understand due to his accent, and I hope this general overview helps people better appreciate the message he delivered to California’s top politicians. I have added brackets to indicate omissions or additions of words required to make the prose easily readable. In some cases I had to listen to a segment three or four times before I could determine a word). The Dalai Lama begins to speak about 15 minutes, 30 seconds into the video. Shawn Hamilton
What is Happiness? Sunshine in Occupied Tibet. The Dalai Lama greets members of Legislature, California Capitol, 20 June 2016.
The Dalai Lama greets members of legislature, California Capitol, 20 June 2016 (image by SHAWN HAMILTON )
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalia Lama, opened his June 20th address to the California legislature (15:30) acknowledging “respected leaders” and the general audience as “brothers and sisters”. He light-heartedly kidded the legislators about their official formality before presenting a major theme of his talk–that we should concern ourselves with the welfare the 7 billion member family called humanity. Mentally, emotionally, and physically, he said, we are all the same, and assuring others’ happiness is key to our own. “Since we are social animals, the best way to take care of oneself [is to] take care of others. Others–community–is the basis of our own happy future,” he said. Throughout his talk, he stressed the common factor of the innate humanness behind people of all religions and ethnicities, indicating, specifically, various sects of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. “This religion, that religion,” he said. “It doesn’t matter.”
Dalai Lama, California Capitol, 20 June 2016 (image by Shawn Hamilton )
Another of the Dalai Lama’s themes involved the importance of children feeling parental love after their birth, and he made an interesting, and perhaps controversial, observation. He pointed generally to the assembled legislators and said that many successful people pursue ambitions tenaciously to compensate for their inherent lack of security.
He said he’d talked with scientists who had demonstrated that compassion is the natural state of humankind. Anger, jealously, and the other “poisons”, as they’re referred to in certain Buddhist teachings, arise out of “disturbance[s] of mind” rather than being innate qualities of a healthy human being. It’s an important point. Anger and violence, greed, jealousy, etc. are not normal modes no matter how much we rationalize and justify the actions that spring from them.
This is a cause for hope, the Dalai Lama said, reminding us that happiness and peace are internal states, which external riches, titles, influence, etc. can’t ultimately provide. Again he seemed to subtly let some air out of some inflated legislative egos when he said that even homeless people can be happy if they are surrounded by a community of friends who care about them–“happier even than successful businessmen or politicians,” he said smiling. “My number one commitment is [the] promotion of human love and compassion, irrespective of whether someone is a believer or non-believer, or between this believer and that believer,” he said.
A particularly interesting part of his talk comes at about 29:15. He specifically defends Muslims, apparently trying to coax listeners out of their prejudices.
What is Happiness? Sunshine in Occupied Tibet.
Unthinkable! Using religion as an excuse for killing, Dalai Lama (image by Shawn Hamilton )
“More than five decades I spent in India. In India you can see [different types of] believers live together.” He admitted that occasionally there are some problems, but he said (with a twinkle in his eye) that it is understandable, considering there is over a billion people living there. There’s bound to be a few problems. “India’s not heaven,” he said. “It’s part of the world. Some mischievous people must be there.” He went on to make his larger point that religious harmony in India is generally pretty good. “Indian Muslims [are] wonderful. It is wrong [to persecute Muslims]. We create some bad impression [that[ “Muslim” [and] “Islam” are “militant. I have a number of friends from the Muslim community. Wonderful people! All religious traditions have [the] same potential–to create a sensible human being, a compassionate human being,” he said.
The Dalai Lama also spoke about the importance of protecting the global environment. “This planet is the only place we can live happily, “breathe happily” he said, adding that the moon is beautiful but we can’t live there. Our only hope is to take care of Earth. “There’s no other choice except [to] fully protect our own home,” he said, taking the opportunity to say that those working for the benefit of the environment are engaged in something very important and necessary.
One controversial topic the Dalai Lama raised was gun control. “Real gun control must start here,” he said, pointing to his heart. He said that in order to demilitarize the world, there must be inner disarmament, an inner demilitarization. He cites anger and jealousy as examples of two internal causes of external violence. He showed a serious and firm side of himself when he mentions how people sometimes exploit religious faiths as a rationale for killing. “Unthinkable! “In the 20th century our way of thinking is [that] whenever we have some differences, some conflict, we always think [we can] to solve this by force That way of thinking is out of date,” he said confidently. “In this century, any problem [has to be] solved through talk–meet[ing] face to face. Now some of these people who create some sort of problems–so-called terrorists–these [problems] also have to be solved through human contact. [Keeping a] distance and using force, I don’t think, is the proper solution. That’s my belief,” he said, adding, “It’s our problem and our responsibility. Make some contribution for a better world, a happier humanity.”
Shawn Hamilton is a reporter and teacher in California. He began his teaching career in Taiwan (ROC) in 1989 when large rallies were supporting the protesters at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
Trouble in Tibet – Chinese Repression Sealed Off Tibet
I speak about the Political Rights of Tibetans who are opposed to Red China’s military occupation of Tibet. Tibetans are not allowed to exercise any Human Rights. Chinese Repression transformed Tibet into a vast Military Prison.
Trouble in Tibet – Chinese Repression Sealed Off Tibet
Has Chinese repression sealed off Tibet?
Exile arrivals in India have plummeted from 3,320 in 2005 to just six so far this year
By SARANSH SEHGAL
DHARAMSALA/INDIA, 22 June 2016
As Chinese border guards searched the cargo truck he was hiding in, Yonten’s heart began to race. If they discovered him among the boxes, his attempt to escape Tibet would be over and he would end up in prison instead of India.
“I’m lucky I made it,” he said in an interview in Dharamsala, in northern India, where he has been granted asylum. “There are hundreds thinking of fleeing every day, but they fear being caught and further tortured by the Chinese police.”
The Tibetan exile spoke under the assumed name of Yonten for fear of reprisals against his family back home. China’s repressive policies in Tibet have been well documented, and rights groups say that activists and those trying to flee are often detained and tortured.
Following a crackdown on civil unrest in 2008, China stepped up its surveillance of Tibetans, tightened border security, and leaned on neighbouring Nepal to restrict entrance and send refugees back. Data provided to IRIN by the Tibetan Reception Centre in Dharamsala shows that the measures appear to have worked.
The number of Tibetans arriving in India fell from 3,320 in 2005 to 608 in 2008. In 2014, the year Yonten made it across the border into Nepal and onward to India, he was one of only 93 arrivals. So far this year, just six Tibetan refugees have made it.
An official who answered the phone at China’s Foreign Ministry in Beijing declined to answer questions about Tibet, but past official statements have largely ignored allegations of human rights abuses. Instead, China tends to emphasize investment and economic development in Tibet.
For example, the state-owned Xinhua news agency reported that China has invested $4.9 billion in water infrastructure over the past two decades, irrigating 200,000 hectares and providing safe drinking water for 2.4 million people. Another Xinhua article emphasised Tibet’s double-digit economic growth over the same time period.
Bloody crackdown
Economic growth may be convincing some Tibetans to stay home, but it is unlikely to entirely account for the precipitous drop in refugee arrivals in India since 2008. And in the minds of many Tibetan refugees and activists, economic development does not make up for China’s sometimes brutal history in the region.
China annexed Tibet in 1950 and brutally repressed a rebellion in 1959, the year the Dalai Lama escaped with thousands of followers and settled in India. By 2001, at least 110,000 Tibetans had fled to India, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
But the flood of Tibetan refugees was reduced to a trickle after the unrest of March 2008, which began with protests by Buddhist monks, but turned into riots. Police battled protestors, while some Tibetans also attacked members of communities who had migrated to Tibet from the rest of China. Estimates of the number killed and injured range from scores to hundreds, but it’s difficult to say with any certainty since China strictly limits media access to Tibet.
A two-year investigation on the crackdown by Human Rights Watch found that “Chinese forces broke international law – including prohibitions against disproportionate use of force, torture and arbitrary detention, as well as the right to peaceful assembly”.
Travel restrictions
In addition to imposing measures to prevent Tibetans from leaving their homeland, China has exerted pressure on neighbouring Nepal. Although India and Tibet do share a border, much of the frontier is disputed and militarized, and the rugged territory high in the Himalayas makes it a difficult crossing. Nepal remains the main route from Tibet to India, although it has become more restricted over the past few years.
“As a result of a massive security presence in Tibetan areas of China and increased cooperation between Nepalese and Chinese security forces in recent years, China has been able to stem the flow of Tibetan refugees escaping to Nepal,” said HRW in a 2014 report.
Nepal’s apparent cooperation with China has coincided with a surge of Chinese investment in that country, suggesting that there may be economic factors at play. Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said it would respond to questions from IRIN but did not reply before publication. When the HRW report was released, an official told the AFP news agency that Nepal was not deporting refugees, but was treating them humanely, and was not under pressure from China. Other sources, however, said the allegations were true.
When approached for comment on the number and treatment of Tibetan refugees in Nepal, UNHCR referred IRIN to the Tibetan Refugee Reception Centre, which it works with in that country.
“The Chinese government puts a lot of pressure on the Nepalese government to act against Tibetans escaping across the border and, in that course, hundreds get deported and, thereafter, the Chinese army detains and tortures them,” said a spokesperson from the centre. “This has become a norm since the past five to seven years.”
Even as China has stepped up security along the border, Tibetans are now subject to severe travel restrictions even within Tibet, said Robert Barnett, director of the Modern Tibet Studies Programme at Columbia University.
“Controls have been increased not just at the border itself, but on the roads leading to the border areas, and special permits are required to enter those within about 30 kilometres of the border,” he told IRIN. “There have also been increased controls on travel throughout Tibet as well.” ss/jf/ag
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple With Message of Compassion.
Trouble in Tibet – Which type of force can evict Red China?
Trouble in Tibet – Which type of force can evict Red China?
Tibetans under the Spiritual Leadership of His Holiness the Dalai Lama have shared their Road Map for Peace and Reconciliation in Occupied Tibet. However, Red China is adamantly refusing to talk to Tibetans to secure a Peaceful Resolution of Conflict in Tibet. In my analysis, Compassion can act as Physical Force and evict China from Occupied Tibetan territories without causing Pain and Suffering to members of People’s Liberation Army. Compassion exerts influence in Physical World without causing injury or illness.
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TROUBLE IN TIBET – WHICH TYPE OF FORCE CAN EVICT CHINA? DALAI LAMA OPENS CALIFORNIA TEMPLE WITH MESSAGE OF COMPASSION.
DALAI LAMA OPENS CALIFORNIA TEMPLE WITH MESSAGE OF COMPASSION
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple with Message of Compassion.
The Dalai Lama prays at the Dieu Ngu Temple in Westminster, Calif., June 18, 2016.
MIKE O’SULLIVAN
June 18, 2016 8:15 PM
WESTMINSTER, CALIFORNIA—
Thousands of people, many of them Buddhists who left Vietnam decades ago and came to the U.S. to live, have flocked to the Southern California neighborhood known as Little Saigon to welcome the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who is dedicating a new temple there.
At a religious teaching session Saturday that drew many visitors, the 80-year-old Dalai Lama said the world needs more compassion in a time of violence.
Canadian Lyane Pellerin, who has attended many talks by the Dalai Lama in the past, agreed, saying, “We certainly do need more peace talks and kindness, understanding and dialogue.”
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple with Message of Compassion.
The Dalai Lama will dedicate the $6 million Dieu Ngu Temple on Saturday. (M. O’Sullivan/VOA)
Thousands of people gathered outside the Dieu Ngu Temple early Saturday, waiting for the gates to open at 6 a.m. The Dalai Lama will dedicate the temple Sunday.
“Just to be in the presence of the Dalai Lama is a wonderful thing,” said Wanda Matjas, one of those who turned out at dawn.
‘A WISE, WISE MAN’
Vietnamese-American Annie Hoang said she came to hear the revered Tibetan monk’s spiritual message.
“I’ve loved the Dalai Lama,” she said. “I think that he’s such a wise, wise man, and he represents such great knowledge, and everything that I’ve always wanted.”
The Dalai Lama’s presence is an important boost for the Dieu Ngu Temple, a $6 million project that marks a milestone of growth for the Vietnamese Buddhist community. Vietnamese immigrants — Buddhists, Catholics and others — have built their community over the past four decades in Southern California, where they arrived in search of political and religious freedom.
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple with Message of Compassion.
“I remember when we started building this,” Jessica Ha says of the Dieu Ngu Temple. “Our monks’ biggest dream was to have the Dalai Lama come and talk.” (M. O’Sullivan/VOA) The temple was founded in a Little Saigon home in 2008 and later moved to a warehouse as it grew. Monks and temple members spearheaded the drive to raise funds for the new structure, which features traditional architecture.
“I remember when we started building this,” said Jessica Ha, whose parents are longtime members. “Our monks’ biggest dream was to have the Dalai Lama come and talk, and it’s happening! Good things come to really good people, and this is it.”
DRAWN TO PHILOSOPHY
The Dalai Lama always draws interest from non-Asians.
Trouble in Tibet – Which Type of Force Can Evict China? Dalai Lama Opens California Temple with Message of Compassion.
Temple visitor Eve Moon says her family was drawn to “Buddhist philosophy and the Dalai Lama’s message, and in general, humanitarianism and peace.” (M. O’Sullivan/VOA)
“I was raised by parents who traveled the world and a Vietnam vet father that didn’t know where home was anymore,” said visitor Eve Moon. She said her family was drawn to “Buddhist philosophy and the Dalai Lama’s message, and in general, humanitarianism and peace.”
Buddhists from many traditions — Chinese and Southeast Asian, among others — came to the temple. They included Czech visitor Martin Vitovic, who embraces the Dalai Lama’s teachings. He said he’d been interested in the Tibetan’s message for “about three years, and I want to see him.”
Vietnamese-American Buddhists said the Dalai Lama inspired listeners with his message, and they felt his visit also drew attention to California’s Little Saigon and its imposing new temple.
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