Dalai Lama doesn't oppose the olympic games in China

The truth is that anyone can protest as much as they want, but the decision for the Olympics to be held in China was made about 8 years ago, and people should have protested back then.  At this point, the Olympic games are happening, they will be in China, they are already planned, China has already prepared, and that is where the Olympics are going to be.  No one is going to cancel the highly anticipated Olympics, that happen only once every four years.  I agree that there are a lot of issues with the games being in China, but I don't see really what there is to do about it at this point.

There have been protests against the Olympics being held in China but I guess the Dali Lama has decided that these Olympics can't be stopped at this point.

Don't worry, we'll see many protests against China by the Dali Lama in the future. 

I'm guessing there are more important things for him to oppose to, like the immediate welfare of his people.

I suppose as the Games draw near, we will hear more about this aspect of the protests. 

Dalai: your smiles charm but your actions harm
Interview of Dawa Tsering, China Affairs Officer of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile by Yang Mei, Radio France International.
April 2, 2008

Q: The Chinese government on numerous occasions has questioned Dalai Lama's position on non-violence, and asked that if Dalai Lama truly advocates non-violence, why has he not condemned the cruel acts of murdering the Han Chinese committed by the Tibetan rioters during the March 14, 2008 riots in Tibet?

A: First of all, I must make it clear that the Tibetan (rioters) has been non-violent throughout (the incident). From Tibetans' perspective, violence means harming life. From the video recordings you can see that (the Tibetans rioters) were beating Han Chinese, but only beating took place. After the beating the Han Chinese were free to flee. Therefore (there were) only beating, no life was harmed. Those who were killed were all results of accidents. From recordings shown by the Chinese Communist government, we can clearly see that when Tibetan (rioters) were beating on their doors, the Han Chinese all went into hiding upstairs. When the Tibetan (rioters) set fire to the buildings, the Han Chinese remained in hiding instead of escaping, the result is that these Han Chinese were all accidentally burnt to death. Those (Tibetans) who set and spread the fire, on the other hand, had no idea whatsoever that there were Han Chinese hiding upstairs. Therefore not only were Han Chinese burnt to death, some Tibetans were burnt to death too. Therefore all these incidents were manslaughter, not murder.

You can listen to it from the Radio French International website.

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