Apr 09 2008
The Taiwan’s president-elect, ruled out visiting China himself. “Once I go, you can imagine how many rumours would appear and how I would be discredited.” What rumors Mr. Ma? And who would discredit you? You won on the assumption that you would increase the tie between China and Taiwan. Am I losing my mind? Not [...]
Apr 09 2008
I’m stunned. Gordon Brown was pulling out of the opening ceremony and George Bush is considering not attending. So it’s for real. But who and where is the under current? Who’s actually behind all of this? It doesn’t make a sense. Not the monks in Tibet. If it’s the special interest group(s), I think they sure deserve [...]
Apr 09 2008
What distigushes ’religion’ from ’sect’? (Wikipedia has a good one) Wider audience considers a religion? Number of followers determine the status? Great salesmanship?
I don’t know how Lin Yun began his sect, but I came to know him whom my aunt warmly greets as Erge 二哥, the second older brother (he’s the second son) in 1986, when I [...]
Apr 09 2008
I did a little research on Tibet few years ago, as a by product: I was gathering info on one of my great great grandfather who’s Viceroy of Sichuan during the Qing dynasty. In his memorials 奏折 to the Emperor or the edicts from the Emperor to him, Tibet occurred rather frequently, hence my research. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan and the logistic [...]
Apr 09 2008
The CIA is everywhere - Tibet, Afghanistan, Iraq, S America, etc, etc. Half the time, they create the problems for others… by Foster Stockwell
Western concepts of Tibet embrace more myth than reality. The idea that Tibet is an oppressed nation composed of peaceful Buddhists who never did anyone any harm distorts history. In fact the [...]
Apr 09 2008
I got this in the mail .. forwarded to me.. .. SO I’m not the only one who’s wondering! And I’d delete some from the title. Great powers attract unease and resentment simply because of their size ..
After working hard for 30 years, the Chinese people have succeeded in turning their national economy into [...]