Free Tibet Olympics Protest - Mount Everest

Edited video from 4/25/07 protest by free Tibet activists on Mount Everest. The footage was captured from a live satellite streaming video.

Three Tibetan independence activists, including one Tibetan-American, were detained by Chinese authorities Wednesday after demonstrating at Mount Everest's main base camp in Tibet, unfurling a banner reading "One World, One Dream, Free Tibet 2008" in English, and "Free Tibet" written in Tibetan and Chinese.

The protest was held on the eve of the International Olympic Committee's announcement of the final Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay route and as a Chinese team of climbers prepared a trial ascent of the mountain with the Olympic torch. The activists are currently being detained by China, who is refusing to give them access to US consular services.

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[gyrad]

As a Tibetan, this video really touched my heart. Our National Anthem sung on our ancestors' land! Free Tibet! Bod Rangzen!!

[huangwenbin321]

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[BarbaraShigley]

China has confidence in Europe overcoming its present difficulties, President Hu Jintao said on Monday ahead of a key global summit which will focus on the eurozone debt crisis.

"China looks positively at EU development and is following the economic development under the current difficulties with attention," Hu told reporters after meeting his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vienna.

[BarbaraShigley]

"We are convinced that Europe has the wisdom and the competence to overcome the current difficulties," Hu, who will attend a G20 summit in France later this week, said.

Hu stressed that fostering growth, stability and greater cooperation are the keys of success for major economies during these turbulent economic times.

[BarbaraShigley]

China has frequently expressed confidence that Europe can survive its debt crisis but Hu's current European tour has placed the spotlight firmly on whether China will buy more European government debt.

Zhang Jianxiong, a researcher on European studies with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said Hu's remarks on the European debt crisis were a positive sign.

[BarbaraShigley]

"President Hu said we are following Europe's economic development with attention. That's a positive signal before the G20 summit in Cannes," Zhang said.

"Of course China expects that the European economy will recover as soon as possible or our exports will suffer."

China's economic growth in the third quarter has already slowed, with declining exports to Europe cited as a major reason by business officials.

[BarbaraShigley]

Yet analysts warned it does not necessarily mean China will agree to buy more European debt.

China has said earlier that it awaits details on investment options for the European Financial Stability Facility eurozone rescue fund.

The academy's Zhang said Beijing cannot easily promise financial aid to Europe as "the risks are too high".

[BarbaraShigley]

"I think the Chinese government will prefer a safer way if it decides to lend a helping hand, for example to lend the money to the International Money Fund."

But there has been no indication from Beijing that this is likely, he said.

Ding Chun, director at the Europe Research Center at Fudan University, said Europe hasn't offered a feasible and convincing rescue plan.

[BarbaraShigley]

"China, itself a developing country, cannot solve the debt crisis of developed European countries," he said, adding that the fundamental solution for the European economy should be a strong growth strategy instead of the current austerity policies.

Overseas observers have noticed that China still has its own problems to overcome despite rapid economic growth.