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Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police....
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 06:27:33 +0200
Bob Arthurs wrote:
I should add that my original statement pertains to (obviously) the Chinese *government* alone! I am concerned about the repression that the Chinese people experience, and the basic freedoms that they lack.As far as 'China hate' is concerned- this definately doesn't apply to me- many of my friends are from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. I
And I am sure none of us are actually China haters or gay bashers, many of my friends are gay, too!
lived for many years in the area, and speak pretty passable Mandarin myself (was pretty fluent, but it has deteriorated a bit, I'm afraid!). So, love the Chinese people, their culture, and history - resent the Chinese government's repression (though I personally believe the Hu Jin Tao *may* turn out to be a great improvement on leaders such as Jiang Zemin, Deng Xiaoping, and obviously Mao Zedong- I hear that Hu Jin Tao even met Hu Yaobang's widow, and plans a commemoration in the Great Hall of the People!!).
Still, China is by its own right a country with its own laws. You don't have to agree with them but that's how it is. B*ching about it here told me nothing of operational problems anyone faces except for over-zealous political opinions.
Want to bring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict up too? Gadi.
Current thread:
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police...., (continued)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Michael . Dillon (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Owen DeLong (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Joseph S D Yao (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Rich Kulawiec (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Joseph S D Yao (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Sean Figgins (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Gadi Evron (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Joseph S D Yao (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Bob Arthurs (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Gadi Evron (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Simon Waters (Sep 08)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Michael Greb (Sep 08)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 08)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Owen DeLong (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Michael . Dillon (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Joe Rhett (Sep 08)