Liars! The Dalai Lama Calls China Out.

The Dalai Lama would like US President Barack Obama to know that China lied to him on the issues dealing with Tibet and plans on 'setting the record straight' when he visits the White House.
Lodi Gyari, the chief representative of the Dalai Lama, said that China falsely claimed that Tibet's exiled leadership was seeking independence or the expulsion of Han Chinese from the region.
"Did we make a demand that all non-Tibetans be expelled from the plateau of Tibet? Never. In this day and age? We are not that stupid. When he comes to Washington to meet with the president, I don't think His Holiness would have a new message," Gyari said.
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet for India 50 years ago this month as China crushed a failed uprising against its rule. SinoDaily

Coincidence? History Repeats Itself Exactly One Year Later

In a move that only this country could do, China has banned YouTube.
"YouTube has been blocked in China since yesterday," company spokesman Scott Rubin said. "We do not know the reason for the blockage, and we're working as quickly as possible to restore access to our users in China."

Chinese authorities have a history of blocking websites, even YouTube, as they are deemed politically unacceptable or offensive to their people. One year ago this month access to the site was barred in China after video clips began appearing on the site showing violent unrest in the Tibetan capital Lhasa that triggered a virtual lock down of the city by security forces.

We all remember that now don't we. ► Free Tibet From China ◄

A spokesman for the Chinese consulate in San Francisco told AFP he didn't have any information about YouTube being blocked in China. "I suspect the real reason might be that YouTube just launched a Chinese version, which would make the site much more accessible for Chinese users," he wrote. "Not a very smart idea to do that in the middle of the National Congress, and I am surprised nobody at mother company Google's China offices rang an alarm bell about this before launch." SinoDaily

China Does Not Talk The Talks

Yesterday China rejected appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama in an effort to avoid the resolution of the current situation in Tibet. Before anyone can sit down, or pick up a phone, China plans to eliminate the anti-China forces currently in Tibet. The day after Beijing launched its manhunt for monks, and anyone else blamed for the violence in Tibet, an editorial in the People's Daily, the voice of the Chinese Communist party, said any opposition to Chinese rule in the Himalayan region must be wiped out.
The Dalai Lama, the title China likes to refer to him as: the 'mastermind behind all of the protests', is accused of undermining the August 8-24 Beijing Olympics and gaining Tibet independence from Beijing.
On Friday, leaders in Japan and Poland joined the United States and other countries in an international appeal for restraint and dialogue. The three countries were joined on Saturday by 30 prominent Chinese writers who signed a letter to their government urging talks with the Tibetan spiritual leader. They also called on China to open Tibet up to foreign media and to allow a team of independent UN investigators to carry out a full investigation of "the evidence, the course of the incident and the number of casualties."
Apparently though, China does not seem ready to talk it out.

Free Tibet From China

Tibet remained isolated from the world Tuesday after a lock down from China was ordered after 13 people died in a violent anti-Chinese riot on Friday. While Tibetan exile groups have said that around 100 people or more were killed as China terminated the protests.
Not only did China block CNN from access to the country but foreign tourists and journalists were all ordered out and Internet site YouTube was banned completely in an effort to prevent video leaks of the hostage situation.
Premier Wen Jiabao, asked about Tibet in his annual news conference Tuesday, blamed the region's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and said protesters were attempting to spoil China's Olympic showpiece in August.
"They want to undermine the Beijing Olympic Games," Wen said. "We should respect the principles of the Olympics and the Olympic Charter. We should not politicise the Games."
He said China would "consider the possibility" of organising access to Tibet for foreign journalists but did not say when that might happen.
The unrest, and the virtual sealing off of the region, has renewed international attention on China's human rights record amid scattered calls from Tibetan activists and campaigners to boycott the Games. But while many nations have called on China to use restraint in dealing with the protesters, none have said they would boycott the Olympics.