Another Reason to Break Our Ties to China
More oppression in Tibet:
Clashes between protesters and security forces in Tibet’s main city, Lhasa, have left at least two people dead, according to reports.
An emergency official said that many people had been hurt and an unspecified number had died.
The US-based Radio Free Asia quoted witnesses who said they had seen at least two bodies on Lhasa’s streets.
Tibet’s government would “deal harshly” with the protesters, its Chairman Qiangba Puncog warned.
“We will deal harshly with these criminals who are carrying out activities to split the nation,” he told the Associated Press news agency, denying that police had opened fire.
China’s state-run Xinhua news agency earlier said police had fired warning shots and used tear gas to disperse protesters.
Rallies have continued all week in what are said to be the largest protests against Beijing’s rule in 20 years.
Most people are for free trade with China - including President Bush - on the theory that the more we trade with them the more liberty there will eventually be in China. Others are opposed to free trade with China - labor unions leading the way here - because they simply don’t want to compete with China’s cheap labor. I’m with neither camp - neither free trader nor protectionist: I’m for freedom trade.
I’m sick to death with these tyrannical regimes which presume to have the authority to actually do what they do. We can’t get rid of them all, but we can certainly cut our ties to them. I’m for completely free trade, but only with other free nations - we should ditch all trade agreements with China, and open trade agreements with, say, India. It is time for the free people of the world to firmly and without question stand athwart the unfree nations - and stand with their enslaved populations.
UPDATE: The International Olympic Committee urges people not to boycott China’s Olympics over the Tibet situation. My answer: You miserable, truckling cowards at the IOC should have thought of that before you awarded the Olympics to an anti-human, totalitarian dictatorship.
40 comments March 15th, 2008
