2012-04-19-Topics On Southern Mongolian Human Rights Webcast

Transcribed video from MNTV 12

This is a transcribed video from Inner Mongolia TV 12 from November 2007.
It shows how 18 herder households were removed from their ancestral lands and even though they had contracts to say they could return, they have not been allowed.

77WABC Radio Interview with SMHRIC

On January 11, 2012, Enghebatu Togochog, SMHRIC spokesperson was a guest on 77WABC with John Batchelor and Gordon Chang to briefly discuss the human rights situation in Southern (Inner) Mongolia.

Caging the Monster

I was directed to a piece on the China Heritage Project of the Australia National University webpages called “Caging the Monster.”
It begins:

“I am a Chinese writer. Allow me to say a few words about my country.”

and ends:

Finally, I hope you believe me that I am not a class enemy, nor an over-thrower of governments. All I want is to cage the monster. Yes, I am criticizing my country, but that doesn’t mean I hate my country. Rather, I love my country. I love her splendid mountains and rivers and her great civilization. I appreciate the suffering she has experienced. In fact, I love my country even more because of the suffering she has been through. Yes, I am criticizing her rotten system, but I do not want to see bloodshed while my country is improving herself. I hope the system will improve gracefully. I hope in the near future, in my country, flowers of freedom will blossom and children will smile without fear. I hope in the near future, my country, an ancient civilization, a land of suffering, will become a nation of prosperity, peace and freedom, for all.

The part in the middle is thought-provoking as well as the writings of a brave person who could suffer tremendous punishments for speaking his mind. Please take a moment to read his words and pass them along for others to see so that his potential sacrifice will have greater value.

For Freedom,
Freedom’s Herald

Times of India: “Chinese to harm Dalai Lama”

The day after I read about the new ‘lawlessness advisory,’ and how foreign business people can be beat-up and abused with no legal recourse, the Indian press once again drops a bombshell.

Alert for Chinese terror threat to Dalai Lama” is the title of an article in the Times of India. Now rather than a clandestine operation against His Holiness the Dalai Lama, someone blurted it out in public. Everyone has to know that the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has it out for His Holiness and has been actively pursuing means and measures to silence him. There are plenty of articles pointing out what the US planned to do against Castro and some of the schemes that were actually attempted; can anyone seriously believe that Chinese security forces would be any less egregious?

In the years to come, the full details may leak out, but for now, we have one plot that has been identified. Six Chinese nationals are bound for India with plans to harm His Holiness and they are labeled ‘from China’s secret service.’

(Please tell me I am not alone in believing that the activities of the government of the PRC are criminal and continuing to treat them like BFFs is nonsense. This has been going on for years, but everybody just wants to sweep it under the carpet for the sake of cheap labor.)

The PRC, the new superpower (and continuing to insist that it is still a 3rd world country,) plans to send people to a foreign sovereign nation for essentially a terrorist operation. From a government whose laws link opposing viewpoints as a form of terrorism and always whines on about meddling in their sovereign affairs, this is so hypocritical. On one point they set the bar for terrorism in their country to be ‘separatist ideology’ and then send thugs to actually commit criminal acts that, if carried out, would be considered a terrorist attack. And ‘meddling in the affairs of a sovereign nation’ is one phrase that the Foreign Minister of the PRC should forget to utter. This is but one example of their arrogance towards the people and laws of other nations and indicates they will get away with whatever we let them get away with. Like calling and threatening US citizens or sending spies into overseas communities, or attacking dissidents from official Chinese government facilities in foreign nations, or selling weapons and ammunition to the ‘other side’ during armed conflicts or just jailing all the dissidents you can get your hands on.
To silence Rebiya Kadeer, they have jailed her children.
To silence Hada, they jailed him for fifteen years and after his sentence was over (Dec. 2010), he is still confined – and his family.
The same is true for countless people and it continues every day.

So please, let your feelings be known to the new man at the helm of US-PRC relations, Vice President Joseph Biden. As his website reads:

“Vice President Joe Biden is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history”

If you care, let him know what you think, and – pass it along…

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Freedom’s Herald

Lawlessness Advisories on the WWW

Imagine, the thought of doing business in the People’s Republic of China is normally shown as a great thing with many profits to be had. After all, didn’t these people hold an international sporting event not too long ago? We can ignore the abuses in human rights because ‘that is the way they are’ or the low wages (or zero wages if you are trapped in laogaiju) are OK because ‘they have a different take on life and aren’t materialistic.’ Rubbish, of course; but it will soothe the conscience while pocketing the dividends of cheap oppressed labor.
Slaves

While I’m still imagining the business idea, where many international corporations are spending significant cash to fund new business with the leaders of the People’s Republic of China, I bumped into an advisory on the website of the Beijing Embassy of India:

Advisory for Indian businessmen/traders doing trade/business with Yiwu- Jan 3, 2011
01/03/2012
Advisory for Indian businessmen/traders doing trade/business with Yiwu
Indian traders and businessmen are hereby cautioned not to do business with Yiwu in Zhejiang province. They should be aware that when there are trade disputes with Yiwu, the Indian businessmen/traders can be illegally held under detention and mistreated by Chinese businessmen there. Based on experience, there is no guarantee that legal remedies will be readily available. Furthermore, in case of disputes arising, experience suggests that there is inadequate protection for safety of persons. All people who have business/trade with Yiwu are cautioned against doing business there and all people who do not have business/trade with Yiwu are requested to be careful that they do not do business with Yiwu. Indian businessmen are cautioned to stay away from Yiwu.

In case the original is removed, a pdf version exists here.

Seriously. There are lawlessness advisories on the internet for the People’s Republic of China? Are they normally kept to a smaller audience or is this just a the mark of escalating lawlessness. And you want to give them my job?

For Freedom,
Freedom’s Herald

Free Book Download – “Business and the Risk of Crime in China”

The name of the book is “Business and the Risk of Crime in China” and is available from the Australian National University website.

Before you do business in the Peoples Republic of China, you may wish to obtain the latest information on what protections are accorded businesses and their owners.

For Freedom,
Freedom’s Herald

Tip of the hat to Christian Bale…

When Christian Bale went to see a blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng last week, the plainclothes police guarding Chen reportedly roughed up the actor.

When confronted the PRC Foreign Ministry spokesperson blamed the incident on Bale, saying:

What I understand is that the actor was invited by the director Zhang Yimou to attend the movie premiere. He was not invited to any village in Shandong to create news or make a film.
If he wants to create news, I don’t think that would be welcomed by China.
Reuters 12-21-2011

Chen is just one of many activists that are under house arrest as a result of the ‘Arab Spring.’ Almost all are in for trumped up charges, if the authorities even file charges. The only reason for the mass jailings is to maintain the absolute power of the Communist Chinese Party over the Chinese people and others that have been or are in the process of being ‘assimilated.’

How long before most of the people under the control of the Chinese Communist Party have had enough?

For Freedom,
Freedom’s Herald

China: Wukan Village Ejects Corrupt Officials

Chinageeks has a summary of the happenings in Wukan, where corrupt Chinese government officials have been ejected from the village by the people. Now the village has been surrounded and the violence will escalate.

The Seeds of Wukan from chinageeks films on Vimeo.

These are brave people.

For Freedom,
Freedom’s Herald

Hada Family Update 12-11-2011

Latest Hada Family News Update
A year after finishing a brutal 15 year sentence for speaking out on human rights, Hada and his family are still not free.