The London Handshake - Give Peace A Hand

The Dalai Lama's handshake on leaving the Royal Albert Hall was passed along a human chain of over 2000 activists who took to the streets of the city of London, shaking hands with each other right up to the Chinese Embassy. The activists wore T-shirts saying "Give Real Talks A Hand" and, in Chinese, "One China -- Talks on Tibet". They joined a procession behind the handshake, led by three children, culminating in the delivery of Avaaz's 1.67-million global petition for meaningful dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama at the embassy.

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[AvaazOrg]

Yes, there's a lot of misinformation around!

A few pieces of useful info: these T-shirts say "One China" in Chinese. The Dalai Lama says he wants, not independence and separation, but cultural autonomy under the Chinese constitution and sovereignty. He has supported the Olympics, and criticised the violence in Tibet. And he's on record as being glad that theocracy is over.

There's an interesting interview with him by a patriotic Chinese student called Kong Lingxi (try Google...)

[kagitsune]

What an awesome idea!! I'm gonna give handshakes all around today! :3

[snellvillegirl]

Please go on their web site and join the Global Handshake, you can actually track it as it goes around the world!!! Peace- Snellvillegirl and Sei

[RandomCoke]

i like this idea a lot! XD

[MysteriousMaskMan]

What is the point for Tibet separating from China and returning to a oppressive feudal theocratic nation ?

People are incredibly disinformed about history and delusional!