We owe a lot of money to China. You’ve heard the saying “Never tick off your barber?” Well, it looks like Obama is about to royally piss off China. I’m not rippin’ on Obama here, just pointing out that when you make a pact with the devil you should most definitely take into consideration the ramifications of crossing your partner.
From AsiaNews.IT:
On 16 February, the spiritual leader of Tibetans will begin his journey in the United States. Chinese official: the government is "firmly opposed" to a meeting between the two Nobel Peace Prize Winners. The Tibetan government in exile dismisses China. Washington: The meeting will be held at an appropriate stage.
Beijing (AsiaNews / Agencies) – A meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama "would seriously threaten" relations between Beijing and Washington. This was the statement expressed by a Chinese official two weeks ahead of the Tibetans spiritual leaders visit to the United States. Dharamsala – the seat of the Tibetan government in exile – rejects of the Chinese government threat and stresses that "there is no reason" to fear any discussion "between Obama and his holiness."
During a press conference held today, Zhu Weiqun – a Communist Party official and head of the Department of Labour – said that Beijing was "firmly opposed" to a meeting between the two Nobel peace prize winners. He adds that it "will significantly undermine the political basis of Sino-American relations", at a time when relations between China and the United States are experiencing a critical moment.
"If the American leaders – continued Zhu Weiqun – choose to meet with the Dalai Lama right now, all this will end up putting at risk the trust and cooperation between China and the United States."
But the U.S. government has yet to confirm a meeting between Barack Obama and Tenzin Gyatso, XIV Dalai Lama, who next February 16 will begin an official visit to the United States. However the U.S. administration says that the meeting will take place at an appropriate stage. Besides all the predecessors of Obama have received the spiritual leader of Tibetans, attracting widespread ridicule in Beijing.
Meanwhile, Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government in exile, has rejected the threats from China. Thubten Samphel, government spokesman, emphasized that "the role of the United States is to facilitate a just and honest dialogue between the envoys of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government." He added that America "supports the approach of his Holiness," that "the Tibetan issue must be solved in the context of the Chinese Constitution."
Last week, finally, a group of envoys of the Dalai Lama met with Chinese government officials in Beijing. Zhu Weiqun reports that the summit highlighted the "deep divisions" between the parties on the status of Tibet. The communist government confirms that "national interests [i.e Chinese] are inviolable and there is no place for discussions about national and territorial sovereignty”.
In other news involving China, the Catholic Church is undergoing major persecution these days (So what’s new?).
Also from AsiaNews:
Brother viciously beaten in Dong Chiem, a parish under siege
by J.B. An Dang
In a statement to be read in all churches until next Sunday, the archdiocese of Hanoi speaks of hundreds of police agents and soldiers forcibly blocking anyone who tries to reach the Dong Chiem parish church. Those who dare approach are threatened and can be arrested.Hanoi (AsiaNews) – Vietnamese authorities appear to have opted for a violent crackdown. In Dong Chiem parish, a man religious was viciously beaten (pictured), many people have been threatened, some arrested, whilst the local church is under siege, no one allowed near it. This comes after Catholics held a peaceful rally to protest the destruction of a cross on Mount Tho in an area owned by the Church for over a hundred years. Meanwhile, expressions of solidarity have poured in from Catholics in other neighboring provinces of northern Vietnam.
The parish church “has been completely surrounded and isolated” since yesterday. “Anyone who approaches the entrance is stopped by security agents who man checkpoints around the building. Priests from the Hanoi deanery have been stopped before they could cross the Xay River bridge, some 500 metres from the church.”
The archdiocese of Hanoi has used the aforementioned terms to describe the situation. Its strong-worded statement will be read in all of the capital’s churches at the end of every Mass, starting today until next Sunday.
Saint Francis’ prayer will be read. “Where there is hatred, let me sow love,” the text says, “for the parish priest, his vicar and all his faithful,” and “especially for our brothers and sisters” who have been “beaten and jailed. May they firmly keep their faith in this time of difficulty and be able to join the mystery of the Cross of Christ.”
The statement goes further. “We want man’s fundamental human rights be respected,” it said, “so that our country can have peace, justice, democracy and know true civilisation”.
It also refers to hundreds of police agents and soldiers, some in uniform, others in plain clothes, mobilised for the action against the parish. It speaks of parishioners terrorised by loud speakers spewing insults, lies and threats against the parish priest, Fr Nguyen Van Huu, his vicar, Fr Nguyen Van Lien (who have already been interrogated and threatened several times by police) and parishioners. Altogether 16 people are said to have been detained or arrested.
“The inhuman treatment meted out on 11 January to Nguyen Huu Vinh was far worse. The same is true for Redemptorist Brother Anthony Nguyen Van Tang.”
“At the checkpoint on the Xay River bridge, four or five agents attacked the Redemptorist and a layman. The latter was only slightly injured, but Br Anthony Nguyen received wounds to the head, lips and eyes. The victims was viciously beaten until he lost consciousness,” Redemptorist Provincial Superior Fr Peter Nguyen Van Khai wrote.
If the situation was not so tragic, the recent attack against AsiaNews by the state-controlled Vietnam News Agency (VNA) could be treated as a bad joke.
Knowing that it cannot be contradicted at home, VNA accused AsiaNews of spreading “defamatory stories” concerning the Dong Chiem affair, claiming that “Catholics have not suffered repression.”
Can someone explain to me why we have anything to do with a country beats people for practicing their religion and mandatorily kills it’s unborn? Was there no other country from which we could have “borrowed” money? I just don’t get it.
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