So unbelievable that so many Westerners people blogging about the Lhasa riots still think that they have the right to tell China what to do. Not a word about Iraq and the US or precious Israel and Palestine.

And I notice that no-one has bothered complaining about the authorities in NEPAL who were routinely bashing Tibetans. That was supposedly Buhhda’s birthplace - and a NEW democracy, uhh.

No doubt, Nepalese don’t want unruly Tibetans interfering with their elections (April 10) - so why isn’t there a tour of foreign journalists in Kathmandu as well? http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/24/content_7 850702.htm and also http://www.nepalelectionportal.org/EN/

Also in the news, the USA “accidentally” shipped nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan and “apologised” publicly right after they elected pro-China KMT party president Ma YingJeou this weekend. That was a ‘poison chalice’ if ever there was......

George Bush supposedly “phoned” China’s president Hu today to “tell him” to go easy on Tibet. Perhaps it was actually Hu who phoned Bush to tell him where he could shove his nuclear missile fuses and ask him when the USA was going to start repaying some of its foreign debt?

Quote China Radio International: Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed his views on the Taiwan and Tibet issues to his U.S. counterpart George W. Bush during talks over the telephone held Wednesday, a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

During the talks, President Hu voiced his appreciation of the U.S. stance, repeated many times by Bush and his administration, that the U.S. adheres to the one-China policy.....

Talking about the recent Lhasa riots, Hu said they were by no means “peaceful demonstrations” or activities of “non-violence” as claimed by the Dalai Lama clique, but undisguised serious and violent crimes. 

No responsible government would sit by and watch when faced with this kind of violent crime, which gravely violated human rights, seriously disrupted social order, and seriously endangered the safety of public life and property, he added.

Hu said the Chinese government’s policy toward the Dalai Lama is clear and consistent, and the Chinese government has all along kept in touch with his side with great patience.

President Hu further reiterated the government’s willingness to continue contacts and consultation with the Dalai Lama, as long as he truly abandons advocating “Tibet independence” and stops activities aimed at splitting the motherland.....

Hu and Bush also exchanged views on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula and other matters of mutual concern.

Well, that’s China’s view but note that they didn’t arrogantly presume that Hu “phoned” Bush or that he “told” Bush how to behave in Iraq or Afghanistan or remind him that that the USA was irresponsibly shipping nuclear weapons parts around the globe.