China 中国 Beijing: Pre-Olympic Hutong Crisis © 2007 Stephanos

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1. To see what the Chinese Communist Party and their spammer
   army are desperate to hide watch Tibet: A Buddhist Nun
   Tells Her Story Youtube . com/watch?v=mhrgb1PHodU where 15
   teenage nuns were imprisoned, tortured and 14 died. The
   survivor tells her story. Tell your friends. If there is a
   video with a better account of how bad things are in
   Tibet? Magnietuit, asilcotza, ThelandIIove, hcn9 and
   FreetheTruth1 are the spammers I see most often. Chinas
   finest. Get a life or a job. Thank you
2. "[Tibet] is entirely closed & witnesses unimaginable things.
   In March 2008, 20,000 people disappeared with no trace
   during the upraising in Tibet. Individuals attempting to
   escape over the border are being shot like in a
   shooting-range. We saw filmed material & photos taken out
   by refugees of Tibet. If a shown to a wider audience, all
   worldwide human rights institutions would unanimously
   respond to this crime against humanity." --Vytautas
   Landsbergis Lithuanian film-maker, 9/3/2008
3. Tibetans are subject to arbitrary arrest and
   detention Torture still prevails in Chinese prisons and
   detention centres Enforced disappearances, where a person
   is taken into custody and the details of their detention are
   not disclosed, continue to occur. The 11-year-old 11th
   Panchen Lama has been missing since his status was announced
   in 1995. Today, it appears the Chinese are using Tibet as a
   dumping ground for their, and foreign, nuclear
   waste. tibet(.)net (Central Tibetan Administration)
4. That was never the point. I wanted to make sure the story
   had legs.
5. what does this have to do with China's government and social
   issues? that was one incident where they guy was clearly off
   his rocker. if you're going to criticize please bring up
   legit points instead of looking for any bad thing that
   happens in china and using it as a sounding board.
6. They eventually were separated from the protesters by men
   who appeared to be plainclothes security agents and were led
   away.A representative of Students for a Free Tibet said he
   did not know where they were taken.
7. The protesters, 3 American, a Canadian and a German, were
   calling for an end to China's occupation in Tibet. While the
   demonstration was initially regarded with curiosity by
   onlookers, a group of young Chinese men suddenly started
   shouting "Get out! Get out!'' and surrounded the foreigners.
   Some wore red and yellow headbands, China's national colors.
8. August 10, 2008 BEIJING (AP): Activists breached heavy
   security in Tiananmen Square for a protest at the Olympics
   but were confronted by angry Chinese as they wrapped
   themselves in Tibetan flags and spoke about freedom in
   Tibet.The five members of Students for a Free Tibet clasped
   each others' hands and walked around the square around noon
   Saturday,chanting "Freedom for Tibet" and "One World, One
   Dream, Free Tibet"-a play off a Beijing Olympics motto.
9. Aug 7 2008 Three American Christian activists were dragged
   off Tiananmen Square and detained in Beijing after staging a
   protest over religious freedom and human rights for the
   second day running.
10. Aug 9 2008 URUMQI China (AP) A series of pre-dawn bombings
    killed or wounded at least four people in a region of
    western China, state media said. Witnesses reported that
    explosions hit government offices and public security and
    military police posts. The agency said witnesses reported
    seeing flashes of fire and heard gun shots following the
    explosions. Xinhua said local military sources confirmed the
    incident and said they have deployed forces to the area
    which was sealed off by police.
11. Aug 9, 2008 Beijing -- An American closely connected to the
    U.S. Olympic volleyball program was stabbed to death
    Saturday and his two companions were wounded, before their
    Chinese assailant leapt to his own death off the
    13th-century Drum Tower just north of the Forbidden City in
    Beijing.
12. Well you want to know some of the REAL stories? People held
    like zoo animals behind bars? Then watch this:
    watch?v=8J5yQIihljE
13. The Chinese government can't tolerate criticism. They rely
    on falsehood for their survival and censor the
    truth. Falsehood must rely on violence, censorship and
    suppression of truth to survive. Without that it will vanish
    like darkness faced with light. When human rights are
    suppressed, when people are jailed - or worse - for
    expressing opinions, how dare anyone suggest that we
    shouldn't shine a light on these atrocities. I say bring on
    the (non-violent) protests and boycotts.
14. I don't think rules are followed. Rules are for breaking. It
    is common sense.
15. I am surprise that you beilieve that there is no rule when
    take properties away from people. It is a common sense, the
    sources are every where. Go to google, search for
    北京拆迁费, you will see a few Q&A on Baidu. and
    related policy posted on govt website. Now, you should as
    your source about ppl been forced out without receiving a
    penny, can you cite any of those source? It is totally
    against common sense. also google "北京拆迁法"
16. You can watch on TV from Canada with awe!
17. So you think poor people are poor because they are weaker
    than the rich? I do not ascribe to that archaic viewpoint.
    I say the poor are actually stronger than the rich in most
    ways. The people of China will rise up one day!
18. You never cited any sources. I would like to know if you
    have any. Really. I am not sure if these people get
    anything at all. Maybe they just get evicted and thrown on
    the streets. With the olympics, all the street people are
    being forced out of Beijing. Some of those people could be
    the evicted Hutong people. I wonder??? Maybe China is just
    lying to the world. I wonder??
19. the truth can not be elected, what is is wahat is, there is
    no action without both positive and negative effects, if you
    are a pesimist and focus on the negative, then im really
    sorry for you, i have donated and volunteered for groups
    that aid them but the world is constantly changing. those
    who cant keep up will fall and theres not much you can or
    should do
20. An Injustice anywhere is an Injustice Everywhere!!!
21. That is not a hypocracy, that is an injustice. Maybe you are
    just unwilling to call it what it is. Why are you defending
    it??? That, I think, is the real hypocracy. And quite an
    easy position to take from Canada of all places...shame
    shame!!! We are talking about real people, on both sides.
    You are cold.
22. i live in canada because my relitives lived in canada for 3
    generations, i have no control over where i am
    born. secondly the hipocracy is that more people are being
    forcibly evicted by buying out or somthing similar in every
    city. in my city alone, around 600 downtown east side
    residents have been evicted without much reason other than
    the owners had sold the property to developers. they only
    had 3 day's notice as well and poliece were there to enforce
    the order. what goes up must come down
23. How do you know they are not being forcibly evicted? Please
    cite your sources. What is it to be bought out? ..especially
    if the new building construction is worth muti-millions of
    dollars? What is the hypocritical argument you are talking
    about? Why do you live in Canada instead of China? Why must
    the poor settle for a small amount of money for their homes
    and be forced out? It seems unfair?
24. they are not being forciably expeldled, they are being
    bought out, theres a diffirence, and although i feel for
    them , such a argument is hippocrictical because that is
    just the way the river flows
25. These Hutongs are right in the center of the old city wall.
    There has been mass destruction of the Hutongs prior to the
    Olympics. Like you said, it is a complicated issue. The
    Hutongs the government have saved have become quite
    commercialized.