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Support Tibet—boycott China
01.09.2010
I recently returned from a trip to Tibet. I witnessed firsthand the brutal and oppressive military Chinese occupation of this helpless and peaceful land. The Chinese government is working hard to eradicate a culture and colonize Tibet with Chinese settlers. Just mentioning the Dalai Lama will send you to jail for eight years.
What can we do to help? The Tibetans are actively engaging in passive, non-violent resistance. I say let us stop giving aide to the oppressors. Every time we buy a product "Made in China," we help to finance the genocide taking place in Tibet. Let's make a point of buying comparable products made elsewhere. And maybe for a few bucks more buy something made in the U.S. that actually provides jobs to our work force. In the 1980s, a successful divestment campaign in the U.S. helped topple the South African racist regime.
Let's ask questions to our financial institutions and political entities. Are you doing business with Chinese financial institutions and why? I told Tibetans that they are not alone. Will you prove me right?
Jean Jacques Bohl
Hailey
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