Self-immolation increasing among Tibetan monks

[simontatt]

The guy at 0:15 reminds me of Johnny Depp!

[rugggd]

Down with China. Free Tibet.

[BAIYUE1]

Stop assimilating Tibetan now-Chinese

Stop destroying Tibetan culture now-Chinese

Stop killing Tibetan now-Chinese

Peace for Asia

[TheSaImonfan]

In his luncheon speech, Burns talked about areas where China and the US have cooperated, such as the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but also points of disagreement, including intellectual property rights, tension over the South China Sea and the appreciation of China's currency.

"As our relationship evolves we must continue to take steps to address the most competitive elements in our relationship in the space, cyber, nuclear and maritime arenas," he said.

[TheSaImonfan]

"Enhancing transparency in these areas is essential to the long-term stability of our relationship," he told an audience of Chinese and US officials, business executives and scholars.

Burns said there will be enormous challenges for the two countries for many years to come.

"A narrow focusing on areas of agreement is not enough given the challenges we are facing together," he said. "We have to dive into the difficult cases as well."

[AzerChristians]

1) Free Tibetans from DL's Ban on worshiping Dorje Shugden & let them have RELIGIOUS FREEDOM first without further oppression!

2) Buddhism teaches FREEING from LUSTS for POWER & CONTROL, and yet all these Tibetan monks yearn is HOW to take back Tibet, even on Tutu's birthday party to promote ur OWN agenda !

3) Returning Tibet back to Feudalism is BACKWARD & UNJUST to ALL except the ruling Lamas class.

4) Karma is why u r exiled FOREVER !

5) Dying to Tibetans is just to reincarnate, GO ahead !

[TheHairyChannel]

Don't burn yourself, burn other things

[BarbaraShigley]

The survey has measured the global image of 50 countries annually since 2008, and is conducted among citizens in 20 major countries, including 11 developing countries.

Its results are based on the ratings of responses to questions in six categories - exports, governance, culture, people, tourism and immigration/investment.

[BarbaraShigley]

China ranked third in cultural heritage this year, the nation's best score, but performed poorly in terms of governance.

Xiaoyan Zhao, senior vice-president at GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communication, said that fast economic development and the Beijing Olympic Games had helped change public perceptions of China since 2008.

[BarbaraShigley]

"The Games showed the world the modern side of the country, vibrant cities, stunning architecture and the welcoming people. All of those contributed to the positive image of the country," she said.

The top 10 countries on the Anholt-GfK Roper survey list are all developed nations - the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Canada, Italy, Australia, Switzerland and Sweden.

Brazil was the highest ranked developing country at the 20th spot.

[BarbaraShigley]

The same countries have dominated the top 10 over the years with slight ranking changes because they have consistent reputations and a well-balanced image, Zhao said.

The Chinese government has been paying attention to its national brand building in recent years with investments in hosting international events such as the Olympics and the World Expo, and advertising on the world famous Times Square in New York.

[BarbaraShigley]

However, Zhang Shengjun, deputy dean of the Institute of Political Science and International Studies at Beijing Normal University, said publicity was only a secondary factor in term of improving China's national image.

"It will surely help, but the root cause is still increased strength. In the current context this means economic growth," he said.

China is now the world's second-largest economy and the largest exporter in terms of volume.

[BarbaraShigley]

According to the study, China, Japan, Germany, the US and Canada will be the top five influences on global trade and economics over the next 10 years.

But in the export index, China ranked 11th.

Despite a series of economic problems, the US remains the most admired country in the world for the third consecutive year with the best overall reputation, according to the report.

[BarbaraShigley]

"That's because it's the overall reputation that matters in the case of national image building," Zhang said.

"The strengths of America's international standing continue to be innovation, opportunity and vibrancy," said Simon Anholt, NBI founder and an independent adviser.

[BarbaraShigley]

"A good image wins fame and attracts substantial interest. But it is not be built overnight, so it cannot be improved overnight," said Fang Lexian, a professor at Renmin University of China, adding that costly one-off campaigns can only help in a very limited way.

[TheSaImonfan]

Funny facts: The Dalai Lama's glasses, clothes and himself were all made in China.

[tnzn05]

@TheSaImonfan True Fact: Noone's against China or its people, instead its the CCP whom everyone including most chinese are against.

[TheSaImonfan]

More than 300 doctors from about 20 provincial regions across China on Thursday left Beijing for Tibet, where they will offer free surgery to children with congenital heart disease and people with cataracts.

[tnzn05]

@TheSaImonfan You kill 1.2 million people in Tibet, destroy 6000 monastries, not only rip people of their national identity but even take every measure to kill its culture and degrade its environment. And then you pride yourselves for sendin a few doctors to help? Its ridiculous. 300 doctors can't solve the pain you have caused both physically and mentally to every tibetan.

[forgottenmemories63]

@TheSaImonfan North Korea employs doctors from the West to treat their subjects, That doesn;t mean King Jong Il wasaa Great Person. Tyranny is tyranny, Nothing can erase that fact. China stole tibet and they should give it back to Tibetans.

Fuck Chinese CCP ! Freedom for Tibet !

[TheSaImonfan]

During their 10-day stay in Tibet, the doctors will visit Lhasa, Xigaze, Shannan, Nyingchi and Ngari, the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, the organizer of the program, said in a statement.

[TheSaImonfan]

A source with the department told CNN sponsors have invested "millions of dollars" to better facilitate the doctors and enrich the medical donations.

Aside from providing surgery, the medical specialists are expected to pair up with local doctors and offer them short-term training.

[TheSaImonfan]

In an effort to help impoverished newborns with congenital heart disease to have access to medical services, the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee has organized doctors to preform free operations on more than 100 children since 2008.

Most of these children were from China's hinterland regions of Sichuan, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, according to a statement from the department.

[FREETIBETANSNOW]

Two Tibetan Youths Self-Immolate

2011-10-07

So far, seven Tibetans have

set themselves alight this

year in a desperate attempt

to highlight rights abuses.

[FREETIBETANSNOW]

The monk, identified as Kalsang Wangchuk, 17 or 18 years old and from Kirti Monastery in the mountainous Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) prefecture,

set fire to himself near the

vegetable market in Ngaba town,

exile Tibetan sources said,

citing contacts in the area.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

David Creech is a self-proclaimed "plant nut" from Texas who keeps coming back to China for two reasons.

The horticulture professor and arboretum director wants to help stop the spread of cancer around the world. He'd also like to help spread blueberry farms around China.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

More than a decade ago, cancer research labs and pharmaceutical companies in the US couldn't get their hands on enough Camptotheca acuminata, also known as Happy Tree of China thanks to the literal translation of its name, xi shu. The tree is the source of Camptothecin, a cancer-fighting drug.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

Creech knew there were more plants - and likely more genetic variety - in the tree's native regions, that is, primarily Southeast China and the Tibet autonomous region.

"My first trip to China was in 1997 when I accompanied Shiyou Li, the director of the National Center for Pharmaceutical Crops at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

Li had received a large grant for Camptotheca acuminata," Creech says. "We traveled all over China for about six weeks working with Chinese officials to accumulate germplasm from a wide cross-section of provenances and to study the ethnobotanical aspects of the tree.

It was the start of a long relationship.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

"During that first visit," he says, "I met many Chinese scientists and made friends with like-minded horticulturists. Those first encounters led to later invitations to visit China on a variety of projects. "Since that time, I've been to China about a dozen times," he says, and he's always surprised at what he sees.

"I have been totally amazed at the urban vegetation strategy in China. There's no doubt China is a world leader in re-vegetation and highway plantings.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

Any visitor to China - particularly those who visit the megacities - cannot help but notice that China is planting millions of trees. All the superhighways, highways, roads, railroads, canals and riversides are planted with trees".

Besides providing an aesthetic treasure, he says, "these trees do much to provide a carbon sink, alleviate pollution and reduce erosion".

[DemocracyGIadiator]

"I also come back to China because I'm enthralled with Taxodium improvement," Creech says, referring to a plant genus in the cypress family. "While baldcypress is a native US tree, we have done very little to improve the species. Chinese researchers have bred promising parents, selected superior clones, and propagated them asexually into numbers that we in the US find difficult to comprehend.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

"A couple of years ago I visited a Taxodium nursery near Jinjiang (Fujian province) that has over 2 million plants," he says. "That's probably more than is produced in all the United States."

[DemocracyGIadiator]

Creech's counterpart, Yin Yunlong, a professor at the Nanjing Botanical Garden (NBG), has introduced him to the extensive breeding and selection efforts that his garden has pioneered in China and the extension of this US tree into highway plantings, parks, and coastal windbreaks. Some of that is documented on the website of Creech's university arboretum

[DemocracyGIadiator]

Creech is also eager to see China embrace another US favorite: blueberries. "I'm excited that the growing blueberry industry will prosper and provide China with a new and exciting highly nutritious crop," he says. "With significant central and provincial support, many plantings are in the young stages of development. Whether or not they prosper will depend on Chinese scientists, farmers and businessmen. I'm here to help."

[DemocracyGIadiator]

Creech is working with professors He Shanan and Yu Hong, also of the NBG, on blueberry research. "It's a new and exciting crop for China," he says. "Blueberries have gained favor with the upwardly mobile Chinese looking for a tasty and highly antioxidant fruit.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

Creech is working with professors He Shanan and Yu Hong, also of the NBG, on blueberry research. "It's a new and exciting crop for China," he says. "Blueberries have gained favor with the upwardly mobile Chinese looking for a tasty and highly antioxidant fruit.

[DemocracyGIadiator]

Thousands of acres are being planted and some have met with great success. The market is under-exploited, and there appears to be great excitement and government support to extend plantings across those areas where this fruit crop has been adapted."

[HHTHEDALAILAMA]

Love

gives rise

to peace and

happiness within us,

which we then bring to the world in which we live.

[HHTHEDALAILAMA]

Once they are properly developed,

 the mind's good qualities increase

indefinitely.

[HumanRightsVideosT]

Free

the

World

from

Regime of China

spammmers

[TheSaImonfan]

The real Sheila Shigley is 45 years old and how could @Saulan be only 35 years old? Does it mean Mrs. Shigley can pop out her daughter and then put @Saulan back to her womb and then gave birth to her little Candace 4 years later, and then pop @Saulan out again 10 years later?

@Saulan, you are impersonating the real Sheila Shigley. Lol! WuMao

[ShigleySheila]

In winter, the whole city of Lhasa was quite as in hibernation. The drawing room of Kunga Rigzin, however, was filled with guests. They were here to ask Kunga to choose an auspicious day for their traveling or building a house. They sat quietly waiting for the master to calculate in a solemn atmosphere. They came here early in the morning, and until noon, the last one had left.

[ShigleySheila]

Current Tibetan calendar has been used since 1027 A.D., a combination of Tibetan phenological calendar, Indian Sri Kalachakra Tantra (Wheel of Time Tantra), and Tang's calendar brought by Princess Wen-Cheng. It has evolved into a sound and scientific calendar system. It was awarded as “the most authoritative calendar” by Chinese Academy of Sciences and approved as "intangible cultural heritage”.

[ShigleySheila]

The Complexity of Tibetan calendar can be seen through the Tibetan almanac. Even though you know the Tibetan language, it is still difficult to read the almanac except some superficial and symbolic content. Only the expert can tell you what the book is really about. Kunga Rigzin is one of the experts.

[ShigleySheila]

As a professor of Tibet astronomy and calendrical calculation research institute, he is one of the few experts who know the Tibetan almanac well and are responsible for the compilation. His family is engaged in Tibetan calendar calculation, and his ancestors had served the Dalai Lama. Kunga is the 23rd generation of the family.

[hujintaomustresign33]

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei declared that the Dalai Lama - who announced last weekend that he would decide on his reincarnation when he reached 90 - should have no say in his successor.

"The 14th Dalai Lama himself was conferred the title by the government of the Republic of China," Mr Hong said.

Any conferment of the Dalai Lama title without Chinese government approval would be illegal, he said.

[hujintaomustresign33]

"There has never been a case of a previous dalai determining the next dalai," Mr Hong said.

"The reincarnation of living Buddhas is a form of succession special to Tibetan Buddhism, and the policies of freedom of religious beliefs observed by China naturally include respecting and protecting this form of succession in Tibetan Buddhism."

[hujintaomustresign33]

The Dalai Lama, aged 76, who fled to India during a rebellion against China in 1959, said last weekend "no recognition should be given to a candidate chosen for political ends by anyone, including those in the People's Republic of China".

He has said previously he will not be reborn in Tibet unless it is free - raising the prospect of rival dalai lamas being declared inside and outside China.



[HumanRightsVideosT]

@dorje168

Free

the

World

from

the

Corrupt

Regime of China and its State Terrorism

[mispistoIeros]

A French writer's book put on sale recently has disclosed another side, including opportunism and tricks, of the Dalai Lama deified by some Western politicians and armchair pundits.

Maxime Vivas's new book "Not So 'Zen': The Hidden Side Of The Dalai Lama" hit the shelves of bookstores and online retailers Thursday, days after the Dalai Lama himself held a three-day public conference in the southern French city Toulouse.

[mispistoIeros]

Facts and views in the 130-page French-language book refute the long-time self-beatification of the Dalai Lama.

"Based on the word of the Dalai Lama in his transcribed memoirs and also in his speeches during his trips abroad, Maxime Vivas highlights opportunism, omissions, tricks, and lies of a man and his kingdom," the publisher Max Milo Editions said in a press kit.

[mispistoIeros]

"In a plea for secularism, the author raises the question of what would be a 'Free Tibet' led by a recalcitrant prophet in front of science and freedom of worship," the publisher said, while presenting a briefing of a feudal system decades ago under the Dalai Lama and the free primary education system in today's Tibet that is significantly bringing down the illiteracy rate.

[mispistoIeros]

"The trend in France is mostly to edit mass books praising the Dalai Lama. Writing against the Dalai Lama or breaking his image is akin to smearing the portraits of Nelson Mandela or Mahatma Gandhi, the idols which we can't touch," Vivas told CNN.

[mispistoIeros]

Confusion-and-curiosity-driven­, Vivas conducted a truth-seeking trip to Tibet in the summer of 2010 with several other French journalists.

He found there is a modern Tibet prospering with free prayers in temples and monasteries and even on the streets, and Tibetan-written signs are everywhere.

[mispistoIeros]

"What I saw in Tibet is not like what I read from the French press and books," he said.

To clarify the contradiction of the real Tibet he witnessed and the one in the Dalai Lama's propaganda and most Western reports, Vivas read numerous documents, including studies of French parliamentarians, and researched opinions from various angles.

[mispistoIeros]

"This book is not based on documentation of the opponents of the Dalai Lama, not documentation of the Chinese authorities," he said. "But the information I have drawn from speeches, lectures, interviews and memoirs of the Dalai Lama, and also with his

The book with the Dalai Lama's photo on the cover is now on the bookshelves of Fnac, the largest retailer of cultural and electronic products in France, and in the book category of U.S.-based Amazon.com, the world's largest online retailer.

[mispistoIeros]

There have been many comments about the book on the Internet.

Some pointed out the double status of the Dalai Lama mixing political with religious faces.

"However the truth is, he is not actually the person he appears to be. His actions have not always been in accordance with his message of peace, tolerance and compassion..." a netizen named "Caz Namyaw" commented.

The book also has drawn attention from the French media including TV5, bfm radio and France info, among others.

[mispistoIeros]

Showing footage of a regional TV channel's interview on the book, Vivas pointed out several illogical arguments posed by some French media, which he said questioned him on the basis of prejudgment rather than the content of his book.

Vivas also said he didn't believe in the Dalai Lama's March announcement of handing over political power because he since met U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in July

[ItsoFototo]

Tibet belongs to Tibetans. China out of Tibet now! Tibet will be free!!!

[rempump870]

Holy Crap it the Asian Johnny Depp!!!!! 0:21

[HDaviator]

@rempump870

LMFAO, looks just like Johnny Depp.

[HarryTheBlobFish]

The oppression of Tibet and it's people has to stop, the Chinese state deserves nothing but derision and protest until this horrific crime is reversed.

[eaMusIk2008]

Crazي people

[kommireddypavan]

From an indian to tibetans:

no one will help you until china is the manufacturing base for the world economy,until militarily counter it in coldwar style

even usa doesnt wanna do anything for first reason

so only strategy is to educate as many people of your history,keep alive your culture,spread around the globe don sit in just one nation which increases the chances of ur survival-you may do this for 50 yeats or 5 centuries no one can say but go on

plz don sucide life is precious.

[Dayum]

The lama is a dictator, china is your savior

[Konicava]

@mispistoleros 2nd world, thats how they reffer a socialist state...

[irishyemeni]

they just lost their lives thats all nothing has changed.

[87solarsky]

BURN MAO!

[SeanShannohan]

@87solarsky Compassion over fire and brim stone.

In truth it is easy for me to sit here and say that a person should endure persecution to one day live live freely, but I am not against all action against evil rule....All people deserve to be born free.

[87solarsky]

@SeanShannohan Yes. Born free!

[charbroiledmonk1033]

the aptly dubbed username strikes again!

[momoisdrug]

1:41 - So this is "protest", and the exact same thing elsewhere are called "riots". Interesting use of words.

[charbroiledmonk1033]

@momoisdrug riots often stem from protests, as was the case here.

[philid123]

God, when will China stop sticking its dick into foreign lands??

[romanali1]

How anyone can think that setting fire to themselves will somehow change anything is beyond me.

a) it's painful

b) if you survive .. it will continue to be painful, and you will probably end up disabled and unattractive

c) geopolitics probably won't be affected and there are better ways to achieve goals

d) There is definitely no consensus that suicide is ok, let alone murder, which some people would consider suicide as

Don't do it ppl.

[charbroiledmonk1033]

@romanali1 It drew your attention didnt it?

You could say the same thing for hunger strikes, yet they are an effective negotiating tool as well.

When you are backed up against the wall, youll do anything.

[Konicava]

FREE TIBETE

AND FREE PALESTINE

[Osher79]

@Konicava if free Tibet=Free Palestine, China will veto Palestine UN membership forever.

[drumONdrugs23]

can someone tell me why they set themselves on fire? i'm not trying to be an ass, i'm just genuinely ignorant. i understand that it's in protest but i'm curious as to what/why.

[cheddyrod]

@fatalityhawk Before China started governing Tibet, the Tibetan hierarchy kept the majority of Tibetans in absolute slavery.

[fatalityhawk]

@cheddyrod even back then things were at least better for tibetians than under chinese rule. also, that is no justification for not allowing them their right to rule their own country.

[cheddyrod]

@fatalityhawk Things were better back then? If by better you think slavery and human mutilation is better.

[mispistoleros]

@cheddyrod, tibet was no better, no worse than any other nation of that era except for the victorious WW2 allies.

[SeanShannohan]

@cheddyrod Tibet enjoyed a peaceful life as serfs in a feudal system full of tradition and happiness. The Nazis were almost the first foreigners to visit. All that followed from then on was hardship and death from China.

[cheddyrod]

@SeanShannohan The feudal system happened in Europe, not Asia, from the Dark Ages to the 15th century. Control was by the Roman Catholic Church and church officials who treated their subjects like work animals and often worse. About 50 years ago the Chinese government drove the demonic Tibetan out and started treating the Tibetan people with some humanity. Tibet didn’t have a feudal system, they had a slave system. European Middle Ages and Tibet before 1960 were both run by religious tyrants.

[SeanShannohan]

@cheddyrod I am not sure where you are getting your information from, but it was not the Catholic Church itself that "enslaved" the people of Europe, but rather kings and corrupt individuals of the Church who had taken advantage of the people and in the end it was Catholic Church members/believers who lead the way to end Feudalism in Europe. I can provide you my sources, can you? If you look past your Government controlled news media you will find that they are allies to China's cruel reign. 

[SeanShannohan]

@cheddyrod China feeds false information of the their conquests,so that the masses will follow the leaders without question.I know that America does the same in certain situations;that is why I look beyond what is the norm.From what I know of your country is that your government calls it's self "The Land of Smiles",but mass revolts from the oppressed people are often.Your government looks to China for help and in return tell your people that China has always been charitable and good. False

[cheddyrod]

@SeanShannohan You don't know the difference between feudalism and slavery. You are unaware of the evil of the Roman Catholic Church. You are ignorant of South East Asia. You typify the failure of the American educational system.

[SeanShannohan]

@cheddyrod No I do not listen to American history books, nor most of the professors or teachers. I went to private schools. I have done extensive research on the Catholic church and have found that individuals committed crimes against humanity and they happened to claim themselves catholic, but in reality those who committed the crimes removed themselves from church doctrines. I also am the only person I know who learns about East Asian culture. I look past TV, news papers and major medias.

[SeanShannohan]

@cheddyrod I don't agree with what you say about China's involvement with Tibet and want you to see what I see,but I do believe you have the right to say what you believe.I admit that I do not have complete knowledge when it comes to politics in the FarEast,but some things I know I do believe are facts.I was wrong to accuse your gov. of sucking up to China; I think.I may learn that it does or doesn't some day.For now I need to learn more before I accidentally insult you or your Gov. any more.

[HumanRightsVideosT]

@SeanShannohan

There were peasant farmers in Tibet rather than serfs in 1948.

[SeanShannohan]

@HumanRightsVideosT My apologizes. I had used the wrong term when refering to the people of tibet. You are correct in saying they were peasant farmers. I completely agree.

[HumanRightsVideosT]

@ cheddyrod

There is Slavery in Tibet now, but none in 1948

[mispistoleros]

@cheddyrod, not true

[JewTube001]

@drumONdrugs23 buddist version of a jihad

[mispistoleros]

@drumONdrugs23, for the same reason vietnamese monks immolated themselves during the US vietnam war: occupation by a foreign army. tibet, east turkestan and mongolia were invaded by mao and have been ruled by a brutal military occupation ever since. at least the US didn't send in millions of colonists like beijing has in tibet, east turkestan, mongolia, manchuria and many parts of africa.

[cowpacino]

approve any reincarnations of the Dali Lama?

[JogBird]

their BO must be incredible after walking all that

[kiararei]

@mrjpvoid his long lost cousin lol

[ChristiansofAsia]

@mrjpvoid He sure looks like an oriental Johnny Depp