April 8, 2008 @ 12:07 am
· Filed under Sport
Leaving London, the Olympic torch arrives in Paris. The flame of glory will spread peace and harmony across the world; however, there are some evil forces that break this harmony. As the flame departed from the Eiffel Tower and crisscross Paris, it was disrupted several times and police made more than two dozen arrests. Some demonstrators threw themselves at the torch, and at least one tried to snatch it away. Another tried to put out the flame with a fire extinguisher. In London on Sunday, the Olympic torch was also met with widespread protests about our China’s human rights record and the recent clampdown on Tibet. Nowadays, many westerners engage in boycotting the 2008 Olympics for the sake of Tibetan and Sudan issues. They criticize our China and produced distorted reports about the March riots in Lhasa. I am extremely irritated by their ignorance and malice. Biased reporting is usually the outcome of ignorance. The simple way to get the truth is by visiting Tibet, talking to local people and listening to what they have to say. I do agree the condemnation that it is an attempt to sabotage our China as well as the Olympic spirit. Olympic Games has nothing to do with politics, it is just a grand party for the high- profile athletes and for all the people of different nations, races and religions. However, there are some people taking this chance to fulfill their political purpose. Western leaders have called on our China to provide civil rights and freedoms to those in Tibet and to enter peaceful discussions aimed at resolving the crisis. Let us seek facts from fictions, as a Chinese, I do think I have the human right to live a happy life, and we enjoy the freedom of religion, of expression, of assembly and possess the equal right under the law. How can those people criticize our human right issues without basing on the facts? When it comes to the Tibetan crackdown, things become more clearly. Tibet is one part of our China, and the same is true with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. We will not allow anyone to break it apart. The Tibetan people actively participate in state and local affairs, and they have democratic freedoms and self-rule in Tibet. At the same time, Tibetan culture has thrived. We respect Tibetans and love them but not the mob that cause violent riot and kill innocent citizens. The purpose of Dalai Lama is to mislead the world to distort China and to build his own kingdom apart from China. What he thirst for is not democracy but an independent country under his rule. How would your government respond when its people are suffering from killings, beatings, lootings and arson as what took place in Lhasa? Will you look on with folded arms when somebody wants to take one of the state or city apart of your country as an independent kingdom? That is the question to those radical westerners.
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