Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08SAOPAULO138
2008-03-18 12:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: CHINA' REPRESSION
VZCZCXYZ0050 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHSO #0138 0781233 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 181233Z MAR 08 ZDK FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8019 INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9161 RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8652 RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3050
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000138
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: CHINA' REPRESSION
IN TIBET; SAO PAULO
"Cultural Genocide"
Liberal, largest national circulation dail Folha de S. Paulo
editorialized (3/18): "Despit its current high level of
industrialization andeconomic growth, China continues to be a
brutal ictatorship. Because Beijing totally controls information
and has made Tibet a forbidden territory for journalists, it is hard
to evaluate what is going on there.... Considering the history of
Chinese authorities' behavior, one should take Chinese official
statements with skepticism. Even so, according to available
information, it seems that Beijing is avoiding bloodshed on the eve
of the Olympic Games.... In addition to systematic human rights
violations, Tibet's traditions have been disrespected, in a kind of
'cultural genocide,' as the Dalai Lama has described it. The ideal
would be to find an agreed solution, through which Tibetans could
enjoy real autonomy.... To give political and cultural autonomy to
Tibet would not be unprecedented for China, which coexists with a
similar situation in Hong Kong. However, nothing indicates that
Beijing will give up the use of force against the defenseless
Tibetan population."
White
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: CHINA' REPRESSION
IN TIBET; SAO PAULO
"Cultural Genocide"
Liberal, largest national circulation dail Folha de S. Paulo
editorialized (3/18): "Despit its current high level of
industrialization andeconomic growth, China continues to be a
brutal ictatorship. Because Beijing totally controls information
and has made Tibet a forbidden territory for journalists, it is hard
to evaluate what is going on there.... Considering the history of
Chinese authorities' behavior, one should take Chinese official
statements with skepticism. Even so, according to available
information, it seems that Beijing is avoiding bloodshed on the eve
of the Olympic Games.... In addition to systematic human rights
violations, Tibet's traditions have been disrespected, in a kind of
'cultural genocide,' as the Dalai Lama has described it. The ideal
would be to find an agreed solution, through which Tibetans could
enjoy real autonomy.... To give political and cultural autonomy to
Tibet would not be unprecedented for China, which coexists with a
similar situation in Hong Kong. However, nothing indicates that
Beijing will give up the use of force against the defenseless
Tibetan population."
White