THE PROBLEM OF RED CHINA’S AGGRESSION IN WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
RED CHINA’S AGGRESSION IN WEST PHILIPPINE SEA DEMANDS FULL UNDERSTANDING OF HER EXPANSIONIST POLICY.
I am pleased to note that United States is giving support to Philippines to confront the problem of Red China’s aggression in West Philippine Sea. Resolution of this problem demands a proper understanding of Red China’s Expansionist Policy and containing and resisting all manifestations of Red China’s Expansionism. Tibet is Red China’s first victim and Southeast Asia’s nations have to seek justice for Tibetans if they want to protect their own national interests from Red China’s Imperialism.
US, PHILIPPINES URGE END TO ISLAND-BUILDING IN S. CHINA SEA
FILE – Foreign Minister of the Philippines Albert del Rosario (L) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shake hands before a meeting.
SIMONE ORENDAIN
August 04, 2015 8:17 AM
MANILA—
The Philippines says it will back calls by the United States for a series of measures aimed at reducing tensions in the South China Sea during a regional security forum in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday. Washington wants countries to stop building artificial islands and carrying out military activities.
The Philippines is expected to raise the issue of China’s activities in the South China Sea during meetings of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario released a statement Tuesday saying that his country would also endorse a U.S. call for stopping all work on disputed outcroppings and any military activities.
“As a means of de-escalating tensions in the region, the Philippines fully supports and will pro-actively promote the call of the United States on the ‘three halts’ — a halt in reclamation, halt in construction and a halt in aggressive actions that could further heighten tensions,” Del Rosario said.
However, he said the Philippines back those measures only if other claimants, including China, do the same. And he said this does not mean that China’s island construction on at least seven outcroppings is legitimate.
In recent months the U.S. has been raising concerns over China’s project to convert reefs and shoals in the Spratlys into manmade islands. “This has been the American position for what, almost two years now, saying that everyone should stop developing their particular areas that they hold,” explained Carl Baker, programs director at the Pacific Forum of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. “But everybody knows that this is really directed at China.”
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives at a meeting during the 48th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 4, 2015.
CHINA’S STANCE
China insists that ASEAN forums are not the place to raise these territorial disputes.
Beijing claimed nearly the entire South China Sea, while the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims. The Philippines has filed a case with the Permanent Court of Arbitration to question what it calls China’s “excessive claims” in the sea. China rejected the case and is not participating.
Baker does not foresee any change in the U.S. position and nor does he see a shift in China’s stance, especially since it already built the islands. He predicts that the standoff will “inhibit security cooperation” in Southeast Asia.
On Monday in Singapore, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, downplayed the concerns over Beijing’s island building, which has rapidly built airstrips and buildings on top of what were until recently mostly submerged rocks and reefs.
“At the moment the general situation in the South China Sea is stable, and China is steadfastly committed to working with the parties to maintain the situation which has not come easily. And we will never allow any country to destabilize the South China Sea,” said Wang.
Wang made a pitch for peacefully resolving the disputes through “consultations and negotiations” among what he called “five commitment points” of China regarding the contested sea.
KALA CHAKRA – CYCLICAL FLOW OF TIME – REJUVENATION OF TIBET
Just like individuals, nations have history of their own during which national life experiences effects under the powerful influence of time. The tides of Time were in favor of Tibet during 1911 when Manchu China’s power declined. Unfortunately, the good times that Tibet witnessed from 1911 to 1950 abruptly ended when The Communist Party of China declared the birth of a new nation called People’s Republic of China on October 01, 1949. This new nation from her inception is evil-minded, and evil-hearted. Red China lost no time to openly declare her Imperialist and Expansionist Policy and attacked her weak neighbor with no sense of shame. Tibetans are resisting military occupation with Patience and Perseverance as their weapons. I am hopeful that Time’s powerful influence called ‘Healing Power’ will cure this terrible disease called Occupation giving Tibet a chance to recover, regrow, regenerate, renew, rejuvenate and revitalize the lives of millions of Tibetans experiencing pain, suffering, and misery.
Tibetan spiritual leader performs Kalachakra as 150,000 devotees attend religious meet in India-administered Kashmir.
ALYS FRANCIS| 07 Jul 2014 12:20 GMT |Arts & Culture, India, Dalai Lama, Religion, Tibet
Tibetans snuck into India dodging Chinese border guards to see their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, perform the 33rd Kalachakra for world peace in Shey, a tiny town nestled 3,400m-high in the Himalayas.
The massive religious teaching, said to empower tens of thousands of his disciples to attain enlightenment, is a significant event for Buddhists.
About 150,000 devotees from around the world are flocking to the northern Ladakh district in India-administered Kashmir, which shares an eastern border with Tibet. The Dalai Lama also reiterated his plea to Buddhists in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to halt violence against Muslims, in a speech to tens of thousands of devotees to mark his 79th birthday.
China reportedly deployed extra troops and cracked down on Tibetans travelling to attend the 12-day gathering that began on July 3. Despite this, several Tibetans told Al Jazeera that they crept over the border at night.
The Dalai Lama fled China in the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, settling in Dharamshala in northern India, where he set up the Tibetan government in exile. He has since held Kalachakras every few years or so around the world – from India to New York.
The Tibetan spiritual leader remains a point of tension between India and China. Just days before the Kalachakra, Chinese troops reportedly showed their might at a disputed border between Tibet and Ladakh, repeatedly entering territory both countries claim.
Ladakh(***)s first Kalachakra in 38 years saw hotels in the main town of Leh booked out, with followers bedding down in thousands of tents, empty government buildings and schools.
Ladakh Buddhist Association President Dr Tondup Tsewang told Al Jazeera that the Kalachakra was of great importance to the region, which is home to numerous Tibetan refugees.
Dr Tsewang, who keeps a tattered fabric badge from attending Ladakh(***)s first Kalachakra in 1976, said that the whole community was involved in the event.
Nearly 80,000 local Ladakhis, 15,000 Tibetans from around the world, 9000 monks and nuns, 5000 foreigners and numerous Indians attended the first day(***)s teaching.
Many Ladakhis came dressed in traditional clothes: voluminous woollen goncha robes clinched at the waist, dupatta silk scarfs and top hats.
Monks of all ages couldn’t(***) contain their excitement, running to get a seat in the Kalachakra ground on the bank of the River Indus after passing security.
A vast shade-cloth was erected to protect followers from the sun, while nine LCD TV screens broadcast the Dalai Lama around the Kalachakra ground.
The event was also live-streamed online via a camera above the stage and translated into 11 languages.
Local police and army were called in to help secure the event, managing traffic and controlling the crowd outside.
The Dalai Lama resigned as leader of the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile in 2011 and has spoken of his desire to retire one day.
It is expected that the Tibetan spiritual leader will confer another Kalachakra initiation next year when he turns 80.
The Dalai Lama has long been calling for Tibet to be given autonomy to preserve its culture and religion, rather than full independence from China.
The Chinese authorities regard the Dalai Lama as a separatist.
Kalachakra is a Buddhist process that empowers tens of thousands of his disciples to attain enlightenment.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? KALSANT LHAMO LIGHTING BUTTER LAMPS FOR LOSAR CELEBRATION AT TSUGLAGKHANG TEMPLE, DHARAMSALA, INDIA.
I am pleased to share a story titled “Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday invites celebration and contemplation”, written by BARBARA DEMICK published by Los Angeles Times.
There is a sense of hope and optimism in Tibet, India, and the United States about Tibet’s future. The evidence to show that these three nations share a sense of optimism is the continued existence of a military organization known as Special Frontier Force. This military force is small in size and yet it reflects the strength and endurance of Tibetan Resistance Movement. Tibetans continue to resist military occupation of Tibet and are hopeful that Resistance would eventually prevail. His Holiness is hopeful for he knows Red China does not have moral strength to sustain her unjust occupation of Tibet. Many Tibetans are able to withstand pain, suffering, and misery caused by Red China’s brutal occupation and her use of repressive measures on account of virtues like patience, and perseverance. His Holiness is using the weapons of Wisdom and Compassion to fight against Evil Power.
I have lifetime affiliation to Tibetan Resistance Movement and I draw my sense of hope and optimism from an entirely different source. Red China’s sudden, unexpected downfall is shared by Apocalyptic Book of ‘REVELATION’ which describes a prophetic vision of a calamity, a catastrophe, and a disaster which will utterly ruin Red China in one single day.
Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday invites celebration and contemplation
By BARBARA DEMICK
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? REFLECTION AND CONTEMPLATION ON TIBET’S FUTURE AS HIS HOLINESS THE 14th DALAI LAMA CELEBRATES 80th BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY, JULY 06, 2015.
To hear the Dalai Lama laugh, his face lighting up in a beatific smile, it is easy to forget the cascade of disasters endured by the Tibetan Buddhist movement over the course of his life. Yet the list is long, and growing longer, as an ascendant China consolidates control over Tibet. On the cusp of the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday Monday, which he will mark during a three-day visit to Anaheim, China’s rising economic clout is slowly strangling the movement for Tibetan independence and, in the process, nudging the charismatic Tibetan spiritual leader off the world stage. Under Chinese pressure, South Africa refused to grant him a visa last year to attend a gathering of Nobel laureates. Even Pope Francis, presumably worried about the fate of Chinese Catholics, declined to grant him an audience in December.
The 94,000-strong Tibetan community in India, which for years has operated a government in exile headquartered in this mountain resort, is shrinking as a result of tighter Chinese controls on borders and passports that keep the 6 million Tibetans living in China from leaving. At the same time, after a decades-long exodus, a new phenomenon is occurring: Tibetans are quietly requesting Chinese documents to go home, implicitly acknowledging that China’s rule over Tibet is here to stay. “Everybody knows that the economic situation is better over there than here,” said a Tibetan engineer in his 30s who is preparing to return soon and asked not to be named for fear of reprisals. “We’re paid very well back in Tibet and people feel it is better to go back home than to live here in a shack.” And yet Tibetans at home are not happy. Since 2009, 140 Tibetans have immolated themselves to protest Chinese policies that limit their freedom of movement, speech and religion, especially their right to venerate the Dalai Lama.
Exiled from his homeland since 1959, the Dalai Lama views these setbacks and challenges with the air of a man who meditates five hours a day and takes a transcendental approach to adversity. “I don’t consider China powerful at all,” he said during an interview at the sprawling complex of Buddhist temples here. “They may be powerful in their economics and weapons, but in terms of moral principles, they are very weak. The whole society is full of suspicion and full of distrust.” Looming over any discussion of Tibet is a simple actuarial fact: The Dalai Lama is in his final decades of life. At some point, Tibetan Buddhists will be faced with the loss of a man who has been revered as both a secular and spiritual leader and has given their Free Tibet movement a sense of moral authority throughout the world. That has set in motion in recent months a scramble for succession of a uniquely Buddhist variety, because the Dalai Lama’s successor is by tradition the reincarnation of his holiness. In March, the Chinese government once again signaled its intention to have a role in designating the legitimate heir, a plan that prompted the Dalai Lama to suggest that he may break with tradition and appoint his own successor or that he may not be reincarnated at all. “Reincarnation is not the business of the communists,” he said. +++ Born on July 6, 1935, the 14th Dalai Lama began life as Lhamo Dondrub in a village in China’s Qinghai province. As the story goes, the deceased 13th Dalai Lama was found with his head turned in that direction and a search party was sent to identify his reincarnation. They were delighted to find a precocious toddler who could correctly identify the Dalai Lama’s walking stick, rosary and drum. He was brought to Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, at age 4 and assumed rule over Tibet as a 15-year-old in 1950.
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Tibet had been run as a de facto independent country in the chaotic early 20th century, but it had not been formally recognized. In 1949, Chinese Communists claimed power in distant Beijing and proved to be a force that the Himalayan mountain kingdom could not overcome. For China, the 965,000-square-mile region known as the Tibetan plateau, spread over strategic high ground in the center of Asia, is a crucial buffer from India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Encompassing roughly one-quarter of China’s landmass, it is the source of most of Asia’s largest rivers, supplying water to nearly half the world’s population. It also has the largest reserve of uranium in the world. The struggle to subdue Tibet has shaped the character of modern China, forcing it to become the kind of brutal imperial power the early communist ideologues once deplored. Beijing devotes inordinate military and diplomatic effort to defend its claim to Tibet, which it calls “a part of China since antiquity.” “The Chinese know that historically their empire was weak when control over the western borders lapsed,” said Sulmaan Wasif Khan, a specialist in Chinese foreign relations at Tufts University. Tibetan resistance to Chinese rule has been relatively nonviolent compared with ethnic disputes elsewhere, such as those involving Kurds or Chechens. Robert Barnett, a Tibet scholar at Columbia University in New York, counts only about 20 Han Chinese (the ethnic majority in China) who have been killed by political violence at the hands of Tibetans since the 1980s. The death toll among ethnic Tibetans is higher, in the hundreds including those who have self-immolated with calls for the Dalai Lama to return. If he dies in exile, though, that could change. “People may feel the Chinese forced him to die outside his country and caused him grief, and they could reap a terrible harvest of suffering,” Barnett said.
At the heart of the dilemma is the Dalai Lama. Although he abandoned calls for Tibetan independence in 1979, embracing instead a “middle way” in which Tibetans would enjoy autonomy and freedom of religion and speech under Chinese rule, the Chinese Communist Party reviles him as a separatist. “The Dalai party has never abandoned the use of violence to achieve their goal of full independence,” the State Council wrote in a “white paper” on Tibet released in mid-April. So anathema is the Dalai Lama to the Communist Party that he is treated as the one whose name cannot be mentioned. Tibetans dare not speak of him in public. Walking down the street with a portrait of the Dalai Lama will get one immediately arrested in most parts of China. Tiny medallions are routinely confiscated and destroyed. That causes a recurring cycle of ill will among Tibetans, whose reverence for their spiritual leader endures. People have crossed the Himalayas in flip-flops seeking a blessing from the Dalai Lama. Gonpo Tso, a 64-year-old Tibetan exile living in Dharamsala, says she could accept Chinese communist rule over Tibet if not for the slander of her spiritual leader.
“It gives such pain to my heart to hear the words they use about the Dalai Lama,” she said.
Tibetans remain deeply embittered about the horrors inflicted upon their society by the Communist Party from the 1950s through the 1970s: the mass starvation, the desecration of Buddhist monasteries, the arrests and executions. By the time of Mao Tse-tung’s demise in 1976, hundreds of thousands of Tibetans had perished. Some exile sources estimate up to 1.2 million deaths. Nevertheless, many Tibetans are quietly returning home, accepting that to live there they will lose many of the freedoms they enjoy in India. Consider the case of Lobsang, a Tibetan (like many, he has only one name) who trekked across the Himalayas as a 16-year-old monk to follow the Dalai Lama. Last year, Lobsang found himself among the crowd of hundreds of Tibetans outside the barbed wire-topped concrete walls of the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi. It is a place that Tibetans used to go to protest; now they line up starting at 3 a.m for documents that permit them to go home. “I felt such uneasiness being there,” said Lobsang, 34, a slightly built man who works as a Tibetan-language teacher and editor. “Here I was, as a Tibetan, asking the Chinese for permission to go back to my home.” Although the Tibetan exile community here reached a high of 118,000 in the mid-1990s, it dropped to 94,000 as of the most recent census, in 2009. Chinese state media say 80,000 Tibetan exiles have returned to visit or to live in Tibet since the 1980s. The Chinese are quietly encouraging those who elect to return.
“Back to the motherland,” crowed a headline last year on the Chinese-government website, Tibet.net. It quoted an elderly returnee exclaiming, “My hometown has gone through enormous changes. Living conditions are a lot better than before. There is also freedom of religion. Returning home was the right choice!”
Officially, the government in exile encourages Tibetans to return to their homeland to live or to visit. It now campaigns for more autonomy within China, for freedom of speech and religion and for preservation of the Tibetan language and culture.
But it is a sensitive subject for Tibetans, many of whom feel that returning is in effect a repudiation of the exile government and tacit recognition of China’s sovereignty over Tibet.
“People will tell you they are going back because they miss their families, but many are also disappointed in the Tibetan government,” said Tashi, 30, who has spent eight years in Dharamsala. He comes from China’s Sichuan province, which abuts Tibet and includes some traditionally Tibetan towns. “They see that the exile government cannot do anything for the people inside Tibet,” he added.
The Dalai Lama, though, exudes confidence. His handshake is firm. He carries a conversation in English without hesitation, pausing only on a few occasions to ask an assistant’s help in translating a complex thought. He stumbles only over a weak knee. In the rose garden outside his office, he seems inexhaustible as he greets a long reception line of misty-eyed acolytes, including Tibetans in sweeping cloaks, an Indian movie star, a British artist and a delegation of mainland Chinese. They cling to him and, reaching under the folds of crimson robes, kiss his brown lace-up shoes. The Dalai Lama obligingly strokes their cheeks and poses for photos, until his aides steer him away and with a squirt of hand sanitizer directs him to the interview. Among the droves of admirers who travel to northern India to pay homage to the Dalai Lama are many Han Chinese Buddhists, some well-to-do.
The Dalai Lama gives priority to meeting those Buddhists from the mainland, explaining to them his wishes for autonomy rather than independence. “They are our secret weapon,” joked Tenzin Taklha, the Dalai Lama’s chief secretary, pointing to a delegation that was visiting in early May. During his talks with the Chinese pilgrims, the Dalai Lama often goes out of his way to praise Chinese President Xi Jinping and his campaign against corruption.
Ending a centuries-old theocratic system, the Dalai Lama officially retired in 2011 as head of the exile government, giving up the leadership to an elected prime minister, Harvard-educated Lobsang Sangay. This fledgling experiment in democracy is something about which the Dalai Lama is very proud, but it has in effect thwarted talks with the Chinese, who will not negotiate with an exile government.
“They feel that would give credibility to my administration,” Lobsang Sangay said in an interview. “They want envoys of the Dalai Lama to talk to them directly like before.”
Although there have been no formal negotiations in five years, Chinese intermediaries have hinted that the Dalai Lama could be invited to China, if not to visit Tibet, then to make a pilgrimage to Mt. Wutai, a Buddhist holy site in Shanxi province.
“I have no preconditions for visiting Tibet or China. No conditions at all,” said the Dalai Lama, although he added, “I should have the freedom to teach and explain Buddha dharma to the Buddhists.”
The Dalai Lama said he approves of exiles returning to Tibet so that they can educate those who are there.
“Those Tibetans who are educated here and have a broader view of the world would be useful to the Tibetans inside Tibet. Therefore, I suggest that they go back and work,” he said.
The Dalai Lama, who has long played down any confrontation with China while calling for dialogue, said he has no objection to Tibetans learning Chinese or even joining the Communist Party.
In conversation, as in most other public pursuits, he is relentlessly cheerful, even giggly. He laughed off his setbacks, refusing to take the bait when asked questions designed to pique anger.
“Yes, it was the Chinese doing that South Africa denied me a visa,” he acknowledged without apparent rancor. As for the pope, he said, “I understand that the Vatican has to take care of Chinese Catholics in the People’s Republic of China. These are today’s realities.”
The Dalai Lama’s upcoming birthday is occasioning celebrations around the world.
The monk will spend his birthday at a three-day Global Compassion Summit in Anaheim, beginning Sunday. Last weekend, he made a surprise appearance at a music festival in Glastonbury, England, where singer Patti Smith, one of his many celebrity admirers, presented him with a birthday cake.
In China, Tibetan communities have been marking the birthday since the Tibetan New Year in February, in defiance of authorities. In May, a 35-year-old father of four in Sichuan province immolated himself to protest a crackdown on birthday celebrations.
On the Tibetan calendar, the birthday fell on June 21 and was marked by prayer ceremonies and picnics held mostly out of view of authorities.
Among Tibetans the birthday also has occasioned trepidation: It is a reminder, in a society that believes in a succession of lives, of the tyranny of mortality when it comes to their spiritual leader.
The rudest question to ask the Dalai Lama — and one that no one can resist — is what happens after he dies. The Dalai Lama is so tired of being asked about his health that his secretary, Tenzin Taklha, who is also his nephew, hands interviewers an 11-page primer entitled “Statement of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on the issue of His Reincarnation.”
According to Buddhist doctrine, the Dalai Lama should be reincarnated in the body of a newborn boy who will become the 15th Dalai Lama, after being identified by the proper religious authorities.
In the statement, however, the Dalai Lama leaves open the possibility that he, as a “superior Bodhisattva … can manifest his own emanation before death.” Practically speaking, that means he could name his successor, possibly an adult who has been groomed for the position.
The succession question has been pushed aside for another decade: The Dalai Lama says he will wait until he is about 90 and then convene an advisory group of high lamas to resolve it. One option, he has said, would be to discontinue the tradition of the Dalai Lama entirely.
Despite its professed atheism, the Chinese government wants to control the process. The State Religious Affairs Bureau Order No. 5 prohibits the reincarnation of a monk without a permit.
Beijing has indicated it will put forth its own candidate as the reincarnated Dalai Lama, setting the stage for an inevitable conflict because China’s choice is unlikely to be accepted by most Tibetans.
In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism. Another child who was selected by the Tibetans was whisked away by Chinese authorities (supposedly for his own protection) and hasn’t been heard from since.
The Dalai Lama has rejected all attempts at Chinese intervention though. “First of all, these people do not understand the theory of rebirth. Secondly, they had no knowledge of Tibetan tradition and do not know the history of successive Dalai Lamas, Panchen Lamas and other reincarnated lamas of Tibet. I feel that the Chinese officials should pay more attention and study these histories in an unbiased and objective manner.”
Some Tibetans are exasperated by the Dalai Lama’s lack of urgency. The Chinese … will find some cute little Tibetan boy they can control. – Jamyang Norbu, Tibetan novelist
“He is acting very irresponsibly,” said Jamyang Norbu, a Tibetan novelist and essayist who lives in Tennessee. “The Chinese have already set up a commission to pick the next Dalai Lama. If we don’t get in on the game, they will do it before us. They will find some cute little Tibetan boy they can control.”
Norbu, who tends to articulate frustrations that few others voice publicly, has long criticized the Dalai Lama for being too soft on China. “It is not that the Tibetan people have given up their goals,” he said. “His holiness has given up.”
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? : ON MARCH 10, 2014 TIBETAN STUDENTS IN DHARAMSALA MARCH IN SUPPORT OF TIBETAN UPRISING DAY.WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TSUGLAGKHANG MONASTERY, McLEOD GANJ, DHARAMSALA, INDIA. MONKS DRYING CLOTHES.WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TASHI IN BLACK TENT CAFE, McLEOD GANJ SAYS FINDING JOBS HAS BECOME DIFFICULT. HE MAY RETURN TO TIBET TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? THESE TWO KIDS, TENZIN DHAYSEL(LEFT), AND TENZIN NORZOM ARE BORN IN INDIA TO TIBETAN PARENTS LIVING IN EXILE. McLEOD GANJ, DHARAMSALA.WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? EXILED TIBETANS CELEBRATING TIBETAN NEW YEAR “LOSAR” AT TSUGLAGKHANG TEMPLE. GREET EACH OTHER “TASHI DELEK.”WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? A YOUNG MONK BY NAME TENZIN SONAN IN TRAINING AT TSECHOKLING MONASTERY.WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TSECHOKLING MONASTERY, McLEOD GANJ, DHARAMSALA, INDIA. TIBETAN BUDDHISM REQUIRES INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE. TIBETANS COME TO INDIA FOR FREEDOM OF EDUCATION.WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TIBETAN BUDDHISM ATTRACTS MONKS FROM TIBET, NEPAL, AND INDIA TO LIVE AND STUDY IN MONASTERIES FROM YOUNG AGE.WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? KALSANT LHAMO LIGHTING BUTTER LAMPS FOR LOSAR CELEBRATION AT TSUGLAGKHANG TEMPLE, DHARAMSALA, INDIA.WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TIBETAN UPRISING DAY, MARCH 10, 2014. YOUNG TIBETAN MONKS PROTESTING TIBET’S MILITARY OCCUPATION.
The Dalai Lama leaves a Tibetan “long life ceremony” held for him last year in Dharamsala, India. He will celebrate his 80th birthday at a three-day event in Anaheim.
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WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? REFLECTION AND CONTEMPLATION ON TIBET’S FUTURE AS HIS HOLINESS THE 14th DALAI LAMA CELEBRATES 80th BIRTHDAY ON MONDAY, JULY 06, 2015.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? : ON MARCH 10, 2014 TIBETAN STUDENTS IN DHARAMSALA MARCH IN SUPPORT OF TIBETAN UPRISING DAY.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE?
TSUGLAGKHANG MONASTERY, McLEOD GANJ, DHARAMSALA, INDIA.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TASHI IN BLACK TENT CAFE, McLEOD GANJ SAYS FINDING JOBS HAS BECOME DIFFICULT. HE MAY RETURN TO TIBET TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? THESE TWO KIDS, TENZIN DHAYSEL(LEFT), AND TENZIN NORZOM ARE BORN IN INDIA TO TIBETAN PARENTS LIVING IN EXILE.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? EXILED TIBETANS CELEBRATING TIBETAN NEW YEAR “LOSAR” AT TSUGLAGKHANG TEMPLE. GREET EACH OTHER “TASHI DELEK.”
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? A YOUNG MONK BY NAME TENZIN SONAN IN TRAINING AT TSECHOKLING MONASTERY.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TSECHOKLING MONASTERY, McLEOD GANJ, DHARAMSALA, INDIA. TIBETAN BUDDHISM REQUIRES INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE. TIBETANS COME TO INDIA FOR FREEDOM OF EDUCATION.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TIBETAN BUDDHISM ATTRACTS MONKS FROM TIBET, NEPAL, AND INDIA TO LIVE AND STUDY IN MONASTERIES FROM YOUNG AGE.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? KALSANT LHAMO LIGHTING BUTTER LAMPS FOR LOSAR CELEBRATION AT TSUGLAGKHANG TEMPLE, DHARAMSALA, INDIA.
WHAT IS TIBET’S FUTURE? TIBETAN UPRISING DAY, MARCH 10, 2014. YOUNG TIBETAN MONKS PROTESTING TIBET’S MILITARY OCCUPATION.
Red China – Red Alert – The policy of Brinkmanship
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – BRINKMANSHIP – MILITARY DOMINANCE : AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PEACE AND SECURITY OF ALL NATIONS.
The term ‘brink’ means the edge, especially at the top of a steep place. Very often ‘brink’ is used figuratively such as “At the brink of War.” Brinkmanship refers to the policy of pursuing a hazardous course of action to the brink of catastrophe. Red China’s Policy of Economic Expansionism draws support from her Policy of Military Expansionism. Red China’s pursuit of world’s territories, and natural resources is accompanied by her aggressive expansion of political influence over other nations to cause nations to become subservient to Red China’s ambitions. Red China’s Policy of ‘Brinkmanship’ has to be exposed, has to be effectively contained and has to be resisted at every place apart from South China Sea where the dispute is receiving attention of news media.
5 MILLION REASONS CHINA MAY BE DRAWN INTO GLOBAL CONFLICTS
By DAVID TWEED
BLOOMBERG
With five million offshore citizens to protect and billions of investment dollars at stake, China is rethinking its policy of keeping out of other countries’ affairs.
China has long made loans conditional on contracts for its companies. In recent years it has sent an army of its nationals to work on pipelines, roads and dams in such hot spots as South Sudan, Yemen and Pakistan. Increasingly, it has to go across borders to protect or rescue them.
That makes it harder to stick to the policy espoused by then-premier Zhou Enlai in 1955 of not interfering in “internal” matters, something that has seen China decline to back international sanctions against Russia over Ukraine or the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
As President Xi Jinping’s “Silk Road” program of trade routes gets under way, with infrastructure projects planned across Central Asia, the Indian Ocean and the Middle East to Europe, China’s footprint abroad will expand from the $108 billion that firms invested abroad in 2013, up from less than $3 billion a decade earlier.
That is forcing China to take a more proactive approach to securing its interests and the safety of its people. With more engagement abroad there’s a risk that China, an emerging power with a military to match, is sucked into conflicts and runs up against the U.S. when tensions are already flaring over China’s disputed claims in the South China Sea.
“It is going to be a long, hard haul,” said Kerry Brown, director of the University of Sydney’s China Studies Centre. “You either have disruption as a new power rips up the rule book and causes bedlam or you’ve got a gradual transition where China is ceded more space but also expected to have more responsibility.”
RED CHINA – RED ALERT – BRINKMANSHIP : RED CHINA IS INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND DISPATCHING MILLIONS OF CHINESE WORKERS TO FURTHER ITS EXPANSIONIST POLICY THAT MAKES CONFLICTS WITH OTHER NATIONS INEVITABLE. IN THIS PHOTO IMAGE, ETHIOPIAN AND CHINESE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SEEN WAITING NEAR CHINA COMMUNICATION CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BUILDING ADDIS ABABA – ADAMA TOLL ROAD.
For more than a half century China stuck to Zhou’s policy predicated on non-interference and respect for the sovereignty of others. The policy partly reflected a focus on domestic stability and economic development by governments that lacked the means or interest to play a more active role offshore. It also led President Barack Obama to last year describe China’s leaders as “free riders” while others carried the global security burden.
China’s greater involvement in projects around the world comes along its military expansion, as it seeks to project its power abroad and challenge decades of U.S. dominance of the global economic and strategic order. U.S. policymakers are debating whether to find ways to accommodate China’s rise or to seek to contain it. As China’s policy evolves its leaders are dipping their toe into areas once considered taboo, including the practice of dealing only with a country’s leaders.
Myanmar Meeting
Xi met Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Beijing on June 11 to lay the foundation for improved ties ahead of a November election in Myanmar, and there are reports China has hosted peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban.
On June 9 China called for a cease-fire in Yemen, during a teleconference between China’s ambassador Tian Qi and the United Nations envoy to Yemen, according to a posting on the website of China’s embassy.
China sent naval vessels into Yemen’s waters in April to rescue 629 Chinese citizens and 279 foreign nationals from escalating violence, the first time the People’s Liberation Army helped other countries evacuate their citizens.
“Protection of nationals and interests abroad particularly with big new projects like the Silk Road in the works, is likely to be long-term very significant for China’s evolution as a great power,” said Jonas Parello-Plesner, a diplomat at the Danish embassy in Washington, DC. “How China behaves in other parts of world will be a litmus test on its road to great power status.”
Five Million
Chinese investment abroad picked up from 2002 after then Premier Jiang Zemin championed a “going out” policy, even as he repeated China would not meddle in the internal affairs of other countries.
Parello-Plesner and Mathieu Duchatel, who co-wrote “China’s Strong Arm: Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad” estimate there are five million workers offshore, based on research and interviews with officials, a figure that’s about five times larger than that given by the Ministry of Commerce.
The official data reflect a lack of systemic consular registration and the absence of formal reporting by subcontractors sending workers abroad, according to Parello- Plesner and Duchatel, who estimate about 80 Chinese nationals were killed overseas between 2004 and 2014. Duchatel is a Beijing-based senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
‘Greater Range’
“There are now several countries that – in terms of the number of Chinese citizens there – are ‘too big to fail’,” said Parello-Plesner. “The business-oriented ‘going-out’ strategy now has to be squared with broader strategic calculations.”
China’s foreign-policy evolution is becoming institutionalized. The concept of protecting nationals was added to the priority list at the 18th Communist Party Congress in 2012. The PLA’s role in protecting China’s interests abroad was enshrined in the 2013 Defense White Paper for the first time.
This year’s Defense White paper went further, noting the “national security issues facing China encompass far more subjects, extend over a greater range, and cover a longer time span than at any time in the country’s history.”
“While China is not likely to publicly drop the non – interference principle what we’ll see is increasing fluctuation in how it is applied — or not applied,” said Alexander Sullivan, an associate fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington.
South Sudan
“The departures from this policy that we have seen thus far have been driven generally by commercial and resource interests that for one reason or another come under threat.” Sullivan said Sudan and South Sudan have been a testing ground for China policy. After the outbreak of civil war in South Sudan, China persuaded other members of the Security Council in May last year to extend the United Nations peacekeeping mandate to South Sudan, where China National Petroleum Corp. has oilfield investments. China has sent 700 troops to join that mission.
China’s biggest overseas intervention was in Libya in 2011, when 35,000 workers were transported out at the start of the uprising against Muammar Qaddafi’s regime, mostly by air and sea.
As the trade route projects get under way, Pakistan will pose one of the biggest risks to the security of Chinese workers. The first investment of China’s $40 billion Silk Road infrastructure fund is $1.65 billion for the Karot dam on the Jhelum river in northern Pakistan.
Pakistan Force
Before announcing the project, Pakistan agreed to train a 10,000-strong security force to protect Chinese nationals building a $45 billion economic corridor from China to the deep – water port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. The route runs through Baluchistan, a thinly populated Pakistan province where an insurgency has killed thousands.
“Chinese foreign policy is taking a bigger role in global problem solving,” said Pang Zhongying, dean of the Institute of International Affairs at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou. “The Silk Road is in essence bringing a lot of foreign policy changes but we still know little about its prospects.”
–With assistance from Kamran Haider in Islamabad and Daniel Petrie in Sydney.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – BRINKMANSHIP – MILITARY DOMINANCE : AN IMMINENT THREAT TO PEACE AND SECURITY OF ALL NATIONS.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST : UNITED STATES IN RECOGNITION OF RED CHINA’S HEGEMONISM MUST COUNTERACT AND CONTAIN RED CHINA’S INFLUENCE OVER HER WEAK NEIGHBORS.
On behalf of Special Frontier Force I issuing a ‘RED ALERT’ to warn US citizens of imminent danger as United States holds three days of cabinet-level meetings with more than 400 Chinese officials. Under the wide-ranging Strategic and Economic Dialogue(S &ED)framework, eight US Cabinet Secretaries are involved in these talks and consultations with Chinese officials. The top Chinese officials meet US President Barack Obama at The White House on Wednesday, June 24, 2015.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST : THIS SEVENTH STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND CHINA MUST ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF RED CHINA’S HEGEMONISM.
The term ‘HEGEMONY’ describes dominance of one state or nation over others. Hegemonism is the Policy or Practice of a nation in aggressively expanding its influence over other nations. Red China formulated her Hegemonistic Policy in 1950 when she conquered Tibet bringing Tibetan people under her control or subjection. Red China subdued Tibetan Government and forced Tibet’s Head of State to live in exile. Red China’s Hegemonic Practice forces Tibetan people to become subservient to Peking(or Beijing). United States has to recognize Red China as “HEGEMONIST” and counteract to contain Red China’s growing political, economic, military power which she uses to expand her influence over other nations of our world.
U.S. AND CHINA OPEN ANNUAL DIALOGUE WITH ‘CANDID, TO-THE-POINT’ TALKS
BY DAVID BRUNNNSTROM
The United States and China held “candid and to-the-point” talks at the start of three days of cabinet-level meetings aimed at managing the highly complex relationship between the world’s two biggest economies, a senior U.S. official said.
The U.S. side, led on Monday by Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, reiterated U.S. concerns about China’s pursuit of territorial claims in the South China Sea, the official said.
U.S. worries about cybersecurity following massive attacks on government computers that U.S. officials have blamed on Chinese hackers would also be addressed “in very direct terms,” the official said.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST: US and Chinese flags at Tiananmen Square President Obama’s Peking(Beijing) Visit.
More than 400 Chinese officials are in Washington for the annual talks under the wide-ranging Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) framework, which will involve eight U.S. cabinet secretaries.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST : RED CHINA’S VICE PREMIER WANG YANG IN MT VERNON, VIRGINIA.
The meetings come at a time of waning trust and widening differences between the two countries, even though they maintain robust economic ties worth $590 billion in two-way trade last year.
U.S. concerns have been mounting about Beijing’s challenge to its dominance of global finance and about restrictions on U.S. businesses in China.
U.S. President Barack Obama is struggling to secure backing from Congress for legislation needed to speed a 12-nation trade deal, which is the economic plank of his Asia policy intended as a counterweight to China’s growing influence.
The two sides will try to ease tensions by stressing areas of cooperation, including climate change, shared concerns about Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programs, the fight against Islamist militancy, and support for global development.
“We have agreed with the Chinese that we are going to try to expand those areas where our interests overlap and expand cooperation in those areas,” the U.S. official said. But the aim was not to “paper over” contentious issues, or to “agree to disagree,” but to narrow differences to avoid miscalculations.
Despite the considerable areas of tension, China is hoping for a smooth set of meetings to prepare for a visit to Washington by President Xi Jinping in September. Prospects for substantial outcomes from the cabinet-level meetings appeared slim, with any scant progress likely to be held over for announcement during Xi’s visit, analysts said.
The sides are expected to discuss a Bilateral Investment Treaty that has been seven years in discussion but has been held up by restrictions on both sides, while China is likely to press its bid to add the yuan to the International Monetary Fund’s basket of reserve currencies.
Blinken and Secretary of State John Kerry will chair the security side of the talks with State Councillor Yang Jiechi and Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on the Chinese side.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST: BEAWARE OF RED CHINA’S HEGEMONISM.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will chair the economic elements, and the top Chinese officials will meet Obama at the White House on Wednesday.
(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Additional reporting by Jason Lange, Krista Hughes, Anna Yukhananov, Megan Cassella and Idrees Ali in Washington and Michael Martina in Beijing; Editing by Christian Plumb)
Red Dragon – Red Alert. US and Chinese flags at Tiananmen Square – President Obama -Peking-Beijing visit
Red Alert Chinese J- 11 Fighter jet flying near a us navy p 8 poseidon
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew walks to the podium before speaking at the 7th US China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) and 6th Consultation on People-to-People (CPE) at the U.S. State Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2015.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Red Alert- Ethiopian and Chinese workers – China Communication Construction Company- Addis Ababa – Adama toll road
Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong arrives to speak at the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) at the State Department in Washington June 23, 2015. More than 400 Chinese officials are in Washington for annual talks under the wide-ranging Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) framework, which will involve eight U.S. cabinet secretaries. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST : UNITED STATES IN RECOGNITION OF RED CHINA’S HEGEMONISM MUST COUNTERACT AND CONTAIN RED CHINA’S INFLUENCE OVER HER WEAK NEIGHBORS.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST : THIS SEVENTH STRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC DIALOGUE BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND CHINA MUST ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF RED CHINA’S HEGEMONISM.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST : RED CHINA’S VICE PREMIER WANG YANG IN MT VERNON, VIRGINIA.
RED DRAGON – RED CHINA – RED ALERT – HEGEMONIST: BEAWARE OF RED CHINA’S HEGEMONISM.
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – RED DRAGON ALERT
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – RED DRAGON ALERT: COUNTRIES OF ASIA ARE FINALLY RESPONDING TO THREATS POSED BY RED CHINA’S EXPANSIONISM.
Countries that share South and East China Sea have sighted the Red Dragon and started responding to threat the Beast poses. It is very unfortunate to note that these nations practically had no ability to respond when Red Dragon attacked Tibet and occupied that nation in 1950. Since Red Dragon has a policy of extending her territory in all directions, Red Dragon must be confronted from all directions.
PHILIPPINES IN US, JAPAN NAVAL DRILLS AMID CHINA SEA ROW
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William Merz delivers a statements during the opening ceremony of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2015 at navy headquarters in Puerto Princesa city, Palawan, west Philippines June 22, 2015. The Philippines will hold separate naval exercises with U.S. and Japanese forces this week on a Philippine island that is not far from the disputed Spratly archipelago, where China’s rapid creation of seven island outposts is stoking regional tensions. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
Philippines in US, Japan naval drills amid China sea row
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Puerto Princesa (Philippines) (AFP) – The Philippines Monday began separate but simultaneous naval exercises with the United States and Japan, amid shared and growing concern at Chinese island-building in the disputed South China Sea.
Manila has been holding the naval drills with its longtime ally Washington since 1995. But the exercise with Tokyo, a World War II foe, is only its second ever after one earlier this year. This week’s Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) drill with Washington will include a P-3 Orion aircraft, of the type used by the US to monitor the South China Sea.
China claims almost the entire Sea despite competing claims from the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam, and has been taking strong action including reclamation to assert sovereignty.
“CARAT remains a practical way to address shared maritime security priorities, enhance our capabilities, and improve interoperability between our forces,” the US exercise commander, Rear Admiral William Merz, said at the opening ceremony in Puerto Princesa city on the southwestern Philippine island of Palawan.
Rear Admiral Leopoldo Alano, commander of the Philippine Fleet, described the drill as a great opportunity “to gain valuable experience and increase our interoperability.”
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – RED DRAGON – ALERT : US AND PHILIPPINES ARE CONDUCTING NAVAL DRILLS IN RESPONSE TO “RED ALERT.”
US Marines board on an amphibious assault vehicle after a mock beach assault drill with their Philippines partners …
The drills will also feature for the first time the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth, and involve the rescue and salvage ship USNS Safeguard. While it does not take sides in the dispute, the US has in recent weeks intensified its criticism of China’s reclamation work, which has created new islands including airstrips on reefs and shoals also claimed by its neighbours.
The US says the activities could pose a threat to freedom of navigation.
China said last week its land reclamation in the disputed Spratly islands would finish soon but be followed by “facility construction”.
The Philippines has asked a United Nations tribunal to reject China’s claims to most of the Sea, a move angrily rejected by Beijing which says the world body has no authority in the matter.
This week’s naval exercise will be held both on Palawan, the closest land mass to the disputed reefs and waters, and in the Sulu Sea to the east of the island. The Filipino forces in the drills, including the US-acquired frigates BRP Ramon Alcaraz and BRP Gregorio del Pilar, also regularly patrol the South China Sea.
The exercise will focus on combined maritime operations, mobile dive and salvage training, coastal riverine operations and maritime patrol and reconnaissance along with seminars ashore, the US Navy said.
Japan, which has its own maritime dispute with China in the East China Sea, has also expressed concern at Beijing’s reclamation further south. On Monday it began three days of drills with the Philippine Navy involving a Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft.
The drills, which will also include a Philippine Navy aircraft, will focus on joint search and rescue operations on the high seas, the Philippine Navy said. They will take place in international airspace and outside Philippine territorial waters, it said in a statement. South China Sea Philippines
RED CHINA – RED DRAGON – RED ALERT – Philippines joins US and Japan in military drills.
RED CHINA – RED DRAGON – RED ALERT – Japan and Philippines naval exercise.
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William Merz delivers a statements during the opening ceremony of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2015 at navy headquarters in Puerto Princesa city, Palawan, west Philippines June 22, 2015. The Philippines will hold separate naval exercises with U.S. and Japanese forces this week on a Philippine island that is not far from the disputed Spratly archipelago, where China’s rapid creation of seven island outposts is stoking regional tensions. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – RED DRAGON – ALERT : US AND PHILIPPINES ARE CONDUCTING NAVAL DRILLS IN RESPONE TO “RED ALERT.”
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – RED DRAGON ALERT: COUNTRIES OF ASIA ARE FINALLY RESPONDING TO THREATS POSED BY RED CHINA’S EXPANSIONISM.
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA VS VIETNAM – SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE.
People of Vietnam fought prolonged battles with French and later United States. In my assessment, Vietnamese people are driven by a sense of nationalism and they never belonged to either Soviet or Red China brand of Communism. Vietnam is getting ready to face the military challenge imposed by Red China’s Expansionist Policy. Special Frontier Force wanted to support United States during Vietnam War and it is not a desire to engage people of Vietnam in a battle. Vietnam War represented an opportunity to engage Red China in a battle and weaken her ability to supply arms and ammunition to North Vietnam across a border they share. As Vietnam prepares to defend against Red China’s aggressive behavior, Special Frontier Force will be willing to join hands with people of Vietnam in a confrontation that will halt Red China’s empire building activity.
Vietnam fishermen ‘attacked by Chinese boats’: state media
A Vietnamese fishing crew said they were attacked by a Chinese vessel using water cannon in disputed waters near the flash point Paracel Islands, Vietnam’s state media reported Monday.
The wooden Vietnamese fishing boat from central Quang Ngai province was near the Paracels — known as Hoang Sa in Vietnamese — on June 7 when it was attacked by a red-and-white painted Chinese vessel, the Lao Dong newspaper said.
“The crew signalled to the (Chinese) boat not to use water cannon as they feared their boat would sink, but they fired the water directly at them,” the report said. One of the 13-man crew was knocked over and broke his leg during the altercation, the report said, quoting the crew.
A number of Vietnamese state-run newspapers ran photos of the sailor with his leg in plaster. In a separate incident, on June 10, another Vietnamese fishing boat in the same area was surrounded by four Chinese boats and had their equipment and catch stolen, the Lao Dong newspaper said.
Fishermen unload a catch in port in the Vietnamese central coastal city of Da Nang (AFP Photo/)
The communist neighbours are locked in a longstanding maritime dispute over islands and fishing rights in the South China Sea.
Last year, tensions came to a head when Beijing moved a deep water oil rig into waters claimed by Hanoi, triggering deadly anti-China riots in Vietnam. Swept along by nationalist sentiment and forced to venture further out to sea to fill their nets, Vietnam’s commercial fishing fleet have often found themselves on the front lines of the maritime dispute.
Both Vietnam and China claim full sovereignty over the Paracel Islands, which Beijing have controlled since 1974 after seizing them from the then-South Vietnam regime in a brief battle. China’s claim to almost the entire South China Sea conflicts with those of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
It surprises me to note that news media give attention to threats posed to national entities like Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Brunei but pay no attention to ‘The Great Problem of Tibet’. To provide some perspective on this issue, I ask my readers to compare the land area of these nations:
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – THE GREAT PROBLEM OF TIBET : TIBET HAS LAND AREA OF 870, 000 SQUARE MILES. TIBET IS LARGER IN SIZE COMPARED TO ASIAN NATIONS LIKE JAPAN, TAIWAN, PHILIPPINES, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, VIETNAM, AND BRUNEI. TIBET IS THREE-TIMES LARGER THAN TEXAS STATE OF UNITED STATES .
Land area of Tibet includes Tibet Autonomous Region(TAR) and Tibetan territory annexed to Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, and Yunnan Provinces of People’s Republic of China. To give a better understanding of the size of Tibet, it may be compared to Texas, largest State in the coterminous United States. Land area of Texas is 268, 820 square miles. Tibet is larger than three States of Texas combined.
Special Frontier Force welcomes attention given to security risks posed by Red China to countries of Asia and those threats cannot be resolved without including solution to ‘The Great Problem of Tibet.’
TAIWAN COAST GUARD LAUNCHES NEW SHIPS AS SOUTH CHINA SEA TENSIONS RISE
Taiwan coast guard launches new ships as South China Sea tensions rise
By J.R. Wu June 6, 2015
Taiwan Coast Guard’s new patrol ship, the 3000-ton “Ilan” (L), is seen during a commissioning …
Taiwan Coast Guard patrol ships are seen during a drill held about 4 nautical miles out of the port of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, June 6, 2015. Taiwan’s coast guard on Saturday commissioned its biggest ships for duty, in the form of two 3,000 ton patrol vessels, as Taipei boosts its defences amid concerns about China’s growing footprint in the disputed South China Sea. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang
By J.R. Wu
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) – Taiwan’s coast guard on Saturday commissioned its biggest ships for duty in the form of two 3,000-ton patrol vessels, as the island boosts defenses amid concerns about China’s growing footprint in the disputed South China Sea.
The new vessels will be able to dock at a new port being constructed on Taiping Island, the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, before the end of this year.
Taiwan’s coast guard has had direct oversight of the 46-ha (114-acre) island, also known as Itu Aba, since 2000.
“Taiping Island’s defense capabilities will not be weak,” said Wang Chung-yi, minister of the Coast Guard Administration, referring to recent upgrading done on the 1,200-metre (yards) long airstrip on Taiping and the building of a new port, which he said could be completed as early as October this year.
“As far as Taiping Island is concerned, we still maintain not so much a military as a civil role,” Wang told Reuters in an interview in Taipei. Taiwan will not create conflict, but if it is provoked “we will not concede,” he said.
Taiwan Coast Guard patrol ships are seen during a drill held about 4 nautical miles out of the port of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, June 6, 2015. Taiwan’s coast guard on Saturday commissioned its biggest ships for duty, in the form of two 3,000 ton patrol vessels, as Taipei boosts its defences amid concerns about China’s growing footprint in the disputed South China Sea. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang
Taiwan Coast Guard patrol ships and helicopters from National Airborne Service Corps are seen during …
Unlike the Philippines and Vietnam, Taiwan has largely avoided becoming ensnared in public disputes with China over the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.
Beijing claims most of the South China Sea, while the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam also have overlapping claims.
Rival claims by Taiwan and China go back to before defeated Nationalists fled to Taiwan after losing a civil war with the Communists in 1949. Beijing sees self-ruled Taiwan as a renegade province to be retaken one day and bans actions that would confer sovereignty, such as negotiating territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou boarded one of the new ships on Saturday, observing rescue drills in waters off the southern Taiwan port city of Kaohsiung. One of the vessels will be sent to the South China Sea, while the other will be assigned to waters north of Taiwan where it has overlapping claims with Japan.
Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper reported on Saturday that Group of Seven leaders meeting in Germany on Sunday would express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East and South China Seas.
China has been criticized for extensive reclamation work and moves to turn submerged rocks into man-made structures. The United States last week said Beijing had placed mobile artillery systems in contested territory.
Red China Territorial and Maritime Claims in South China Sea
Red China – Land Reclamation Activity in South China Sea.
Taiwan Coast Guard patrol ships are seen during a drill held about 4 nautical miles out of the port of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, June 6, 2015. Taiwan’s coast guard on Saturday commissioned its biggest ships for duty, in the form of two 3,000 ton patrol vessels, as Taipei boosts its defences amid concerns about China’s growing footprint in the disputed South China Sea. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang
Taiwan Coast Guard patrol ships are seen during a drill held about 4 nautical miles out of the port of Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, June 6, 2015. Taiwan’s coast guard on Saturday commissioned its biggest ships for duty, in the form of two 3,000 ton patrol vessels, as Taipei boosts its defences amid concerns about China’s growing footprint in the disputed South China Sea. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang
Special Frontier Force Joins Tibetan Prayers for Unity and Solidarity. Tibetan Territory is fragmented by Red China – Subjugator – Occupation of Tibet
The Evil Red Empire – Red China – Land, Sea, and Airspace Expansionism – South China Sea.
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – THE GREAT PROBLEM OF TIBET : TIBET HAS LAND AREA OF 870, 000 SQUARE MILES. TIBET IS LARGER IN SIZE COMPARED TO ASIAN NATIONS LIKE JAPAN, TAIWAN, PHILIPPINES, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, VIETNAM, AND BRUNEI. TIBET IS THREE-TIMES LARGER THAN TEXAS STATE OF UNITED STATES .
Filipino environmental activists aim water guns at mock Chinese flags as they stage a rally outside the Chinese Consulate in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Monday, May 11, 2015 to protest against the continued building of infrastructures along a disputed group of islands known as the Spratlys in the South China Sea. The group is accusing the Chinese military of destroying the fragile ecosystem and livelihood of fishermen during their reclamation projects in the area which both countries have claimed ownership. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
I am sharing this story about dispute between Red China and Philippines as there are no stories written about dispute between Red China and Tibet. There is a territorial dispute between Red China and Tibet which I often refer to as ‘The Great Problem of Tibet’. Red China has a State Policy known as “EXPANSIONISM” and she extends her territory and her influence by using her superior military power over her weak neighbors. Philippines is resisting threat imposed by Red China taking help from other nations like Japan, and the United States. Filipino people have demonstrated their resolve to oppose Red China’s claims in South China Sea. Tibetans have to join this issue and learn the principles of warfare. To fight a stronger opponent, Tibet like Philippines needs partners to give strength to their demands for Justice in Occupied Tibet.
PHILIPPINES AIRS PROGRAM ABOUT SEA DISPUTES WITH CHINA
Philippines airs program about sea disputes with China
By JIM GOMEZ
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine government broadcast a television program on Friday aimed at boosting public opposition to China’s increasingly assertive moves to press its territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea.
The broadcast of the first episode of a three-part series, titled “Freedom,” on the state-run TV network coincided with the Philippines’ independence day.
The 22-minute video, which was also posted on government websites, focuses on the economic impact of China’s actions, including its 2012 seizure of a disputed shoal where Chinese coast guard ships have chased away Filipino fishermen.
The broadcast reflects increased enmity among claimants in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims virtually in its entirety. The U.S. military has increased surveillance flights over the waters to reassure allies territorially at odds with Beijing.
Rising military deployments in the disputed region have heightened fears of possible confrontations and accidental clashes that could escalate into a major conflict. Also Friday, about 200 left-wing and nationalist protesters staged rallies at the Chinese Consulate and the U.S. Embassy in Manila to condemn Beijing’s actions, including the construction of artificial islands in the disputed Spratly Islands, and oppose what they called U.S. intervention in the dispute.
Protesters face the Chinese Consulate to display their anti Chinese message during a Philippines Independence Day rally in the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines, Friday, June 12, 2015. The protesters condemned the recent reclamation of land by China in the disputed Spratlys group of islands on the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Protesters carry placards as they march in a Philippines Independence Day rally toward the Chinese Consulate.
Waving red flags and holding placards that read, “U.S.-China, hands off the Philippines,” the protesters called on Filipinos to join efforts to defend the country’s sovereignty and territory. “These two powerful countries are increasingly conniving and challenging each other in their quest for dominance in the Asia-Pacific region,” the protesters said in a statement.
The broadcast features interviews with Filipino fishermen who say they lost a key source of income after China began preventing them from sailing to Scarborough Shoal, which effectively came under Chinese control at the end of a tense standoff with Philippine ships in 2012.
A Philippine diplomat, Henry Bensurto, says in the video that China’s territorial claims include areas where coastal states like the Philippines have exclusive rights to fish and explore for other resources under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Chinese Embassy officials did not immediately react to the program. Beijing has steadfastly defended its right to pursue island-building and other activities in areas it says have belonged to it since ancient times.
“If we won’t get involved and take action, we may not have anything to bequeath to the next generation,” popular TV personality Lourd de Veyra says in the program. “The problem is we have a neighbor who sneaks in and out of our territory and takes away all the resources. This belongs to us.”
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THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA VS PHILIPPINES – FILIPINO PROTEST ON MAY 11, 2015.
Environmental activists display placards as they march towards the Chinese Embassy in Makati City, Metro Manila May 11, 2015. The activists demanded that Chinese authorities immediately put a stop to the ecological destruction caused by the reclamation activities of China in the South China Sea, which the Philippines calls West Philippine Sea. They also condemned what they say is the bullying by Chinese naval and coast guard forces of Filipino fishermen in the disputed seas, an environmental activist said. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA VS PHILIPPINES – A DISPUTE IMPOSED BY RED CHINA’S EXPANSIONIST POLICY.
RED CHINA VS PHILIPPINES :United States joint military exercise. April 20, 2015
Filipino activists hold anti China slogans as they march towards the Chinese Consulate during a rally at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines Thursday, June 4, 2015. More than 100 left wing Filipino activists demanded that China stop its increasingly assertive actions in the disputed South China Sea Thursday, warning during a rally that they can target “Chinese economic interests” with protests. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
In this photo taken May 16, 2015, Filipino fishermen sit at a meeting in Masinloc municipality in the northwestern province of Zambales where they, along with foreign journalists and local officials, attended the forum organized by Zambales and Masinloc officials on the South China Sea territorial disputes. Many Filipino fishermen in Masinloc say their livelihoods were affected over the disputed Scarborough Shoal off Zambales in 2012, affecting Filipino fishermen’s access to fishing waters. A group of 15 foreign journalists traveled to Masinloc under a study tour organized by the Hawaii based East West Center last month to look into the impact of the South China Sea territorial disputes on fishermen like Mula. (AP Photo/Jim Gomez)
Protesters face the Chinese Consulate to display their anti Chinese message during a Philippines Independence Day rally in the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines, Friday, June 12, 2015. The protesters condemned the recent reclamation of land by China in the disputed Spratlys group of islands on the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Protesters carry placards as they march in a Philippines Independence Day rally toward the Chinese Consulate in the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines, Friday, June 12, 2015. The protesters condemned the recent reclamation of land by China in the disputed Spratlys group of islands on the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Filipino environmental activists aim water guns at mock Chinese flags as they stage a rally outside the Chinese Consulate in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Monday, May 11, 2015 to protest against the continued building of infrastructures along a disputed group of islands known as the Spratlys in the South China Sea. The group is accusing the Chinese military of destroying the fragile ecosystem and livelihood of fishermen during their reclamation projects in the area which both countries have claimed ownership. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA VS PHILIPPINES – FILIPINO PROTEST ON MAY 11, 2015.
Environmental activists display placards as they march towards the Chinese Embassy in Makati City, Metro Manila May 11, 2015. The activists demanded that Chinese authorities immediately put a stop to the ecological destruction caused by the reclamation activities of China in the South China Sea, which the Philippines calls West Philippine Sea. They also condemned what they say is the bullying by Chinese naval and coast guard forces of Filipino fishermen in the disputed seas, a environmental activist said. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA VS PHILIPPINES – A DISPUTE IMPOSED BY RED CHINA’S EXPANSIONIST POLICY.
THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – LIAR : GENERAL FAN CHANGLONG, VICE-CHAIRMAN CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION, BEIJING VISITED PENTAGON ON JUNE 11, 2015.
Liar refers to a person who tells lies. Red China, a national entity has chosen a State Policy to conduct her affairs telling lies. The term ‘LIE’ describes a statement that one knows is false, and is especially made with intent to deceive. Red China is an habitual liar for she makes such false statements deliberately with intent to deceive her gullible neighbors. Tibet agreed to sign Seventeen Point or 17-Article Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet on May 23, 1951 fully trusting lies, false assurances, and fraudulent promises given by Red China. Similarly, Republic of India agreed to sign ‘Panchsheel Agreement’ in 1954, fully trusting lies mouthed by Red China. The act of deception means to bring, put, or accomplish something by lying. Red China has mastered The Art of Deception and she makes statements that have characteristics such as 1. Prevaricate: to quibble or confuse the issue in order to evade the truth, 2. Equivocate: implies the deliberate use of ambiguity in order to deceive or mislead, 3. Fabricate: suggests invention of a false story, excuse, etc., intended to deceive, 4. Subterfuge: suggests an artifice or stratagem used to deceive others and to evade something, or gain some personal benefit at cost of another person or entity, and 5. Trickery: implies the use of tricks or ruses in deceiving others.
For Red China is a born Liar, she uses ‘DECEPTION’ as her State Policy and she dishonestly deprives others of their property, rights, freedom, etc.,
PENTAGON CHIEF URGES CHINA TO STOP ISLAND BUILDING
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Chinese Gen. Fan Changlong Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, arrives at the Pentagon on June 11, 2015, and stands with US Secretary of Defense Secretary Ashton Carter(R) in Washington, DC (AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards)
Washington (AFP) – US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter called Thursday on Beijing to stop building artificial islands in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, as he hosted a top Chinese general.
The visit to the Pentagon of General Fan Changlong, vice chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, was relatively low-key amid simmering tensions over the maritime dispute and a massive hack of US federal employees.
China insists it has sovereignty over nearly all of the South China Sea, a major global shipping route believed to be home to oil and gas reserves, but rival claimants accuse it of expansionism.
“Carter reiterated US concerns on the South China Sea and called on China and all claimants to implement a lasting halt on land reclamation, cease further militarization and pursue a peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in accordance with international law,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
Carter had previously accused China of being out of step with international rules in its conduct in the South China Sea. Unlike previous trips, including one last year, there was no joint press conference.
“The Chinese did request that there not be a lot of media attention around this trip,” Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren said. Also raising tensions is this month’s revelation by the US government that hackers accessed the personal data of at least four million current and former federal employees.
The vast cyberattack is suspected to have originated in China, though Beijing has said the charge was “irresponsible” and stressed that Chinese laws prohibit cybercrimes. Prior to visiting Washington, Fan went to California and Texas.
His trip is part of a years-long effort to build a regular dialogue between the American and Chinese armed forces to defuse potential tensions and avoid miscalculations. Carter’s predecessor, Chuck Hagel, visited China in 2014 in a trip that was marked by friction, with each side trading sharply worded criticism.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (R) and China’s Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission General Fan Changlong listen to their respective national anthems at the Pentagon in Washington June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
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THE EVIL RED EMPIRE – RED CHINA – LIAR : GENERAL FAN CHANGLONG, VICE-CHAIRMAN CENTRAL MILITARY COMMISSION, BEIJING VISITED PENTAGON ON JUNE 11, 2015.
Ladakh Buddhist Association President Dr Tondup Tsewang told Al Jazeera that the Kalachakra was of great importance to the region, which is home to numerous Tibetan refugees.
Nearly 80,000 local Ladakhis, 15,000 Tibetans from around the world, 9000 monks and nuns, 5000 foreigners and numerous Indians attended the first day(***)s teaching.
Many Ladakhis came dressed in traditional clothes: voluminous woollen goncha robes clinched at the waist, dupatta silk scarfs and top hats.
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