To Boycott or Not to Boycott 2008 Olympics

Whether tis nobler in the world body politic or not, China is suffering the precision slings of arrows to their outrageous Olympic fortunes. Recurve bows for Archers are the only class of bow allowed at the Olympics. Arrows of dissent are cascading onto Beijing from all over the globe as boycotts take on various ghostly forms to challenge Chinese strong arm tactics against a sea of troubled policies towards Tibet, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, Taiwan and a host of internal Human Rights abuses. Exiled Chinese dissidents from Tiananmen Square massacre are urging the world to keep the pressure on China to amend its policies and adopt Human Rights as a guiding principle.

China and the Chinese ambassador to Canada accused the Dalai Lama of being the muckraker or serial liar behind the scenes stirring protests up to set the world against China's Olympics. Tibetan turmoil continues to mount in Olympic reaction to the civilian deaths from China's militaristic quelling of protests. China's heavy handed response to Tibet's renewed quest for independence caught the attention of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) luminaries responsible for awarding the Olympics to Beijing. The IOC Chairman, while in Beijing today at an Olympic Committee meeting discussing the uprising for freedom in Tibet, is still aiming to squash the boycott threats. China is also targeted for its policies of exploitation in Africa, principally backing brutal factions beholden to the Chinese for the civil war in Sudan's, Darfur region.

On Monday, a Beijing Olympics spokesman criticized protesters who attacked London's relay parade. China decided name calling and characterizing the many as the few, was their best response while under assault from rhetorical arrows meant to puncture their policy stances.

"A few Tibetan separatists attempted to sabotage the torch relay in London, and we strongly denounce their disgusting behavior," said Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing Olympic organizing committee.

Every head of state is being questioned now on their intentions regarding the lavish Opening Ceremonies and their attendance. Bush is in, while some of his former White House staffers proffer to relocate the Olympics, Gordon Brown is taking it on the chin from Fleet street for allowing the Olympic torch destined for Beijing at #10 Downing Street while firmly rejecting boycott notions. The French are outraged as President Sarkozy is trying to honeymoon and upgrade his dissolute image while being hounded about the Olympic opening ceremonies where he favors a boycott. It has gotten so bad just carrying the Olympic flame, Norway, in a Tao Te Ching way states, declares the rest of the Torch relay should be canceled now.

The relay of the Olympic torch through the streets of Paris was disrupted this morning after only 200 metres. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered along the route and shouted pro-Tibetan slogans. The torch was extinguished twice and put on a bus for safety reasons. Five protestors have so far been arrested. A large number of police have been deployed to prevent disturbances along the 28-kilometre route.

Denmark is fence sitting about a boycott while Canada is doing the let's not routine. London is the home base of the Free Tibet Campaign.

All of this makes China apparatchiks ensconced inside the Imperial City, after scooting past the stone lions guarding the Gate of Heavenly Peace, violently ill. Perennial Oscar winner, Stephen Spielberg quit early on, stating China's policies preclude him from helping to stage Beijing's opening ceremony. Decades, even changing the course of nature by rerouting the mighty Yellow River and billions upon billions of yuan have gone into making the 2008 Olympics a premier corporate event to elevate China's standing on the world stage as the next super power.

European athletes are demanding clear guidelines from Jacques Rogge, Chairman of the IOC on what their freedoms of speech will be at the Olympics. China is being tormented in the wake of its own actions for the entire world to see and offer harsh critiques to decide whether a trip to Beijing for the Olympics is a good idea.

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China Demands Bhuddas Apply for Reincarnation

That is not satire. China's bureaucratic ham-fisted attempt to 'manage' the choice of the next Dalai Lama by regulating who is the potential successor by requiring a formal application for reincarnation, opens the communist country up for ridicule. In 1995, His Holiness named the Panchen Lama and the six year old promptly vanished from public view under Chinese detention. Meanwhile, China has put on a publicity campaign of sorts for their choice for the Panchen Lama to step into the role of Dalai (Great Ocean of Wisdom) Lama (Spiritual Master). China is formalizing a nefarious role in selecting the Dalai Lama or stating one can not be found.

China's nerves are a bit overworked as they have set a deadline for applications for September 1, 2007. Arrests by jittery Chinese armed police, Wu Jing, for about two hundred Tibetans occurred after a speaker praised the Dalai Lama at a horse festival. Tibet continues to fight against the 1951 takeover by China. The Four Noble Truths continue to hold the tenets of Buddhism for Believers. China is again using governmental authoritarianism as an instrument to disrupt religion to gain control over the population. That hasn't worked since the 12th century.


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Tibet Takes Strong Stance on Environment

Tibet and China remain interlocked and yet separate. The environment in the Tibetan autonomous region is warming. Tibet is receiving investment capital from China to build infrastructure. Tibet's caveat being protecting the environment first and foremost even from a healthy tourism industry. China is disposed to graceful action ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. An abundance of expected Olympic tourists has China cleaning up for guests and showing tolerance for new ideas on the environment. For now.

China's population is growing and its pollution increases with every new owner of a carbon emitting vehicle. Each new bouncing baby requires more electricity, energy, food and fresh water. This has wrought enormous changes to China's topography and increased efforts to preserve the environment and its reputation. China believes it is Tibet's universal, sometimes benevolent, overlord.

Tibet, the birthplace of the exiled Dalai Lama, is a sore spot within China's bureaucracy. Tibet is subject to the vagaries of history. History is mostly written by the winners of the struggle. To that end an incredible book, Tibet:Conversations with the Dalai Lama by Thomas Laird takes the reader to the magical myths and origins of the country. This book shares an abundance of insights about Buddhism directly from His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, a prolific author in his own right. Protecting the environment is a global calling to everyone of all faiths and no faith.