Most Chinese people hate the Dalai Lama with a passion; my friends and students certainly are not bashful about saying so. Why do they hate him so much? Well, there are many reasons, of course but the events of yesterday in the United States is a prime example. Yesterday, in Aspen, Colorado, the Dalai Lama met [...]
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Does China Owe an Apology to the World?
Posted by Robert Vance on June 27th, 2008
For months, my friends and students in China have been accusing the world, and especially the United States, of trying to inject politics into the 2008 Olympics Games.Those who have dared to mention to mention the words Tibet’ and ‘Olympics’ in the same sentence are accused of mixing the sacred with the profane. The Olympics Games [...]
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Tags: 2008-Olympics, China, Chinese Politics, dalai lama, Olympic Games, Tibet 
7 Comments »16 ‘Brainwashed’ Tibetan Monks are Arrested in China
Posted by Robert Vance on June 7th, 2008
The Chinese government propaganda’s machine was in full swing this week in its latest attempt to portray the Tibetan people and their spiritual leaders as terrorists. According to Xinhua, China’s state owned media and official mouthpiece for the PRC, 16 Tibetan monks have been arrested in connection with some alleged bombing and bomb plots that have taken place in Tibet this year. The [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 16 monks arrested, 2008-Olympics, Buddhism, China, China Human Rights, dalai lama, Tibet, Tibet Protests No Comments »Beijing Slams Britain for Meeting with Dalai Lama
Posted by Robert Vance on May 25th, 2008
It was back to ‘business as usual’ for the Chinese government on Saturday when it condemned Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown and members of the British Parliament for meeting with the Dalai Lama. A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing was quoted as saying that the meeting in Britain “interferes in China’s internal affairs and hurts the [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: 2008-Olympics, Britian Dalai Lama, China, dalai lama, Gordon Brown, hu jintao, Tibet 72 Comments »The American and Tibetan Terrorists in China
Posted by Robert Vance on May 7th, 2008
“When I first heard about the explosion on the bus in Shanghai, I immediately thought it was America or some terrorists from Tibet trying to attack us,” one of my Chinese students recently remarked to me. The explosion, which claimed the lives of three people in Shanghai on Monday, is reported to have been caused by flammable [...]
What the Torch on Mount Everest Means for the Tibetan People
Posted by Robert Vance on May 3rd, 2008
Hmmm. I wonder what first words the Dalai Lama’s envoy will choose tommorrow when it meets with the Chinese government in Beijing? Could they be to effect of, “do you have to rub your torch in our faces by dragging it through our province and up the tallest mountain in the world which also happens to be in [...]
Will the Meeting with the Dalai’s Rep in Beijing be Meaningless?
Posted by Robert Vance on April 26th, 2008
I was optimistic when I first heard about the supposed upcoming meeting between the Chinese government and a representative of the Dalai Lama. Now I am not so sure because the Chinese government has apparently already set the terms of the meeting. According to Xinhua, a Beijing official is quoted as saying that it is hoped that the [...]
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