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The twisted men who design China’s policies in Tibet and beyond

Zhang Qingli is the Party Secretary in TibetWang Lequan, Politburo member and Communist Party Secretary in East Turkestand (Xinjiang)Li Dezhu, Chinese Communist Party’s racial theoretician

Here they are. Look at them carefully and please remember their faces. If you want to understand the plight of Tibetans under China and if you want to know why Tibetans despise Chinese rule as deeply as they do, then read about these men and what they stand for. Zhang Qingli, Wang Lequan, and Li Dezhu aren’t the only ones responsible but they are integral pieces of the puzzle and their views speak volumes about Chinese racism towards Tibetans and other oppressed people under China’s fist, like the Uighurs of East Turkestan. The policies these three men promote make chillingly clear China’s plans for the future of Tibet.

An article in the Sunday Times entitled “Ethnic repression in Tibet masterminded by faceless trio,” exposes the sickness of their minds. May they be faceless no longer.

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Pingback from TIBET-GRANNFEJDEN PÅ RIKTIGT-PARAMILITÄR ÖPPNAR ELD! « OSÄKERHET OCH TYSTNANDET
Time: March 25, 2008, 6:32 am

[…] hur tänkerZhang Qingli, Wang Lequan då de skapar lite konfliktunderlag i policyarbetet när det gäller relationerna mellan Tibet Och […]

Comment from Franck Lazare
Time: March 25, 2008, 9:15 am

Free China, Free Tibet! That is the often unspoken reality the Tibetan Freedom movement faces: as long as China’s political system does not evolve/change, then Tibet will not be free. Can the Tibetan Movement break down the Chinese Regime?

Comment from unknown
Time: March 25, 2008, 1:47 pm

The picture of Wang Lequan is wrong picture.
Correct picture can be found here
http://tenementpalm.blogspot.com/2008/03/pre-olympics-xinjiang-terrorism-media.html
Unfortunately, chinavitae is not a very reliable source.
this is second time I have found grave mistake like this

Comment from yuen
Time: March 26, 2008, 12:46 am

no one commented a whole day after posting? I guess people are not that interested in the topic

not sure what you find so twisted and sick about the people and their policy (I assume you meant the one about assimilating minority regions by han migration); just realpolitic; why have the tibetan exiles had so little success? why do the nepalese and australian police treat the demos so harshly? realpolitic

to engage in realpolitic, you need to know your opponent and yourself; for knowing yourself: remember your leader was not democratically elected; he was proclaimed by senior monks when he was a child; tibet against china is not democracy against totalitanianism; richard gere might find this OK; people engaged in realpolitic do not

china, in its democratic way, says tibet (and taiwan) cannot declare independence without the agreement of the rest of china, because all chinese are entitled to take part in this decision; the argument might not appeal to people because of their belief in democracy, but people engaged in realpolitic find this an excellent excuse

tibetans need to figure out how to survive in a world of realpolitic; calling your enemies names might feel nice, but it solves no problems

Comment from yuen
Time: March 26, 2008, 12:49 am

I see you exercise censorship on comments; now that’s realpolitic

Comment from Hunterseeker
Time: March 26, 2008, 2:03 am

Tibet protests pressure Olympic sponsors
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/03/19/olympics.sponsors.ap/index.html
Sarkozy won’t rule out possibility of Olympic boycott
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/25/sarkozy.boycott.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText

Pingback from Olympic sponsors May Need to Re-think Beijing Support! « Realm of the Hunter-Seeker
Time: March 26, 2008, 4:02 am

[…] where it names names in its article Ethnic repression in Tibet masterminded by faceless trio, and Beijing Wide Open  puts faces to those names. No longer are they faceless!  The world now knows who they are. I am […]

Comment from Tian
Time: March 26, 2008, 7:30 am

I was looking at the link for racism, and although I agree that it has some valid points. I think to call it racism may be a pure misunderstanding. If these happen in democratic countries no one would call it racism.

1. The dirty serf issue. Well, I don’t doubt the fact that some Hans might have outwardly expressed displeasured at seeing an unkempt Tibetan person. This shows intolerance and it is wrong. But this is not racism. Take it out of its context, if you see someone dirty and in rags would your first reaction be positive? In western countries, I have seen people BEAT bums and homeless people just because they are homeless or poor.
2. Healthcare, education issue. Yes, I have no doubt that these statements are true. Healthcare and education programs are far worse in the countryside than in the cities. BUT THIS HAPPENS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST IN TIBET. This is because, unlike the paranoid western media portrayal, China is still a developing country. Facilities will be worse in the countryside, you will see this in all the provinces.

The reason that the Tibetans are living in the countryside and not the cities is not because the govt. is inherently racist, no, it’s because the Tibetans are incompetent in trade and thus are not rich enough to move into the cities.

Also, I think they don’t want to live in the cities since they are so anti-Han establishment. In this case, they are out of luck since China is a developing country and living quality in the countryside will be worse.

But on the brighter side, there’s a benefit for peasants living in the countryside. They are exempt from tax.

3. Connections, networks. Yes, the “guanxi” system of connections exist as well. But again, this is NOT racism. It’s simply the “Chinese” way of doing business. If you ask any western businessman doing business in China, they will tell you the same thing. It is how business is done over there. In fact, I would say this is the norm or the business culture anywhere in the world. Do you think a British or American bank would hire an employee if he refuses to speak English and wants to sabotage anything related to those countries?
4. “the benefits of this region favors the Chinese settlers”, this is very ambiguous. Although the legal and cultural format might be more Han than Tibetan, there are NUMEROUS laws within the Chinese legal system that favor Tibetans.
5. Suppression of religious freedom. There is limitations to religious freedom. This is because those monks/nuns don’t just pray, they talk about how to subvert the government and engage in violent protest that murder innocent women and children.
6. Cultural identity. This is again, another misunderstanding. Tibetan culture is definitely not suppressed. I have personally seen many Tibetan cultural promotion demonstrations hosted by the government in Beijing. And currently, education for major minorities such as the Uighur and Tibetan in China are in dual formats. They are taught in their native language and Chinese.
7. Assimilation. This is again, another misunderstanding. In modern China, as long as you don’t harm others or subvert the government no body cares what you do. If a Tibetan decides to wear the traditional red robes and sings Buddhist mantras as he walks in Beijing, there will be observers and perhaps some comments just like what you would expect anywhere, but other than that, nobody cares. If the Tibetans feel that they can’t assimilate, it is because they don’t want to assimilate not because the state is racist toward them. Tibetans also look like the Chinese, so there’s no argument for racism in its purest sense.

Comment from Gubbi
Time: March 26, 2008, 11:33 pm

In modern China, as long as you don’t harm others or subvert the government no body cares what you do.

Why are Falun Gong practitioners prosecuted?

Comment from Hunterseeker
Time: March 27, 2008, 5:13 am

Monks disrupt journalists’ tour of Tibet
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/26/tibet.china.ap/index.html
Hunterseeker

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