Dear God,
I want to pray for Tibet. It makes me sick when I think we go to war for weapons that don’t exist but we leave the monks to be killed by the Chinese. China has no God but money and America needs to stand for more than that. It makes me so sad when I think what this country could stand for and how much blood has been shed in the name of nothing. I pray for our country. That we have the strength to show the rest of the world what’s right and wrong once again.
Ally Friedman, New Jersey
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April 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I think that your belief can be conveyed through a diligent effort to avoid Chinese made products. My fiance and myself have done everything humanly possible to list no item on our registry that comes from China. We lose our leverage of sound beliefs if we have too firm a reliance on the products made in China.
April 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I believe that we must stop wars that have no reason to exist, I believe we must stop wars at all. They are old ways of making things function (by force, the easiest way for some)… but I do not believe your country has the power or the moral authority to say to other cultures “what is right”… American way of life may look like the perfect way of living, but you never try to be on other cultures’ positions. You are closed minded, “Whats right for us must be the only right things for the others”, I do not believe that. Everyone can become an example of peace and respect, being open to understand the meaning of peace and respect of the others.
April 9th, 2008 at 12:07 am
You want to save some people’s lives so you make some other people as your enemies. You think revenge or punishment can make this world a more peaceful one?
I am so tired of misunderstanding. People all believe what they want to believe and choose some people to hate.
Chinese have no God then who are there to give us wisdom and courage?
We need more love, from ourselves, between HAN and TIBETANS, among all 56 nationalities.
We need each other.
April 12th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Why would you expect the country to make a stand. It’s not in their best interest. If you want people in desperate situations to get help, go help them. GO! get out there. Bandage the injured. Nurse the sick. Feed the hungry. Educate the children. What are YOU doing to end suffering. Or are you sitting on your couch in you nice comfortable American house in your nice comfortable American neighborhood just hoping that things will change? Take one from Mother Teresa and GO.
April 12th, 2008 at 2:05 am
well said Shio - while i think Ally’s motivation is good, we must all learn that we cant respond to one wrong with another one, and to criticise all of China for government policies in Tibet isnt the answer. We MUST pray or hope that those who do these things learn their error and we should pray or hope for more people in China to see and acknowledge that they should respect Tibetans the way they themselves want to be respected. Nationalism, blame, hate just drives each side further apart when i imagine those monks would rather we drew closer together.
So please talk as much as possible about Tibet, but not by being anti-China. And for Shio, i hope you will read and spread this message in Chinese by the Dalai Lama at http://www.tibet.ca - second box on the left.
April 13th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I always proud of we have different culture and different ethnic groups that can live together. in that map , yellow color show where Tibetans live in China. Dalai Lama wants to built a big Tibet which yellow color covered,, and he control it. it also include 1/2 my homeland- Sichuan Province. I cannot agree with that. I still believe our different ethnic groups can live together. just like my homeland Sichuan Province has 54 ethnic groups live there. we never said that place only allowed one ethnic group live there, others get out there. it is not right. All the western news never told people before 1950s, Tibet still a Slave society. because old Chinese government allowed Dalai Lama to do whatever he want. But after 1950, chinese government stop Slave society in Tibet, Dalai Lama’s family lost their Slaves, but they still rich. Was it wrong?? Western said we break tibet culture, but if u go to tibet , everthing still there. chinese government spend millioms chinese yuan rebuilt those temples which break down in Cultural Revolution. we built highways, railroads , airport, hospitals, schools. if we do nothing, western will say we set Tibetans in the poor, we built school for them , they have to learn knowledge, not just believe god, god can not give them food. then they can work, they can change their life to better way. the old system , Tibetans want to get Education, they only can go to the temples. Those monks control people’s thinking, ask them work for them.So Dalai Lama does not want to see Tibetans learn more knowledge, those monks afraid lost the power after people learn more knowledge. So they say we break their culture.
April 13th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
let’s make it to easy way. western does not want to see a stronger country over them. China is their target now. When u r growing up, in ur news, movies, tv shows, Chinese and China always show in the bad ways. i can understand that u can not change ur mind. we do not trust each other…so in the future, we may hit each other. i hope it is not be happened. but we r not powerful people , we can not stop it.
April 13th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Dalai Lama said wants peace and supports the Beijing Olympic Games; At the same time he agitates and plans the Tibet rebellion. The government must stop those people who is over sea born tibtans and listen to Dalai Lama to rob and set on fire in the city of Lhasa. And some over sea born Tibetans hit other nationalities and rob their shops. but Dalai Lama to be able to say this is the suppression, then he may obtain more sympathies and the money aid from international. This is the dirty political game.
April 13th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
that pic is not real blood. those lamas enjoy the show time
April 13th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
amen.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I wonder what She would make of the ideas put forward in this thread.
I agree with Flavaflav and Shio from Beijing. Human rights abuses in Tibet are a tragedy that cannot be justified, but the only way to stop them is through dialogue and understanding, not more generalisations that lump all Han Chinese in the same boat. As an Australian I have not supported many of my own government’s policies over the last 12 years when we blindly followed the US, but thankfully i live in a democracy where i have the right to protest the injustices it waged supposedly on my behalf. The Tibetans and dissenting Han Chinese do not have that luxury. Moreover, they have been born into political systems that promote misunderstanding and narrow minded prejudices between cultures. The idea that boycotting Chinese products will lead to any kind of change in this environment is ridiculous!
April 15th, 2008 at 1:18 am
peace above.
peace below.
peace within.
live in peace.
love in peace.
spread peace.
receive peace.
peace to you.
peace throughout.
peace.
April 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Dear Readers,
To preface this comment, I’m a Chinese-Canadian expat from Toronto currently living and working in China as a filmmaker. I work primarily in Hong Kong but divide my time between HK, Beijing, and Shanghai.
All this anti-China sentiment is a product of western society sprung by people who don’t know a damn thing about Tibet’s long rooted history. Under the Yuan dynasty (AD 1279-1368), Kublai Kahn united Tibet and China. Since then, Chinese emperors have ruled over the territory by appointing Dalai Lamas, the supreme clerical leader of Tibetan Buddhists. In 1907, Russia and Great Britain signed a treaty to respect Tibet’s Territorial integrity and cooperate with Lhasa by mediating with Beijing. The 1947 Constitution of the Republic of China featured some members of the Tibetan government and fixed Tibet’s location within China. Today, Tibet is a regional autonomy and people in Tibet enjoy freedoms as anyone in China or the world. They cultivate their land and raise livestock and are free to express themselves and practice their religion. There are no serfs, and Buddhist monasteries get their money from tourists, develop traditional crafts, and receive subsidies from the regional and central authorities.
The Lhasa riots of March 14 had Tibetans killing both Chinese and Tibetans, women and children alike, striking whomever they saw walking on the street, setting fires to businesses and looting. American media fails to shine a light on thist. China does not have a spotless record when it comes to politics but who does? Remember American involvement in Vietnam, My Lai? Kent State? Segregation in the south? Iraq? Abu Graib? What gives America the right to go about and point fingers and say you’re wrong and I’m right without first taking into consideration the above mentioned? All these people protesting against China and using the Olympics as an avenue and are wrong in doing so. Ally Friedman, from New Jersey, made a comment that China has no God but money and as a Chinese/Canadian find this harsh and unfounded and ultimately very sad. I am ashamed to say to people that I have been raised in North America my entire life.
China has been a communist country but since it opened its doors to the world twenty some odd years ago, the communist days are over despite the fact that they still retain the title People’s Republic. The Chinese of today enjoy a life their ancestors wish they had. Ration cards are no longer needed to obtain the necessities in life. Markets are opening up, trade is done, foreign companies are setting up shop and having lived and seen China I don’t doubt the prosperity of the country and the symbiosis between east and west living here. We have to look at the facts, the United States economy is dwindling due to such factors as credit and the politics of its officials and China, with its open door policy, is proving to be next in line as an economic superpower, a fact that Americans are not easy to accept.
I’m not an angry person and by no means a war monger. It upsets me when anyone, black or white, Tibetan or Chinese is hurt physically or mentally. However, all this free-Tibet sentiment is grotesquely gone about the wrong way, trying to make peace by creating enemies. The Olympics should not be used as an avenue of protest but should be seen as a truly harmonious and beautiful exhibition between countries who compete with each other not by means of violence or weapons, but by sport and encouragement. Athletes train all their lives in the hope for this one shot at glory that they can tell their children and grand-children later down the road. Let’s not tarnish such a beautiful event by mixing politics with sport and I ask anyone who decides to write a sentence or two blurb about free-Tibet to do a little more research into the subject or to live in the land that they are promoting everyone to rise against.
Sincerely and Best Wishes,
Trevor T.W. Cheung
ttwcheun@yahoo.com
April 16th, 2008 at 7:33 am
The great thing about this time in Tibet’s history is that it is a turning point for them. The entire world has been forced think about what is happening, and Tibet has been brought to the foreground internationally in a way it never has been before. It truly heartens me that so many people care about Tibet. Buddhism is one of the most important spiritual disciplines out there.
We are all connected together. Tibet is a valuable resource and center for enlightenment on the planet. Tibet is possibly the Earth’s spiritual center.
We shall all be watching closely what happens to the spiritual men that are under arrest and those that are even now surrounded by the Chinese army. These monks will starve to death soon if they don’t get food.
We stand with the spiritual men of Tibet.
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May 25th, 2008 at 12:54 am
I just don’t think China as a whole should be blamed. Hong Kong is considered part of China for the most part, and the two don’t even have the same beliefs. The cultures are also very different. So it makes me mad to hear that people from Hong Kong are clumped together with all of China… Please do not continue to generalize against people from Hong Kong.
June 4th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
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August 28th, 2009 at 11:57 am
As a Tibetan, I’d just like to reiterate what has been said about lumping all Han Chinese in one big pot. The government, its policies, and the politicians pushing such policies are the ones to blame, not the ordinary Chinese people, who also suffer at the hands of their government.
I find it tragic that hateful comments have been allowed on this particular post. The internet is infested with them, particularly when it comes to posts about Tibet. There are extremists on both sides, but most of us pray for understanding and dialogue.
There are many more things that can be done for Tibet other than praying. Raising a Tibetan flag is a vital part of raising Tibetan awareness. Educating oneself on the issues is also something helpful, as is volunteering for Tibetan organizations, donating money, sponsoring refugees… There are numerous ways to get involved in the Tibetan issue, and many of them are non-political, such as the One H.E.A.R.T. organization, which seeks to cut the infant mortality and maternal death rate in Tibet by teaching Tibetans to become midwives and save the future: the children.
Bless you.