花自飘零
我的祖国
小禅 发表于 2008-04-12 11:11:11
下面是duke大学校报报道的当天的情况。
Crowds of upset protesters flooded the Chapel Quadrangle Wednesday evening, interrupting a planned candlelight vigil supporting freedom in Tibet.
Members and supporters of the Duke Human Rights Coalition, let by juniors Daniel Cordero and Adam Weiss, marched from East Campus to West Campus, Tibetan flags in hand, to advocate for the region's freedom from the PRC.
In response, protesters bearing sings and Chinese flags filled the Chapel Quad,, expressing patriotism and criticizing Western media through chants and song.
When the pro-Tibet faction arrived outside the Chapel, protesters swarmed them en masse with chanting and shouting.
"We felt really intimidated. They're violating our right to free speech," Cordero sadi. "It's really the microcosm of what's going on in China. Just like China's suppressing free speech, so the pro-Chinese protesters were suppressing free speech today by trying to block all our signs, yell louder than us and use space that was reserved for us."
Since the Chinese army crossed into Tibet in 1949, people from around the world have worked to counter the country's hold on the region. The alleged in humane treatment of Tibetans has caused years of debates and protests.
"Tibet is a part of China and we want the Western media to tell the whole story, not just the negative parts of the story, because that's ridiculous," said Jin Huang, a graduate student at North Carolina State University who came to Duke Wednesday with a group of other Chinese supporters ."They only tell about how the Chinese government is against Tibet, but not about how we helped Tibet."
Many protesters pointed to signs calling for the separation of the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games and politics and said their purpose was to tell the truth and to counteract damage they sadi has been done by the media. Some supporters of the Chines cause chanted, "One World, one dream, on China," a modification of the Beijing Olympic Game's motto,"One world, one dream."
Proponents and opponents also passed out hundreds of fliers and CDs in attempts to reveal what each side considered the truth, which led to verbal disputes.
"A lot of Chinese nationalists have come to counter protest," Cordero said."They've been sining the Chinese national anthem. I said,"God bless America" and they all booed me. I yelled out," Liberty and justice for all," and they called me a liar."
Baldel Lobsang, a Tibetan monk from Indai who arrived in the United Sates last week, said although he opposes the Chinese government, he still feels love for the Chinese people.
"This is not Peace," he said, gesturing toward the Chinese protesters. "I'm not surprised. I always see this in my country."
Weiss, who was escorted from the crowd because of safety concerns, said he was protesting fro human rights, freedom of religion and the right to speak any language. He arrived on West Campus just after 7 p.m. shirtless and carrying a Tibetan flag.
"I don't know if most Duke students know about this issue -- even know that it's a big deal anymore," he said. "I want people to know what is going on in Tibet, what kind of human rights abuses are going on by the Chinese government, and I believe that it's a personal issue because I'm very interested in this culture."
Officials from the Office of Student Affairs were present at the event, but said they were not aware that the Chinese protesters would be at the vigil until Wednesday morning.
"For me it was gratifying to see there was intelligent dialogue, and i just wish there were more of that," said Vice President fro Student Affairs Larry Moneta. "I was happy that once the protest and counterprotest sort of went down there were actually pockets of very real conversation. For me that's the best thing that could possibly happy."
Many students said peaceful debates and negotiations are in order. Zhizhong Li, a graduate student in molecular cancer biology who works with the Duke Chinese Student and Scholar Association, said a panel discussion about the issue will take place next week.
雨啊下吧,我不怕。
小禅 发表于 2008-04-11 09:16:55
晚晴真是美好。下了一天的雨,这时候突然出了太阳。斜斜的,天空一下子就亮了,比正午的时候还要亮。坐在窗前,看映着霞光的白云,轻轻地翻滚着。天的另一边,则还是浓浓的乌云。无可奈何了,这样的天气,总还要持续几天。但给一个这样温暖的傍晚,也就心满意足了。
明天考试,但是就不怎么想看书。不知道为什么,不愿意花力气去背,去记。明知道肯定要考到的,也懒得看。很想读读paper,和不同方向,不同学科的人讨论讨论,想想,挺有意思的。不过算了,眼前的考试,总用点心吧,毕竟还想转学分呢。
回顾了下火影忍者中忍考试那一段。宁次毕竟还是帅的,但是稍嫌废话太多。这一点上比不得佐助。然而佐助话虽不多,装酷的成分太大。这一点又比不得大蛇丸了。淳朴的邪恶,因为实力自己散发的帅气,有时候冒出的经典的话,还有的时候孩子般的举动。难怪以前会和徐剑童讨论如果嫁给大蛇丸会不会幸福。他还是有讨人喜欢的地方的。当然每次看总会有点新体验吧。以前看李和我爱罗打得时候,只觉得不忍心,不忍看。这次留心了那一集的标题,什么“男人的生存方式”云云。洛克李那样的就是男人的生存方式么。心里挺感慨。男人啊,也许给自己的期许和压力太大了呢。但是,怎么说呢。看着依然挺感动的。这样的男人,才真的是我心中的男人呢。呵呵,也许没那么夸张。但是,这种精神,确实是我所中意的精神。
最近藏独的事闹得沸沸扬扬。什么anti-cnn,什么抵制法货(个么我就不买法国香水回来送人了)。法国么,不像这样的呀,怎么这次这么奇怪,还要中国政府和达赖见面呢。要是我能见达赖一面就好了。真想和他仔细的聊聊。他到底是个什么样的人,经历了些什么,在想些什么。西藏大概是分裂不出去的。中国自然没有他容身的地方。西藏,也不会再让他回来。当他经年累月的漂泊在外的时候,是否会想家呢。美国啊之类的,对他到底有多好呢。政治的事情,有多少是说不清道不明。天下像drew一样单纯的小孩很多,而真的在政界的人就一定看的清楚么。所以真想和达赖来个face to face的谈话呢。这些乱七八糟的事,只不过是国力消长的体现罢了。坚持着吧。这过程总有个结束的时候,皇帝也要轮流坐呢。该抗议的时候去抗议,该抵制的时候去抵制,该看书的时候好好看书,也就对得起祖国和人民了。
