Special report: Dalai clique's separatist activities condemned
BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- If an opinion poll were
to be carried out on the Internet in China to choose the most disgusting figure,
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would probably be on top of the list, as she
confused right with wrong on the issue of Tibet, held double standards to
interfere in China's internal affairs, hurt the feelings of the Chinese people
and impaired China-U.S. relations.
The fact that Pelosi is detested by the Chinese
people is closely connected with her recent move to clamor for "Tibet
independence" and instigate "boycotting the Olympic Games".
From meeting with the Dalai Lama in India to calling
on U.S. President George W. Bush not to attend the opening ceremony of the
Beijing Olympic Games, from making irresponsible remarks on the Olympic torch
relay to proposing an anti-China resolution on Tibet passed Wednesday by the
U.S. House of Representatives, Pelosi has never hesitated to flagrantly
interfere in China's internal affairs with double standards. However, her show
was anything but wise.
As is known to all, the Lhasa riots were masterminded
by the Dalai clique and organized by Tibet separatists in and outside China. The
riots have been condemned by the Chinese people of all ethnic groups.
The Beijing Olympic Games is a grand festival for
people all over the world, especially for the 1.3 billion Chinese who have been
anticipating the games with keen enthusiasm and have made serious preparations
for it. But Pelosi and other U.S. congressmen spared no trouble to make harsh
discords on the two issues, which seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese
people. How can such an irresponsible political figure not be detested by all
the Chinese people?
What she has done is simply an irresponsible act and
a move to interfere in China's internal affairs, but Pelosi ostentatiously
showed herself off as "a moral authority". When she met with the Dalai Lama in
March in India, she appealed to the international community to exert pressure on
China on the issue of Tibet, lest the highest standard of morality be lost. But
what she has done runs counter to what she has trumpeted as "morality".
Pelosi, a California Democrat, was elected to the
House of Representatives in 1987. Four years after the election, massive ethnic
clashes broke out in Los Angeles and some other cities in California. At that
time, the Federal and state governments moved in 10,000 security forces from the
National Guard, the army and the navy to restore order. Thousands of people were
arrested. However, She turned a blind eye to the violence in a state where she
came from, without moving any motion on the Los Angeles riots. Where was her
"moral authority"?
Aleksandr Salitzky, an Economics and International
Relations researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Vladimir Fisyukov,
a commentator at the Voice of Russia radio station wrote in a recent article:
Pelosi was cynical while commenting on the situation
in Tibet. The Chinese are fully justified to call her 'a protector of mobsters,
arsonists and murderers. Why doesn't she give a thought to Iraq? The death toll
of Iraqi civilians has risen to nearly 1 million as a result of the U.S.
invasion.
Pelosi has played double standards when it comes to
the so-called "moral authority."
Missing no chances of exerting pressure on countries
she dislikes, the house speaker has already lost her moral credibility. Beneath
the double standards lies her stubborn anti-China sentiment and uneasiness about
China's peaceful rise.
No one has given more incisive comments about Pelosi
than Tom Pratt, a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. He said
Pelosi is habitually unforgiving and skeptical when it comes to China. With
little good feelings towards the country, she is always uneasy about its
peaceful rise.
He recalled a conversation with Pelosi several years
ago when she said China was not entitled to free preferential treatment granted
by the West because of China's many problems, its huge population and a
miserable history.
"I was shocked by her remarks," Pratt added.
Pelosi has emerged as a leading critic of the Chinese
government after being elected a member of the House of Representatives.
She has persistently voted against China on every
single legislation concerning China.
She opposed granting the Most Favored Nation (MFN)
status to China under the lame excuses of "China's poor human rights and
democracy records".
She also repeatedly slammed the U.S. government on
issues concerning China such as human rights, trade, weapons sales and Tibet.
During a congress trip to China in 1991, Pelosi,
along with two other congressmen, unfurled a "pro-democracy" banner in Tiananmen
Square, staging a "deliberately planned" anti-China farce.
Pelosi's acts, as commented by Thailand's Asia Times,
are "more compatible with the Cold War atmosphere in the 1950s, which, however,
is incongruous with the complicated world of the 21st century."
What the house speaker has done will only strengthen
the firm determination of the Chinese people to safeguard the social stability
in Tibet, promote national solidarity and host a successful Beijing Olympics.
Pelosi would remain the least popular person for China if she stiff-neckedly clings to her double standards and an anti-China stance.
