BBC interview a Chinese author and activist

[ttiiyy]

If the West really does want to help Tibet, they will have to be willing to help train the Tibetan army and provide Tibe billions of dollars to build a strong country that can protect itself. I don't think the US can afford to do that anymore. We are giving Israel billions of dollars every year. Quite frankly, I think that needs to stop.

[bonkersblock]

These bitch is manipulative lier!! communist brainwashing does work marvels..

[eastern2western]

the major problem is that both sides fuzz up the facts to achieve propaganda. tibet exiles used fake tapes, facts and statistics to raise a near anti-chinese tidal wave in the west. the commies are usig history try to portray tibetants as backward feudal system. at the end, the chinese people are kind of mad because they see that white people are using tibet as a near anti-yellow peril campaign against the growing power of china.

[greatexpectations89]

你别说那么多废话。中国政府一直控制人民，根本不给他们发言自由­。中国人不正常怀疑媒体说的事情，而且媒体说的都是一样的。你看­youtube，它什么都有，然后比一比中国的优酷，它被控制得­特别厉害。

[lovelySweetSakura]

Don't work for her, mate! She is nothing but a shame to china.

[skystarlord]

bbc and all u eapurea media all bull shit

[luyultsang]

what language is she speaking. Can't understand a word..?

[omnidivisible]

What is laughable is the continuation of a fictional or simple narrative of the good oppressed Tibetans versus the malevolent communist China, when the communist Tibetans and Chinese have worked in solidarity out of feudal, imperialist, foreign, and religious oppressions for social and economic justice for the peoples in Tibet and China for fifty-plus years ever since some of the three masters of old Tibet or the CIA-funded lamist oligarchy left.

[omnidivisible]

Through documented incidences of recycled uncritical and frequent deliberate false and incomplete contextual reporting of stories and events in Tibet and the constant saturation of all thing anti-Chinese and anti-communist, neither can one trust the "objectivity" and credibility of a well-funded CIA Anglo-Dutch global network of print and news, and educational "documentaries" for Tibetan causes.

[Stadiumhere]

OH, yes, China is the right authority to criticize biased coverage. I can't stop laughing...

[RayInChina]

She actually lives in Britain and doesn't actually agree with what her home government is doing. Having lived in China for 6 months I totally understand where she is coming from. Having had the chance to see both sides of the story, so to speak, our media is just as malevolant and one sided as any Chinese proganda that dominates their lives. Thinks about it.

[greatexpectations89]

That's nonsense. The media in Europe is of course freer than the Chinese media. I worked for Chinese media and there is a form of censorship that is incomparable to any Western Media.

It is very arrogant of you to say that you understand after just 6 months.

[RayInChina]

I never claimed I understand the systems, only that I understand her frustrations. I also never suggested that Britain didn't have freedom of speech. However, I stick to what I said when I said "our media is just as malevolant and one ided as any Chinese propaganda". Our media can say pretty much anything it likes, but it's hardly well known for being the most neutral when it comes to reporting a story. I know 6 months is a tiny amount of time, it only allowed me to gain a little understanding.

[antonyrogers]

I like to read the BBC, Al Jazeera and XinHua. I try to do this to gain a less biased view of world events.

I was most interested to see what XinHua would say about the shoe throwing incident.

XinHua had nothing about it.

Nothing.

It's not as if they want to keep it all business like on XinHua as they have the odd news section and they do have scandal and tabloid-esque sleaze; today in the form of Tom Daschle and Michael Phelps. However, no shoe throwing.

Hmmmm.

[sirrington]

She has a point there

[tygrys787]

Does ? :

Russia care about Humans Right ?

United St.of America care about Human Rights ?

Iranian care about Human Rights ?

Ask yourself my friends and start think .

All the best in 2009

[yahwehdirtydog]

why did you forget israel's butchery and oppression of palestinians, are you a jew?

[esrisuren]

absolutely sad this nation!

[stealthyf23]

Loving china doesn't mean loving your government's policies. Everything that is against the chinese government's propaganda is immediate labeled western propaganda. Wake up, brainwashed people! When was the last time you can openly critizing the communist ideals, and its leaders? If you love china, you should be opposing your government and demanding reforms right now! Loving one country is NOT loving the government.

[zhangyileo]

YOU SAID IT RIGHT. WAKE UP brainwashed people YANKEE.

[stealthyf23]

another blinded nationalist fool. By the way, I'm vietnamese immigrant living in US. So yes, I've woken up from the communist lies.

[zhangyileo]

Oh yes? wooo,Vietnamese American? Well I am Chinese immigrant living in the UK, So yes, We beat the hell out of the Vietnamese at 1979.

[stealthyf23]

lol, the chinese government said they won and the vietnamese government said they won. Both communist bullshit. And I don't give a damn who won. Both governments were a bunch of wolves hungry for power and used the lives of their people to pay for it. And good job to you for playing the part of the pathetic guy who bragging shamelessly about his brainwashed worldview! Your government doing a good job there I see.

[zhangyileo]

Really? LOL Vietnamese won? So we went to your country, burnt your house and destroyed your road and slaughtered your men, then we went back. You call that a victory?　you may able to fool the WEST but how can you fool yourself?

[stealthyf23]

Are you fucking retarded? Didn't I say I don't give a fuck who won? Your government sent your countrymen to their death so to gain more power, and you rejoice in that shit? What kind of chinese are you? It's because of brainwahsed idiots like you that your government still being able to oppress your people. You're a shame to china.

[zhangyileo]

wow... Caim the fuck down my friend. OK, OK, I know now you don't care.... But then why you have to be so dramatic. Maybe, just maybe deep down your heart, you still feeling hurt that your countrymen dead like dogs for nothing. anyway, it;s long again. My point is I acutally believe that my ogvernment is shit and not very good with human right stuff. But then which government in the world is not shit?

[stealthyf23]

Here's exactly why I'm angry. You talking about human lives like it's no more then a game of chess. And the fact that you take joy and pride in something so immoral is just fucking' sick. I don't care if you were talking about vietnamese or chinese dying. They are all humans, and I would still get as angry if you were talking about chinese. As for your last comment, the fact that no country in the world is perfect paradise justified your government's behavior how?

[zhangyileo]

Maybe my attitude towards dead soldiers are not very good taste. But your attitude towards pro-government Chinese is not very nice either. You don;t go around and call other ppl "brainwashed" if they just happen to have a different view with you. That just rude and show your ignorance

[stealthyf23]

Certainly, your view about war, the dehumanization, dead soldiers and the loss of their family is only "bad taste" while my view about pro government chinese is "ignorance?" And please, who the hell was it that corn the term "brainwashed yankee."

[zhangyileo]

cmom, my "brainwashed yankee" only comes after your " Wake up, brainwashed people! ". you see, you should stop aruging like a little girl. who says what first, the point is you dislike Chinese and their government, so whatever I said you call me "brainwashed" that is total IGNORANCE.

[stealthyf23]

So saying it second makes you a "better" person, how? By the way, stop the "everyone has different opinion" argument already. That is a childish argument. What next? I can't call Hitler a fucked up guy because he has a different way of thinking about the jewish people than mine.

[stealthyf23]

2 sides of the story? You want they also report the chinese propaganda?

[Mmrrgglll]

Thanks for westerners' biased views of China, more and more international students with A grade and immigrants are decided to go back to China and help their own country. Whatever u say... time will prove whos the hard working ppl..China's GDP grew 10% last year.

[bravebhoba]

IF ask any Tibetan in Tibet, what they want, they want the Chinese get out of Tibet, all of them except some Chinese government officials. Stupid author, what do you mean by "from screem'? The fact is the so called " screen" is the screen made by the Chinese government. The chinese government already established a "hatred " between the Tibetan and Chinese. The whole world knows truth, that is the Chinese lie without a hestitation from the top to bottom.

[xuci111111]

You sounds like reasonable, so I don't need to repeat all the stuff I said before - just see through the video before commenting please?

And have you PERSONALLY asked the Tibetians? If not, your statement is invalid, since in hsitoric definitions, what you hear and see on TV in 2nd hand evidence - in other words total useless and biased, so go see the 1st hand evidence for yourself!

[bravebhoba]

Change is what Tibet and rest of the world needs. Free Tibet and rest of the world. Free of speech, free of religion, free of oppression, and free of media

[unicorn187]

We don't need 2 Super Powers.

It's embarassing enough the one we have.

Do we really want two competing to be #1?

[42marty12]

Best comment I have seen. I am not Chinese but it is clear that the UK is stuck in 1989.

[kawaiiyang]

some of my family are in US,they also support olympic torch realy,why?they are holding the American passports,but why they still support for it?that is for game,not like dalailama said he supports game and after that some of them tried to stop the torch? is that right?please open your mind and think about it,china have some human right problems,but how about other countries?US?what is exactly human right?inchina,there are 13 billion people,if us have 13 billion people,what they will do for them?

[kawaiiyang]

As you said, dalailama is for the game? if he for the game he won't let those protesters to agansit for the Olympic Torch, Most of protests are paid because one of them said free japan but when we asked him, he said free japan are wrong words and he paid by some people, look at this?whatever you said, please go to beijing this summer and have a look you will know your judements are wrong, i will go back as well to support olympic game, if china don't have human right? why chinese support for it?

[kawaiiyang]

Please go to China to have a look what exactly look like and make all your judgements, China now have already changed and Tibet people are very friendly when i was there, if you never ever been to there, please keep slience..

China have some human right problems but how about US? they always say that human right to each countries, how about iraq??? how about the people died in iraq during the war? how many people died during the war? why the media not focus on that?

think about it~~

[robinaali]

You are right in one respect. The Olympic games are the best thing for China. They are really trying where human rights are concerned. However this lady has not mentioned the american media. Bush regardless of what we think of him made sure not to denounce China. He would sound hypocritical. I support the Dalai Lama and he to is for the games. The Eurapean and British Media on the contrary have the worst bias on the Iraqi war. Every1 deserves a voice even China and America thats Democracy

[koa2001]

Actually, the western governments never care about other countries' human rights. They just use human rights as a tool to gain benefits for their own.

Human rights is also a weapon being used to strike any country which is considered a "threat". The best time to kill a "threat" is when it's still growing up.

[hawkforce]

shut up blablacrap...

[benyamaguchi]

If tibet has to separate..then north america can pack their bags n give the land back to the natives

CANADA SHOULD GIVE QUEBEC BACK TO QUEBEC

USA SHOULD LET GO OF HAWAII

If China has no human rights, what were U.S. and British troops doing with innocent people in Iraq?

Every country makes mistakes and has issues like this...

[takuwan199]

Do you even realize that Quebec citizens are given the right to vote whether they can separate (last one in 1995)? I don't think Tibet is given that right.

[benyamaguchi]

um...well you have to realize its china..even chinese people can't really vote..its not a democracy where theres more than one party..

In china, theres only probably one party that dominates all..ive never heard of other parties, therefore theres no need to vote and i never heard of ppl voting in china lol..

But then, even if tibetans vote, they are a minority group, they will be outnumbered by the 1.4 billion chinese and other ethnic groups in china.

[kk169]

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[wansuiclay]

yah, "western media" is not fair. Nor is the Japanese media, or the Taiwan media, ... wait, the Korean media is also not fair.

When is it that these communists will self reflect on the virus which is the communist party?

[HuaChiem]

Why don't China let the western media into Tibet then...so people can actually see what is going on. Lady, you are asking the western media to be fair on China but have China been fair to the western media?

[superlip2003]

As always CCP is making a stupid mistake here baning media. However western media are making a even more stupid mistake by reporting only one side of the story. These biased/distorted reports are doing more damage to global human right movement.Many Chinese friends of me used to believe western media totally, but now they claim that "the positive image of western media has shattered, just over night."

Xinhua has nothing to lose, BBC/CNN just lost 1.3 billion supporters.

[4485lolo]

agree....

[overnightrpm]

Five years after the American invasion, the reporters in Iraq still have to be protected by american troops all the time everywhere they go. Otherwise, they would be killed by god-knows-whom before they could send any word out. So you expect Chinese government to let reporters to go into the vast Tibet region by themselves right after the riots and random killings of civilians by those cold-blooded Tibetan terrorists/extremists?

[kaven1211]

I can't agree with you more...support you!

[cloudsforest]

agree with her!

[demonizechina]

Did u watch the video? She is not a member of the Chinese communist government. Don't u think BBC would not have pointed that out if she is what you claim her to be? She even criticized China's human rights record. So anybody that does not yell "Free Tibet" is Chinese communist spokesperson?

[tsayang]

She is a Chinese Communists Spokesperson! SHAME ON CHINA!

[nzlees]

The Buddha said there are 3 things that poison the mind - greed, anger and delusion. Anger affects rationality. It's better to listen and reflect on the meaning.

[singrider]

but most of are are not buddism.

God said who belive me will blablabla, also if you don't belive god, in the old time you will be killed as dogs in china.

So you mean god is blasted that st mary had been raped by someone we don't know?

so he can be such a agressive religion.

[nzlees]

Buddhism taught is to respect others' religions. In the eightfold path, we should cultivate proper speach.

[kingrichard91]

i think buddhism should have a mass like christianity b/c people who called themselves "buddhist" don't actually know what buddhism really is

[nzlees]

Buddhist temples of the various traditions(Theravada, Vajrayana and Mahayana) do conduct teachings of the Buddha. You just need to check out these in the temples around where you live. Recorded teachings by reknown masters are also available on video and audio on the internet. Many temples also distribute teachings on CD's, VCD's and DVD's.