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Embracing China involves risks for Australia : Comments
By Peter Coates, published 5/5/2008It seems that Kevin Rudd's Government has given China a broad degree of latitude outside normal diplomatic behaviour.
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I’m assuming Falun Gong (or Falun Dafa) is being careful in its approach to the Olympics. That is Falun's desire for religious freedom (or democracy?) does not mean Falun is unpatriotic in China. In that regard (as you say) Falun doesn’t oppose the Olympics.
A problem for the Falun Gong is that the Olympics may have triggered such an outpouring of genuine Chinese nationalism or patriotism that this feeling may supplant some Falun religious feeling.
The CCP needs only to fine tune this nationalist sentiment where the CCP thinks necessary.
Two interesting links are:
Ministry of Public Security's Olympics Scrutiny Notice Reveals CCP's Desperation, Violation of Human Rights, and Opposition to the Olympic Spirit http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2007/5/25/86066.html
- if authentic this may be Chinese security’s Olympic “Vision Statement”: among other things it excludes Falun Gong.
More recently April 30, 2008 from a Falun website comes http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/5/1/96933.html :
“Falun Gong Arrests and Deaths in Custody Escalate as Olympics Approach”
Regards
Pete