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不是人民的日报


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First Taoist research association inaugurated

 By Keen Zhang
zhangr@china.org.cn

上周五去人民大会堂的采访。现在我怎么就跟道道道道道鱼水不分了啊。希望有一天我能得道。

"We have waited for 30 years to see the association materialize," Ge Rongjin, a professor from Renmin University of China, said emotionally in his speech at the launching conference of the Research Association of Laozi Taoist Culture (CRALTC) Friday. He now serves as the association's top advisor.

At the Henan Hall in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, leaders of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Henan Province as well as scholars, Taoist followers and guests witnessed the inauguration.

"30 years ago, Chinese scholars called for such association. In 1993, Professor Tang Yijie of Peking University, also a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences at that time, came to me to discuss the possibility," Hu Fuchen, currently the chairman of the association. He added, "Although there are already many Confucian institutions, we have none in Taoist area."

Taoist scholars submitted applications to create the organization but the motion was put on the shelf until in 2005, when Henan Province's Zhoukou municipal leaders wanted to hold an "International Laozi and Taoist Seminar", the idea of the association resurfaced again.

In January 2008, they finally got the green light from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to establish the first Taoist research association. Many at Friday's press conference were either excited or relieved, as it took many years for the association to come into fruition. Tang Yijie, the organization's initiator, serves as an honorary chairman as he is already in his 70’s and retired.

Ge Rongjin expects an academic magazine and commercial products, as well as an even larger international Taoist conference in the future.

China has started to invest more money and attention into Taoism after it has successfully exported Confucianism to the world by establishing hundreds of Confucian institutes and schools around the world. I have witnessed the largest ever international Daodejing forum held in Xi'an and Hong Kong last year. Daodejing, the Taoist bible, is one of the most widely published books on the planet, only second to the Christian Bible.

Chairman Hu Fuchen called the inauguration of the association a "grand event" that 70 million Taoist followers have long anticipated. However, he's worried about the current cultural impact from the West. "We have witnessed our rapid economic growth, but also have to admit our 'culture deficit'," he said, proud of Chinese culture but called Hollywood and its celebrities "not so cultural" since the United States has a younger history than China.

He also remarked, "American culture has huge influence worldwide, and this, of course, affects China. Many Chinese think 'Americanization' is just another word for modernization, but that's wrong. Americanization is a political export backed up by American state power. It’s not a normal cultural exchange." He added that many western philosophers and scientists, such as Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Albert Einstein, were actually big supporters of Laozi and his Daodejing

Tang Yijie, one of the association founders, echoed that point of view, "The revival of China is closely tied with the revival of Chinese culture. In Chinese thought, Taoist philosophy is one of the three most important pillars along with Confucianism and Buddhism, which co-breed and shape Chinese culture. This is the root of our culture. If we cut out the root, then the so-expected revival will be a big question mark.

Mao Chaofeng, the Party chief of Zhoukou City in Henan Province, also announced at the press conference that on May 20 they will hold an International Laozi Taoist Cultural Festival in their small county Luyi, the hometown of Laozi, the ancestor of Taoism.

Taoism, which takes the Tao of Laozi as its highest principle, is an indigenous traditional Chinese religion whose fundamental purpose is to help seekers attain transcendence. Taoism originates from ancestor worship, belief in ghosts and gods, Taoist philosophy, as well as mystical practices.

Many scholars have said they believe the concepts from Taoism will be a solution to many world issues, such as dealing with the relationship between human and nature. "Building a harmonious society", a very popular slogan from Chinese central government, is deeply rooted in Chinese Taoist culture.

However, during past decades, Taoism was heavily regarded as the one closely associated with feudalist dynasties and folk superstitions among the Chinese government and people, so it was ignored by many and remained less-developed. But now, as the nation is beginning to be enthusiastic about traditional culture, Taoism, along with this newly-established Taoist research association, may bear witness to this new revival.


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中国人的声音和CIA

昨天,加拿大的华人在多伦多举行最大规模反藏独示威

Breaking news: 中国官方媒体XINHUA公布达赖集团谋划暴乱事实

《亚洲时代》强文: 美国中情局支持藏独分子     点击看译文

另一个不错的网站: www.ourvoice.de


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CNN反击

CNN终于出声明了,说自己很委屈云云

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/28/tibet.statement/index.html?section=cnn_latest

这时,Anti-cnn.com已经火暴了:

http://www.anti-cnn.com/forum/cn/index.php

这叫做“陈凯歌效应”。

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PS: 中央宣传战打响,《达赖喇嘛》记录片放出: 
http://space.tv.cctv.com/podcast/xizanglama

强烈建议CCTV赶紧的做出英文版。现在内宣不是问题,关键是外宣。

可读:Why They Hate China


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Backfire和“扣帽子”

向外媒哭诉的喇嘛们,被西方视为呼唤自由的“勇士”

外交部发言人秦刚最新的记者会值得玩味

根据这几天外媒在西藏发回的报道,显然中央政府发现此举backfired了。

30名喇嘛在媒体团到达时,高喊“西藏不自由”、“政府没说实话”、“一切与达赖无关”、“我们要达赖”blah blah blah等等,成为了西方媒体争相报道的新闻热点——虽然是少数和细节,但在这里却能无限放大,因为绝对可以拿来印证“中国政府掩盖真相”的论调,印证“中国没有言论自由,人民生活在政府威权下”的说法。这符合他们的政治利益,同时赢得西方民众的同情。毫无疑问的。我们究竟有没有言论自由?当前,我们先搁置这种争议。

安排这种媒体行,就是冒险。当然我们的政府是起码想做出一点姿态来灭火。而西方人本来戴着有色眼镜来,于是专门就要寻找细节里的突破点。再加上媒体行是政府安排的,从一开始就应该知道会被扣上政府“设计”的帽子。请他们来,他们巴不得赶紧要来找茬。不然倒帮着中国政府说话,那还有什么“公正和客观”?最终,在没控制住的情况下,再发生这种事,必须承认,这确实backfired了。看这两天政府在狂封锁这些被邀外国媒体的网站,就可想而知。真的还不如强硬到底。

不过,终于有一些真实送了出来。给世界,给中国自己。一些外媒也各有自己的角度,并非全是狂批中国。倒是从外媒的“哈哈镜”或“平面镜”里,我们可以看到自己依稀的倒影,猜到一些问题的源头。比如这篇《今日美国》的新报道

但这究竟是政治的冲突?还是文化的冲突?

有趣的是,如今只要表达爱国之情的中国人,都会被扣上“官方”的帽子(虽然我们也常常给别人别国扣帽子),连海外的学生的独立爱国活动也是“GCD支持的”;中国所有的媒体,也是“国家控制”,连根本不是政府网站的中国网站,也要被说成是中国的“官方媒体”。你对外国人说任何支持国家支持党的话,外国人都会说“被洗脑了吧?”“政府说谎了你傻了吧?”于是流氓逻辑是:只要和“官方”和“公产主义”粘上边的,那就都是不可信的。外国的中国留学生,敢于站出来反对分裂祖国行为的爱国学生,也不断的被西方宣传机器扣上“官方”帽子,或扣上被“官方利用”的帽子。看着这些西方报道,就觉得那些记者真的非常傻B,有的根本就没有做过起码的新闻调查。然而大家一沉默,其它的势力又开始叫嚣,而且频频得到公众和当地政府的好感和支持。他们带着偏见来,但这种偏见却并非无来由的。说冷战结束了,但实在没有,现在还蔓延到了网络上。舆论才是杀人不眨眼的武器。“人言可畏”在这里适用。

凡是被在中国统治下的,都是缺乏自由和人权的人。从来没有人管那些异见分子如果掌权后,会建立一个什么样的社会。或者那些流亡的人,之前建立和享有的,是不是西方人以为的“民主”和“自由”。从来没有人去调查达赖喇嘛以前,是怎么在农奴制的框架下残害藏人侵犯人权。只因他有神权。

现在就是这种尴尬又可笑的境地。中国政府的信誉度,尤其是在一些敏感问题上的国际信誉度,究竟有多大?中国人,到底在国际的眼中,是什么色彩?我们是否真的可以做到走自己的路,让别人去说吧。于是,毫不奇怪有人开始怀念起更加强硬的毛时代和邓时代。

当然好玩的是,从这次的战况来看,大部分的中国人,哪怕曾经有不满者,也都坚定地站在了党这一边。在祖国统一和民族问题这样的大事大非上,绝不妥协。简单来说,就是:不足之处,可以以后慢慢改;政策失败,可换新的;达赖想回来,大门也没关死。但,要闹分裂?那就想都别想!这是中国人,尤其是占据了大半江山的汉族人,的心理底线、民族感情、和民族尊严。是不可挑战的。就像印第安人闹独立,占绝大多数的美国白人一样不会越过这个心理底线一样。

我之前在写的一篇报导文章里讲到比约克事件时,做了一段小评论:“Bjork, 42, once attended a certain concert with the theme of "free Tibet", but she has never set foot on Tibetan soil. Many western entertainers make use of politics to create their images. The film Team America: World Police (2004) has already satirized this. What Bjork did was simply another ludicrous political show.” 大意是:“她从来没有登上西藏土地,和西方一些明星一样,只是为了塑造形象在作秀”。其实,我当时是故意这么写的。我知道有些西方明星是出于真心,有的则是同情心泛滥;我也知道有些明星很好骗,西方政府和媒体怎么宣传,他们就怎么信。这对他们没损失,还可以争取到更多民众的支持。谁说只有中国才有propaganda呢?

不久后,就有某个外媒就引用了我的这段话,还同时在这段话后,又列出了Bjork为什么坚持自己是音乐人不是政客,却又要表达政治观点的理由。现在看来,倒颇能解释洋人对中国的看法和为什么现在对我们的围攻:“She tells the Lipster: ‘It shows more than anything that China has become the next superpower in the world. And the issue is: how are they going to deal with Western moral issues like freedom of speech?’”(大意是:“最重要的是,中国已经成为了世界的下一个超级大国。于是重点是:他们将怎么来处理西方的道义问题,比如言论自由?”)

西方的道义,是否适用于东方,这是个问题。西方的道义,是否能被证明是最好的,也是个问题。最大的问题是,这种道义,还无法在一个有着13亿人口、刚从封建社会转型且远没肃清传统封建政治理念、或又不缺少愤青和极端主义者、或又不缺乏文盲和无知者、或又不缺乏众多弱人和残缺信仰者、甚至连内部还时常互相攻击地域与等级偏见的土地上,获得试验。也没人敢去试验。


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外媒西藏亲临报道

欧洲终于以乌龟一般的速度爬过来谴责中国了。法国还扬言要纠集欧洲各国组成一个N国联军代表团杀到中国来调查情况。当巴黎记者问到中国是否会允许在欧盟或联合国授权下的代表团来调查时,中国驻华使馆直接拿去年11月发生的法国骚乱事件当头一棒扔回去:

“几个月前,(巴黎郊外的)维莱勒贝尔镇发生了暴动,(法国当局)派遣了1000名警员前往这个只有2万6000居民的小镇。你们会允许联合国派人去看维莱勒贝尔镇到底发生了什么事情吗? ”中国驻法大使馆公使曲星昨天接受法新社访谈时,以法国警方几个月前镇压维莱勒贝尔镇的暴动为例,说明中国武警在拉萨强力驱散参与骚乱的藏民,合乎国际惯例。

胡主席和小布什昨天电话聊天。和梵蒂冈教皇一样,小布什也没敢说啥,就表达表达“关注”,也没敢抗议,也没敢抵制,八月奥运开幕他还是得乖乖来,倒是一些西方小国家,比如英国法国德国这些闹得凶。

英国留学生正在组织在4月6日那天举办新的反藏独活动。那天藏独将干扰伦敦的奥运圣火传递(我的报道)。

Anti-CNN建了一个比较正式的主页面: http://anti-cnn.com 不过里面的内容还很冷清。

部分去组团去西藏的境外媒体发回的报道,但果然不出所料:

·  美联2
·  美联社
· 《今日美国》报道
· 《花儿街日报》报道
· 《金融时报》报道
·  首批记者采访的照片集(WSJ)
·  新加坡《联合早报》报道


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西方媒体终于可以组团去西藏

最新消息:外交部决定周三组织一些选定的媒体去西藏参观破坏和恢复情况。

这将打破西方媒体被禁止进入西藏“独立调查”的禁锢和炒做点。当然,被邀请者可能会倒戈说,他们只能采访到被安排给他们采访的人,而不能自由采访到他们“想采访”的“人”。

被邀请的境外媒体包括:美联、《华尔街日报》、《今日美国》、《金融时报》、俄通-塔斯社、日本共同社、《联合早报》、韩国KBS电视台和卡塔尔半岛电视台;

香港媒体包括:香港TVB、明报、南华早报、文汇报、凤凰;

台湾媒体包括:“中央社”、联合报、东森。

中国境内的媒体包括:咱们的《北京周报》和外国人看得最多的官方《中国日报》。

CNN,BBC,自然,不在邀请之列。

所以,他们将绿着眼睛继续造谣。

反思:西方媒体丧失公平公正 北京当局欠公开

新录影:达赖喇嘛七大谎言


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希腊警察到底有没有能力?

生火仪式被干扰录象

美联社的报道:The banner belonged to the Paris-based journalism advocacy group Reporters Without Borders(进会场的,是“记无边”那个组织,他们一直在号召抵制奥运,所以昨天俺错怪藏独了;不过,藏独也去了,但还没靠近就被抓了,——证明稀拉警察还是有能力), which confirmed it was their flag. The group said three members, including the group's secretary general Robert Menard, managed to get into the ceremony without being stopped.  (三人,包括秘书长冲进场去居然没有受到任何阻拦,真的是故意的?)Later, a Tibetan woman covered herself in red paint and lay in the road in front of a runner carrying the Olympic torch into the village of ancient Olympia, while other protesters chanted "Free Tibet" and "Shame on China."(藏独闹事是肯定被抓的,在地上滚吧

罗雪娟昨天一个人跑了两棒,这在奥运历史上绝无先例。接力的那个希腊运动员据说是骨折了。骨折了先就没通知主办方吗?难道是临时骨折的?So fishy!

奥运火炬,在国内传递应该是毫无问题,但在海外,这回是肯定被强烈干扰。伦敦的藏独已经有组织有预谋的策划好了要在伦敦弄弄圣火传递。如果伦敦警察也没能力,那么中国的留学生和华人就要行动起来!


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喇嘛王国的覆灭

必读书。简介:http://product.dangdang.com/product.aspx?product_id=8990000

电子书下载(pdf格式):http://www.mediafire.com/?thjggvtrgmn


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希腊警察干什么吃的?

他们派出了超过1000名警察,却防不住这两个拉黑旗的藏独小丑?还让人能在场子里跑了这么远跑到老刘背后闹。在这么庄重的仪式上。是故意的?还是防不胜防?或者根本就是功能障碍?明明知道这是非常时期!

他们是在给自己的历史遗产丢脸。

这个插曲的新闻价值再度压过仪式本身,果然成为今天西方媒体津津乐道和反复播放的镜头。(我已经在CNN和BBC上看了十次了……)

中国应该派出秘密警察沿途护送我们的火炬手。


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