Australian PM delivers Olympics message - 09 April 08

[HumanRightsVideosT]

The communist party has been in Tibet since the invasion in 1949.

It is time for the violence to end.

Free Tibet and China.

[hliu376]

i bet he is reading pinyin on paper not chinese characters

[thinkinrich]

i was in china more than 8 years but speak better chinese

[justpostit]

kevin actually learnt it in uni..

[genxdarkangel]

Read what you just posted. Have you noticed yet? If you haven't, you sound like CNN. You're one step away from getting a job with CNN.

[genxdarkangel]

Why must they leave? They will harmonise your society so you western fuckers will end up speaking mandarin and learn how to treat others with respect.

[hsd628]

Oh yeah. The same Respect that China treats the people with in Tibet - a free and sovereign nation that it invaded by force and brutally repressed for over 40 years? The same respect that China treats the people with in Xinjiang, a province with no ethnic affiliation to native Chinese which it basically has taken over and repressed brutally for many years? The same respect with which China treated PEACEFUL protestors in Tiannanment square in 1989? You're smoking crack, you fucking moron.

[dalifar]

Now I wait for Chinese paid demonstrators.

[genxdarkangel]

People like you should not exist.

Go join the US army and die like a dog that you deserve.

[cosmicbullfight]

i don't disagree with your point of view on china but this is no way to make your case.

[fussyprince]

why would chinese hate western vakues? all chinese are smarter when it comes to do business n making money, belive or nt. chinese are making money from everywhere, sucking all your pocket. why fuk off then?

[fussyprince]

without chinese, you would be naked, everybody in this world would be naked. Without Chinese, where is Australia going to get the billion dollars resources deals? The BRW magzine says the luxury cars sales has been almost trippled, why? Because all of the hard working aussie have been working for the demand from China, and they are making huge profit. Dont say anything bad about Chinese, They are waking up, but for americans, pommies, aussies plz wake up,look around you!!!

[minnesotaviking22302]

boycott racist China's genocide Olympics. Free Tibet!

[DeathlyReaper217]

It just sports.

[dalifar]

Screw China and the policies.

[Djav78]

lmao telling rudd to go home haha i am pretty sure thats what the tibetans are telling china :)

[fussyprince]

Kevin Rudd can speak Chinese is a symbol of Chinese plays a very important role in this world nowaday. Like why people can speak english from a non-english speaking country. Kevin Rudd is very smart, non like Johnny who follows american all the time.

[Logicandemotions]

You must be kidding, go home? people in China loves Rudd.

Fuck Australia? how in details will you do that? put your penis in the sand in bondi beach?

[holunhoyeah]

Says who, Aussies??? Chinese like Rudd because he can speak Mandarin..dont make me laugh.

[eightincher8]

Fuck Australia!!!

Who do you think you are you aussie scum??

Teaching your father how to fuck???

Fucking arrogant Assie Scums...Go Home!!!!!

[kolalajoe]

Eightincher8: Your the one being arrogant noy Kevin Rudd.

[kolalajoe]

Oops I meant not Kevin Rudd lol.

[holunhoyeah]

Rudd is a messenger of Bush..Rudd said he didnt see any violence in Tibet and China should have let the tibetans kill and set fire cuz this kind of things are acceptable in Asutralia. Go Home!!!Rudd!!! you are nothing but a barking dog of the west.

[berettam92s]

hes doing his best to not jeopardize the relation between chinese and the aussies, hes under a lot of pressure, you should give him some credits.

[dctcool]

The fact that Kevin Rudd knows the language will really work to his advantage with debating with the Chinese,

However he'd better not go in way over his head like he did against the Japanese whaling, granted the whaling is a serious problem but Rudd was throwing a tooth pick at a samurai.

[Jazzytiger]

I'd be afraid to go to China now. CCP has been actively oppressing muslims within China. Recently CCP arrested over 45 terrorists planning to bomb Olympic venues and tourist hotels. You can be garunteed there are far more.

China has hidden their human rights atrocities against Muslims from the West.

Be careful if you are thinking of going to China for the Olympics.

[judge1108]

If you are not a terroist, what would you be afraid of? There are Muslim temple, muslim community, and muslim restaurant all over China. Hope you enjoy your time there.

[rulei]

One prince just called "Ningxia Muslin Province." see by yourself.

[Iamfuckingchiink]

Jazzytiger,

don't fuckin SLANDER chinese.

Chinese never had problems with muslims.

You must be a jew. right?!

[Iamfuckingchiink]

Jazzytiger,

don't fuckin SLANDER chinese.

Chinese never had problems with muslims.

You must be a jew. right?!

[Logicandemotions]

please watch your words, otherwise you are slander chinese yourself.

there are boths jews and muslims in China, didn't seems to be a problem

[wjli2]

i am scared to go to Ireland now, every Paddy is a terroist or is affilliated with one, carrying out murder, rape and torture...

[intestinetreasurer]

if only the govt can be more transparent then other countries MIGHT not misunderstand it as much

[intestinetreasurer]

the reason for lack of trust is because there are still lots of uneducated ppl who are capable of violence in regards to the above 2 points and thus social instability potentially killing the whole country

[intestinetreasurer]

the chinese media is the way it is because it does not trust its citizens. i dont care whether its a good/bad thing but tbh if westerners want to know why it fears:

1. chinese ppl starting up vioilent riots against countries due to pissed offness

2. start another 1989 like incident when influenced by foreign media

[Logicandemotions]

I am a Han Chinese, and I love Tibetan Buddhism , but now I question how many of those so called tibetans are really "spiritual"... and have a "peaceful" heart and all those nice title they FOREVER LABEL themselves with. Sure Chinese Gov has its own problems and more or less made mistakes on the past, but comparing with those "tibetans"... I mean, what a disgusting act in the name of "human right" ,"love","freedom".... Isn't this world full of madness already?????

[rulei]

The demonstrating Tibetans are bad comedian instead.

[spudule]

It is not so simple as enemy or ally in the world these days. China, like America cannot thrive if it isolates itself. The world revolves around investment and if you expect any more from Australia you are being naive.

As for the protests, China wants to keep its territories and it wants to make Tibet more chinese. The west sees Tibet as a puppet state, like Manchuria (Manchukuo) was for Japan. That Tibet is not a perfect country is not the point, they are denied the right to choose their fate.

[rulei]

Please free Tibet, North Island, Scotland, Quebec and Greenland etc. together.

[qsong6]

did u find that all the camera r on the tibet side，why did u think about this？

why no chinese people were able to get on the

street and i am very sure all ur info r from

ur so called media。 no bad words please，good night。

[spudule]

It is interesting how critical chinese supporters are of our media when, in fact, our media, al jazeera (arabic-not western), the english independent and guardian are independent and impartial. Is it not ironic that Chinese media is controlled by the state, do you not think it likely that a state controlled media is more likely to distort the truth? Good night from me too :) I look forward to discussing this with you more.

[beijingusyd]

Well...you really should know something about west meida. This news clip is from Channel Ten at Australia. It is an Australian TV channel. Yes, it is sponsored by some arabic finace group. Actually a Channel Ten sports commentator was fired by his Arab boss by calling a Muslim cricketer "terrorist".

I must say Arabic countries in gulf are more rich and generous to play these media games compared with Chinese government.

[beijingusyd]

As I guess, al jazeera and channel ten have the same Arab boss. So, this video clip do not put any Channel Ten logo on this video. But the speaking ancent are typical Australian acent, and the journalist in the video is a Channel Ten correpondent at Sydney.

I guess Channel Ten will never play any negative news about their own boss, that is, those oil-rich gulf countries. But it is ok to play negative news about China, since China does not sponsor them.

[diuleeseafood]

Being able to speak Mandarin doesnt mean Australia is not an ememy. Australia is a slave country of US so Australia is our enemy. What aussies want is only our investments and it is wrong for china to have invested so much in this country.

[CULAVE]

Rudd must be a very intelligent man. PM of a great nation and fluent in a difficult language. If Rudd is serious about addressing the human rights issues, perhaps he is the only westerner the Politburo will listen to. And he is completely right not to allow the Beijing- employed thugs not to follow the torch on Australian soil.

[judge1108]

His mandarin is impressive...but where did he say 'there are significant human rights problems in Tibet'? What I get from this video is he said "as a old friend of China, I would like to discuss this issue with chinese leaders"..what issue? Sounds like the 'violence of each party' as he mentioned in the first sentence...

[pingshum]

In the voice over, the reporter has mistakenly says that, ' Kevin Rudd learned the language (Mandarin) druing this time as diplomat in Beijing.'

In deed, he majored in Chinese language and history at the Australian National University. He earned BA(Asian Studies) degree with First Class Honors at the ANU.

[feet77]

Australia, fuck yeah... Kevin kicks ass. China can't complain of someone criticizing their human rights record as being "culturally imperialist" when that criticism is delievered IN CHINESE. If more western leaders learned Mandarin, China might actually be forced to change.

[feet77]

Australia, fuck yeah... Kevin kicks ass. China can't complain of someone criticizing their human rights record as being "culturally imperialist" when that criticism is delievered IN CHINESE. If more western leaders learned Mandarin, China might actually be forced to change.

[dombatts]

One on one sucky sucky la la... its what got us here in the first place. They don't listen and they treat diplomatic gestures as petty interference. Given the Olympics and what has the CCP been doing?.610 Office to eradicate Falun Gong?. A subject barely touched by our supposedly biased media. P.S I thought YT was for individuals not parrots of the CCP kind.

[petapiti]

Hopefully Kevin Rudd will have success.

If chinese leaders want to play a more and more significant role in the world, they will have to get used to dealing more openly with critical subjects. The world's consideration for chinese fear of 'losing face' will in the long run not exceed a certain degree. Both sides have to move towards another.

[teemuruskeepaa]

2:06 why do the Police push his face down when tries to resist? He is not threatening with small movements and the police can keep him on the ground. The police treats such a demonstrator as if his actions are not just threatening but also evil and they can't be allowed. It is not about detaining an unlawful demonstrator but a religious attitude to label them as evil, which can't be allowed to exist at all. And they always do that, not just in Paris.

[mengwise36]

What the show called "Cops" and you will understand. That is what the Police are trained to do.

[teemuruskeepaa]

No, you must explain it to me. I guessed as much that it isn't really about their attitude but the ideology of the wrinkled old patriarchs at the police leadership. What is their excuse?

[mengwise36]

Why do I have to explain anything to you? You believe what they were doing was wrong and no "explanation" in the world can change your opinion. I am just telling you that what the police did was standard operation procedure. Why do some parents hit their kids while others don't? Can you explain that?

[mengwise36]

Why do I have to explain anything to you? You believe what they were doing was wrong and no "explanation" in the world can change your opinion. I am just telling you that what the police did was standard operation procedure. Why do some parents hit their kids while others don't? Can you explain that?

[teemuruskeepaa]

You wanted me to read your explanation but when I ask you to explain it to me, you deny the relevance. I think you're protecting the violence because it is important for the power structure which you are trying to climb up. ;)

[mengwise36]

I said "What the show called "Cops" and you will understand. That is what the Police are trained to do.". Which part of that did you NOT understand? There is a show called "Cops"? The the police are trained that way? You replied with "No, you must explain". What is there to explain? I am not passing judgment on anyone's behavior. I could have said that the protesters were wrong to be there, but I did not.

[teemuruskeepaa]

Yes, and now are doing anything but explaining the reason for pushing demonstrators to the ground every inch, namely trying to save your face :D Indeed, the face is most important weapon in a capitalist system.

[Ayeere]

HE told where to see it, and i know on that show they explain thier tactics sometimes. YouTube it google it. He is not trained in Special Education, why does he have to try to teach you?

[teemuruskeepaa]

Telling is not teaching but interaction on mutual ground.

[mengwise36]

So, you were asking me to explain to you why the police, when they arrest someone, will push the suspect face down? I am no police so I an only offer a guess: It is almost impossible to move the rest of your body when you are pinned face down. It that good enough for you? And what are you ranting about "save face"?

[teemuruskeepaa]

He avoids all eye contact, even with Bush!

[petapiti]

watch 0:38

[teemuruskeepaa]

I did and he looks left most of the time. Then he reads the paper without any look at the audience. Then he walks to the booths with Bush, Bush looks at him due procedure, he looks at the ceiling and by the mic he looks down, never at anybody. All social democrats are the same around the World. A stereotype is a fat, straight standing person, who is over-confident and hostile to other ideologies. Like communists but just with lame and special interest agenda.