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发信人: pillowmm (pillow), 信区: Carolinas
标 题: UMass Chinese community speaks out against violence in Tibe (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Apr 10 02:34:52 2008)
【 以下文字转载自 ChinaNews 讨论区 】
发信人: kmeng (lr), 信区: ChinaNews
标 题: UMass Chinese community speaks out against violence in Tibe
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Apr 10 02:13:55 2008), 转信
Members of the campus Chinese community rallied against the recent violence
in Tibet and in support of Beijing on the steps of the Student Union
yesterday.
"We're in support of peaceful coexistence and against the violence and media
distortion in Tibet," said Gorge Liu, a graduate student at the University
of Massachusetts. "It is reported as if the Chinese police are creating the
violence, when in fact it is the civilians."
Waving the Chinese flag and chanting, "One China," and "Go Beijing," the
participants handed out leaflets with what they described as educational
material on Tibet to passing students.
"We wanted to let you hear our voice," said Shuang Wu, a graduate student in
the biology department. "You choose to listen to only one side."
"I am enthralled by this. I've never seen anything like it," said Joshua
Murray, a senior in the political science department. "It's neat to have
another side."
Murray said students needed to have an open mind when it came to issues like
the recent Tibetan unrest.
"This is interesting and I'm a little surprised. I thought it was going to
be a pro-Tibet rally," said Brian Connor, a graduate student in the
sociology department. "I think its good that their tempering the pro-Tibet
stuff and showing both sides."
Participants - with small Chinese flags emblazoned on their cheeks and
foreheads - voiced criticism of the Free Tibet movement and the Dalai Lama,
connecting the exiled Tibetan leader with the Nazi party.
"The Dalai Lama winning the Nobel Peace Prize is ridiculous. He is a very
shrewd politician," said student Yidan Guo, describing the event as a rally
for justice. "It is the republic of China that liberated Tibet from
feudalism."
Liu criticized western activists for using the run-up to the 2008 Beijing
Olympics as a way to protest the Chinese government.
"Connecting the Beijing Olympics with human rights hurts the Chinese people,
" he said. "It's frustrating to have the Olympics connected to something not
necessarily related."
Members of the Students for a Free Tibet group circulated in the crowd,
handing out bags of candy with informational leaflets attached to stopping
students.
"We're talking about current issues in Tibet, where people are getting
killed for speaking the truth," said Lhakyi Lokyitsang, vice president of
the student organization. "Tibetans in Tibet are not only protesting, but
they're risking their lives to do it."
Holding a placard, student Xing Yi called those responsible for the unrest
in Tibet terrorists, using violence as a political tool.
"We want a peaceful stop to these problems," he said. "It's a small
percentage of people using violent action against the other people."
Liu numbered the Chinese community on campus at around 350 students,
approximately 70 of which turned out for the rally. More long-term plans to
hold a symposium to spark a campus-wide discussion about China and Tibet
were being talked about within the community, according to both Liu and Wu.
"We hope that people can hear the voice from the other side," Liu said.
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