China: Citizen journalists prepare for the Olympics
Footloose citizen reporter Zuola has said [zh] he's going to be there, religious extremists are going to be there, foreign media seem to be looking for local stringers, and cutting-edge web 2.0 companies are so convinced that something worth vlogging will happen during next month's Beijing Olympic Games that they're giving away free stuff, despite the apparent attempt to ban any filming of Olympic events.
Can we say that any citizen reporter in the area worth their salt should already be finalizing plans to be in Beijing on 888? If you're not, now's the time to reconsider. Late last month, global citizen journalism site GroundReport announced a 500 USD prize and top spot on their homepage for best citizen reporter video taken next month:
“Because the Beijing Olympics will be the first covered by Citizen Journalists. And while traditional media converges in Beijing, we want to know the story behind the story, from regular people like YOU.”
If you visit the site, don't forget to check out the rules. Top of the list of ideas for things GroundReport is looking for: Protests.
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You will support Bush if he supports the Olympics? Talk about selling out. Isn’t Bush sorta in the wrong for that whole Iraq thing? And what is it about the Olympics and support for it that sways you so? Is it that you will support Bush is he supports some sporting event and you really love sports? You will support Bush if he kowtows to the regime and that somehow benefits you?
The Olympics is a business and a sporting event, the Olympic spirit is eroded, so what is it that you love so much about Bush attending this game?
The most oppressed nation in the world – TIBET.
China’s internal party documents expose repressive strategy in Tibet
The April and May installments of the confidential bulletin Xigang Tongxun (Tibet Communications) which is circulated only within party officials uncovered that China is embarking on a series of predetermined political domination in Tibet. Translations of the original texts were obtained by The Sunday Times in Hong Kong.
Zhang Qingli who was appointed the Party Secretary of Tibet in 2006 is disclosed to have planned an operation of ‘re-education’ in private communiqué with other Communist party members.
The March unrest broke out in Lhasa, Tibet after decades of brutal administration of a regime which has little or no record of human rights execution. The internal papers rated casualties of Chinese soldiers and police at 242, with 120 homes and business establishments destroyed in Lhasa. The Tibetan Government in Exile on its part accounts the loss of Tibetan lives at 209 with those injured above 1000 and 5,972 behind bars.
Amid China’s claims of separatist acts by the Dalai Lama and followers alike, Zhang acknowledged that there was much ‘destruction of social stability’ during the anti-China protest in Tibet.
The head of party line in Tibet, Lie Que was even more overt in his comments carried by the official Tibet Daily June 2.
“We must clean out the monasteries and strengthen the administrative committees. After that we will absolutely control them,” he said.
Accusing the Tibetan spiritual leader of masterminding the disturbances that took place Zhang has according to party manuscripts clandestinely said,
“We must learn lessons from this issue and organize our masses to build up an impregnable fortress against the tide of encirclement to beat our enemy.”
“But we are far from final victory because the Dalai Lama group, which was exploited by western enemy forces, is making a new plan for separatism,” he said. “So you, the leaders of work units, must guard your gates and manage your people well. Let leaders of street committees be vigilant and keep watch on all outsiders.
“Propaganda and education are our party’s greatest advantages. These are the most useful weapons with which to defend ourselves against the Dalai Lama group. So let the propaganda department work more actively to expose its plots.”
He is further quoted to have said, “Each department should make full use of those religious people who love the motherland and love religion, in order to make the administrative committees work with vigor,” implying that the law enforcement, religious branches and all political divisions should apply his directives.
China’s leaders have earlier blamed the Dalai Lama of plotting ‘terror’ in Tibet and conspiring with Uighur nationalists in Xinjiang to escalate tension in the region in the run up to the Olympic Games.
The Dalai Lama has always maintained that He supported Beijing’s hosting of the Olympic Games but claimed that pro-Tibet demonstrators had a right to voice their opinion as long as they refrained from violence.
Zhang created much controversy during the Lhasa leg of the Olympic torch relay prompting the IOC to reprimand him when he said, “Tibet’s sky will never change and the red flag with five stars will forever flutter high above it. We will certainly be able to totally smash the splittist schemes of the Dalai Lama clique.” The remark made by Zhang was seen by many as politicizing the Games and a gross display of control over Tibet which was once an independent nation.
China’s great will to tighten its grip of control and authority over Tibet in the coming days with mass restriction implied on practicing one’s religion and exercising basic rights of speech and movement will cause Tibetan minorities to suffer depriving them further of their dignity and morality. Party leaders are in no doubt that their crusade against Tibetans will succeed; for them it is yet another feather in their unscrupulous caps.
http://phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=21937&article=China's+internal+party+documents+expose+repressive+strategy+in+Tibet
奥运和杀警案 挑动京沪瑜亮情节
Olympic and police-being-slayed,stir up uneasy feelings between Beijing and Shanghai
2008-07-14 中国时报 徐尚礼／上海报导
China Times Su Shang Le reports from Shanghai
北京举行奥运及北京人杨佳在上海杀警案再次挑起京沪瑜亮情节。昨两地网民相互叫骂到了口不择言地步。
The fact that Beijing stage olympic,and Yang Jia,being Beijing local,stabbed a numbers of Shanghai policemen to death,has again stired up uneasy feelings between Beijing and Shanghai.The swearing and cursing between netizens from these two rivaling cities has gone a bit out of hand.
上海闸北分局本月一日遭来自北京的杨佳闯入并杀死六名警察后，许多北京人对上海警方竟然称中国首都百姓为「外地人」很不爽。近日，北京报纸还反驳上海警方指称杨佳「个性孤癖」，说杨佳「乘巴士会主动让座」。
On 1-July,Yang Jia,a Beijing local,went into Shanghai Jah-bei police building and stabbed six policemen to death; Shanghai police not only called Yang Jia a “outsider”,also claimed that Yang is a “queer kind of guy”.Beijing newspaper retorte that Yang “would offer his seat to others in a bus”,and many Beijing citizens are not happy that Shanghai police calling national capital’s citizen an “outsider”
昨天大陆一知名网路论坛有一被认为是来自上海网民，在网上质疑北京空气污浊不适合办奥运，立即引发激烈论战。
Yesterday,on one mainland famous internet forum,a supposed to be from Shanghai netizen,made the accusation that Beijing’s polluted air is not suitable for olympic events.It immediately sparks a fierce volley of verbal exchange.
一北京网民说，「北京的奥运会跟你们有关系吗？不就是没在你家办吗？一群SB就欠猛人捅，多捅你们几个就好了，黄埔江的水都给你们喝成脑残了」。
One Beijing netizen said:”What has Beijing Olympic got to do with you guys ? Just because it is not being staged in your home town ? A bunch of SB,you need to be stabbed by real macho men,should have stabbed a few more,the water from Huang Pu Jiang has turned you lots into brain-deaths.”
另一「最近我们北京男人真是威啊」帖子说「出了个杨大侠，单刀赴会杀了六个上海警察。我们北京男人狠狠出了口恶气。这几年被上海小男人姚明、刘翔等压得喘不过气来了，建议大赦杨大侠，选他为北京政协委员」。
Another netizen:”Recently us Beijing men really are very proud of ourself.Hero Yang,one of us,killed six Shanghai policemen with a single blade.What a beautiful and sweet feeling of revenge.This few years,we are sick of petty Shanghai men the like of Yao Ming and Liu Xiang. I suggest full pardon for Hero Yang,and vote him into the central government.”
『天涯杂谈』培养几个壮汉丝毫解决不了东亚病夫问题
作者：避而改词 提交日期：2008-7-15 9:37:00
Blog on Tianya.cn discuss olympic and “Sicked Man Of Asia”
那是七八年前的一个春天，我去丽江玩，在玉龙雪山的山腰，我们一行人租了几匹马骑。给我牵马的是一个小孩，很瘦小，“黑色”，才七八岁的样子。路上我和他攀谈，才惊诧他原来已经十五岁了。要在秦朝，这年龄就得扛着戈上战场。我好一阵震惊，问他可在念书。他说没钱念，可是很想念。我默然，因为那时我自己也是个穷鬼学生，帮不了他，除了付帐时多给他几十块，做不了什么。我问起他们以什么为主食，被告知是红薯。我道：“总不可能每顿红薯吧。”他说：“想得美，就算每顿吃红薯也不可能呢，山上寒冷，红薯产量极低，如果每顿能吃饱红薯，也心满意足了。”“也不是家家都这样的，我们村干部就还可以，他们家还有彩电呢。 ”见我惊诧，他补充了一句。
It was Spring time,about 7 or 8 years ago,I went to Li Jiang to spend my holidays,at the half way up the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain,we hire a few horses to ride.The little boy that lead my horse was thin and small,with dark skin,looks like 7 or 8 years old.On the way we started talking,was surprised to know that he was already 15.In Chin dynasty,at this age,he would have been marching towards battle field with spear on his shoulder.Being shocked,I asked him was he studying.He said he would like to,but had no money.I fell into silence,because being a poor student myself,couldn’t help much,beside gave him extra 50 60 yuan when paying the bill,can’t do much.I asked what was the main diet,the answer was sweet potato.I thought: “Every meal sweet potato?A bit impossible.”He replyed:”You must be dreaming,even if we like to have sweet potato for every meal,there was just not enough sweet potato to go around,because of the mountain’s cold weather,the sweet potato production is very low,we would be happy and satisfied if there is plenty of sweet potato to fill the tummy at every meal.”
中途休息，我见有一个小孩站在他身边，比他还矮半个头，看上去不过六岁。我问：“你几岁？”答曰：“十四。”真是可怕。我们乘坐的马租费是每个人五十元，可是这小孩说，马虽然是他家的，最后他只能拿到十块钱，其他四十元是要上交的，算村里收取的管理费。
At half way resting time,I saw another little boy stood beside him,even shorter than him by a few inches,looked like 6 years old.I asked; “How old are you?”He replied: “14”. I feel terrible.We were charged 50 yuan for each horse we hired,but this little boy said,even though his family own the horse,at the end he only get 10 yuan,the other 40 yuan goes toward the village’s authority,called managment charges.
最后我逐渐不那么吃惊了，中国就是这样，当大山深处的同胞虚弱不胜鹑衣之时，我们早已喜滋滋地宣布，我们不再是东亚病夫，而是一个体育强国；当我们在城里的学生们围在电视机前，汗流浃背地为所谓冲出亚洲嗥叫之时，他们正在油灯下嚼着冰冷的红薯；当我们在为所谓球赛失利砸烂电视机时，他们有些人还不知足球和电视为何物；当我们投入大量纳税人的钱去维持那个体育强国的泡影时，他们这些被天生剥夺了发言权的人民同时丧失了受教育权，因为交不起学费……
At the end,slowly,I no longer feel surprised,China is just like that,in the middle of the mountain,our fellow countrymen are weak from hunger and with only rags on their bodies,we joyfully declare,we no longe are “Sicked Man Of Asia”,instead,we are a powerful nation of sports;In front of television sets,our students in towns and cities,howling for the nation to “Out Of Asia”,the mountain people,can only chew cold sweet potato under oil lamp;when we smash television sets because of losing soccer match,the mountain people don’t even know what is soccer nor television;when massive taxpayers’s money is pumped into sustaining this so called powerful sporting nation’s bubble,these people,their voice being taken away at birth,at the same time,lost the right of education,because they have no money to pay the fees.
回想几年前的这件事，让我知道，中国仍然是东亚病夫，而且这头衔还要保持很长一段时间，用专门培养几个壮汉的大跃进的方法解决不了。
Because of this incidence,my conclusion is,China remains “Sicked Man Of Asia”,moreover,this title will stay for a long time,just to nurture and produce a numbers of “macho man”,like they did at the “Great Leap Forward”,will not help.
作者：李信吾 回复日期：2008-7-15 9:56:14
很好!
中国人其实就是自卑,特别自卑,越是自卑越是希望得到别人的承认,表面上特别的自负自大,容不得批评和异见,其实就是阿Q精神,心理病态.这种病态也反映在体育上,对金牌的狂热崇拜,完全看不到其他.
Netizen 1 reply:
Very good!
In fact,Chinese is all about inferior complex,deep and profound,the more the feeling of inferiority,the stronger the desire of being accepted and recognized by outsiders,on the surface,Chinese are especially self-important and self-inflat,do not accept criticism and different opinions,in fact it is the “Spirit Of Ah Q”,psycho sickness,this sickness is also reflected on sports,the feverish worshipping towards gold medals,and complete ignoring of all others.
作者：墨手 回复日期：2008-7-15 10:12:48
我们还TMD是睡狮呢,也不知道这么多年睡够了没
作者：att100 回复日期：2008-7-15 10:13:36
为了虚荣，假装狂热而痛苦地挤在人群中随喜
哈哈，其实大家都在随喜
Netizen 2 reply:
We TMD still are sleeping lions,and do not know so many years,has slept enough or not
Netizen 3 reply:
For this fake glory,pretain to be fanatic but painfully squeezd among the crowd pretain to be happy.
HAHA,in fact every one is pretain to be happy.
作者：aigyvfym 回复日期：2008-7-15 11:10:31
奥运金牌全拿了也是病夫一大片(精神上的 身体上的)
以全国之力，养几个金牌。
没有老百姓什么事哦。
作者：无雨天霜 回复日期：2008-7-15 11:12:26
哎，中国那方面搞的不是形象工程呢？
从毛泽东那个国内饿死人却拿大把钱物去救济非洲的时代开始就种下了根。
这种作风已经深入骨髓，无处不在，要扭转，恐怕只有……
Netizen 4 reply:
Lets say we get all the gold medals,still have massive numbers of “Sicked Man”,both in spritual and physical sense.
To use the whole country’s resourses,to nurture a few gold medals.
Got nothing to do with us common folks.
Netizen 5 replay:
Well,is there anything CHINA does, not about window dressing?
The root of evil was planted in Mao tse-tung era,when common folks were starved to death,yet massive amount of cash and resourses were shipped to Africa.
This kind of practise is deep in the bone mellow,is everywhere,to reverse it,there is only one way……………
北京奥运史上最独裁？/居中人
(博讯北京时间2008年7月15日 http://www.buxun.com
Beijing Olympic,the most autocratic olympic game in history?
北京奧運組委會發布『奧運場館觀賽規則』，禁示觀眾在觀看各項比賽時〝裸奔〞、也禁止觀眾穿戴相同或相似的服飾嚴禁攜帶旗幟，更不能進行政治活動和宗教行為。這場即將展開的北京奧運，恐怕是史上最獨裁的奧運會，不但觀眾表達情緒的方式要符合中共的要求，而且連運動員或觀眾以自已的宗教方式祈禱都成了問題。
“Regulations on audience attanding Olympic games”,announced by the Beiing Olympic Committe,prohibit audience to “running in the nude”,also prohibit audience wearing same or similar clothes,absolute prohibit carrying flags,any political and religious activities is absolute NO NO.This coming Beijing Olympic,probably is the most autocratic olympic game in history,Chinese communist,not only decide for the audience on how to express their emotion,also decide for both athletes and audience how to pray on individual religious belief.
運動員賽前不能向自已的上帝祈禱？熱愛自已球隊的熱情觀眾不能為其球隊祈禱？許多國家的國歌歌詞中，都帶有〝愿神佑我們的國家！〞，以上這些算不算是宗教行為呢？北京奧運場所只能揮舞中共的五星紅旗吧，相信有關部門一定會為入場的觀眾免費預備的,就象在海外為中國留學預備五星紅旗一樣。但其他國家的觀眾就不能揮舞本國的旗幟了？這种毫無人性，不知所謂的『奧運規則』，也只有中共這樣的政党才會想得出來。
Can’t athletes pray to his or her own GOD before the game commence?Can’t fans pray for their beloved teams? In many countries national anthem,all have this phrase “God save our nation”,can all these be counted as religious activities?Olympic venues would only allow waving of 5 stars red flags ,I belive relevent department will provide free 5 stars red flags to all the audience,just like they did to oversea Chinese students.But what about audience from foregin countries waving their own national flags?These unhumane,rediculus “olympic game rules”,is out of anyone’s imagination but the Chinese Communist Party.
試問在比賽中高呼〝美國加油〞、〝台灣加油〞算不算是政治行為呢？難道觀眾穿相似的印有2008奧運字樣的衣服，喊叫〝中國加油〞也會被視為攏亂場館行為了。隨著北京奧運會臨近,中共把這場〝盛會〞弄得愈來愈象當年的〝納粹奧運〞了。難道這就是中國還給世界的一個奇跡嗎？難道中共要以這類實際行動，向世人展示它成了今天世界的納粹黨？
If one may ask,shouting “go on America”,”go on Taiwan” during the game,would that be counted as political activities?Don’t tell me when audience wearing clothes with similar signs of 2008 olympic letters,yelling “go on China” will be classed as disturbance of venues.With Beijing Olympic approaching,CCP more and more turns this “grand party” into the like of then “Nazi Olympic”.Don’t tell me this is a miracle that China gives to the World ? Don’t tell me CCP,using these kind of actions,shows to the world’s people,CCP=Nazi Party of today?
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