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[The Island of Doubt] Someone tell the Dalai Llama he's got bigger problems than the Chinese to worry about.
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[Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News] World must bring China into democratic fold: Dalai Lama: "We have raised solemn representations with the Polish side and expressed our strong dissatisfaction," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said of the Dalai Lama's meeting on Wednesday with Polish President Lech Kaczynski. "We urged the Polish side to do nothing to harm or undermine China-Polish relations or to create obstacles for the relationship and not to harm China's core interests." China had issued even sterner warnings to France before and after French President Nicolas Sarkozy, current holder of the EU presidency, met the Dalai Lama in Gdansk, northern Poland, on Saturday.
[Defencedebates's Weblog] Poland fetes Dalai Lama « Defencedebatess Weblog: Not by accident, the Buddhist leader kicked off his six-day tour of Poland in Gdansk at a party for another modern icon ” Lech Walesa, leader of the pro-democracy Solidarity trade union which helped topple communist rule in Poland in 1989, the year the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize.
[Blogactiv - EU Blog Platform] Stanleys blog » EU-China relations: the Dalai Lama factor: More worrying is the spread of the dispute beyond intergovernmental circles. Several, government-controlled Chinese newspapers have warned that a boycott of French products is likely to follow. In spring 2008, millions of text messages were circulated, calling for a boycott of Carrefour, before the official reaction that such a boycott would be contrary to Chinese interests as Carrefour sold virtually only Chinese products. It was also reported that official travel agencies were discouraging tourism in France. Inevitably, warned the newspapers, there will be an important price to pay for such a deceitful provocation which touches “the national unity of China and its vital interests” (People’s Daily). The extent to which press reporting may be government inspired may be unclear, but there is no doubt about the popular anti-French reaction.
[Global Geopolitics News and Analysis] CHINA: Relations With EU May Suffer Over Dalai Lama Visit : Global ...: Chinese officials have long discarded the Dalai Lama’s calls for greater autonomy for Tibetans in China as a smokescreen for a push for outright independence for the Himalayan region. They distrust the Tibetan spiritual leader and blame him for stirring up anti-China sentiment among Tibetans and overseas.
[China Digital Times] China Digital Times » Photo: Mountains in Sichuan near Tibet, by ...: China Digital Times (CDT) is a collaborative news weblog covering China's social and political transition and its emerging role in the global community. It aims to serve as a news aggregator, resource center, and an interactive .
[His Holiness the Dalai Lama] Dalai Lama Urges Government Action On Global Warming: Krakow, Poland, 7 December 2008 (AFP) ” The Dalai Lama on Sunday appealed to governments to protect the environment against global warming as UN climate talks continued in Poland -- and said even his native Tibet was threatened.
[Comments for Darwiniana] Darwiniana » China/France on Tibet: “There are reports that Chinese consumers have started to boycott French goods, and that they are staying away from French giant Carrefour, which is one of China’s biggest retailers with 46,000 employees. Prior to Sarkozy’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, Beijing called people to remain calm and not to boycott French goods while last-ditch efforts were made to get the meeting canceled.
[Blogactiv - EU Blog Platform] Stanleys blog » China: 4 trillion yuan spend not universally welcome: Zheng Yongnian [Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore], has expressed his disappointment with Premier Wen Jiabao more directly. He accuses Wen, like Zhu Rongji in times past, for investing a lot of money in infrastructure instead of building the social security system, or spending money on the people and so once again missing a great opportunity for social reform. Zheng states: “Money is needed for China’s social reform, and the Central Government has plenty of it, but is neither willing not able to spend it.
[Jeff's NewsCloud Journal] Jeffs NewsCloud Journal » Blog Archive » Calif. adopts major ...: California air regulators on Thursday approved a climate plan that would require the state’s utilities, refineries and large factories to transform their operations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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