Report from the 6th World Parliamentarian's Congress in Tibet held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

MP Son Chhay with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the 6th World Parliamentarians' Congress on Tibet which is held in Ottawa, Canada. April 28, 2012

Holywood movie star Richard Gere chaired the first cession of the convention of the 6th World Parliamentarians' Convention on Tibet which was held in Ottawa , Canada

Outside the convention building, unemployed Chinese in Canada were paid by the Chinese embassy in Ottawa to hold the protest against the international move to push for a dialogue between His Holiness Dalai Lama and Chinese government so that a solution can be found to end the suffering of the Tibetan people. This type of protest is not allowed in China but the communist Chinese enjoy freedom of expression which is allowed in the West

The convention believes that the change in Burma and in the middle east will affect the position of hardliners in China as the world is moving to recognize the right of self determination of minority groups, China will have no choice but to talk to HH Dalai Lama to find a suitable solution to the crisis.

Some speakers at the convention predicted that some serious change in china will occur and china could become a democratic nation with less than 10 years. What about Cambodia?

Son Chhay

Lifestyle of the privileged upper-class commies in a classless society: Animal Farm redux in Communist China

Organic vegetables grow behind a 6-foot fence at the Beijing Customs Administration Vegetable Base and Country Club. “Ordinary people can’t go in there,” a neighbor says. (Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times / September 17, 2011)

September 16, 2011
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times

Reporting from Beijing— At a glance, it is clear this is no run-of-the-mill farm: A 6-foot spiked fence hems the meticulously planted vegetables and security guards control a cantilevered gate that glides open only to select cars.

"It is for officials only. They produce organic vegetables, peppers, onions, beans, cauliflowers, but they don't sell to the public," said Li Xiuqin, 68, a lifelong Shunyi village resident who lives directly across the street from the farm but has never been inside. "Ordinary people can't go in there."

Until May, a sign inside the gate identified the property as the Beijing Customs Administration Vegetable Base and Country Club. The placard was removed after a Chinese reporter sneaked inside and published a story about the farm producing organic food so clean the cucumbers could be eaten directly from the vine.

Elsewhere in the world, this might be something to boast about. Not in China. Organic gardening here is a hush-hush affair in which the cleanest, safest products are largely channeled to the rich and politically connected.

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Xadach Chia Xim

Carton by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Comrade Duch

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

Comrade Duch wants a communist Chinese defense lawyer … after his verdict is announced

Monday 12 July 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Kaing Guech Iev, the former Tuol Sleng jail warden, is currently asking for a Chinese defense lawyer to replace Francois Roux, his French defense lawyer whom he asked to be removed at the end of last week. This was what Kar Savuth, his Cambodian defense lawyer, said on Saturday. In an interview with Radio France Internationale, Kar Savuth said that his client wanted a Chinese defense lawyer after the court will announce his verdict on 26 July. Kar Savuth said that: “The reason that Ta (Grandpa) Duch wants a Chinese lawyer is because China is a communist country and under the Pol Pot regime, it was also a communist country. Therefore, he wants a communist lawyer to come and work on a communist case. He does not want a lawyer from the west to judge on a communist man, it is the opposite of one another.” Kar Savuth declared that the nomination of a foreign lawyer to replace Francois Roux must be done after the announcement of Duch’s verdict on 26 July, and in the event there will be no Chinese lawyer for his client, Duch will not accept any foreign lawyer.

Sorry Taiwan, you are not communist enough to set feet in Cambodia: Hun Sen's warning

Hun Sen Warns Local Officials Off Taiwan

By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
28 January 2009

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned local government officials on Wednesday they would not be allowed to travel to Taiwan, nor any Taiwan officials to Cambodia.

“We cannot make any political or diplomatic relations with Taiwan,” Hun Sen said in public remarks to launch new decentralization legislation. “But we can make trade relations with Taiwanese people.”

Cambodia officially recognizes a one-China policy, which considers Taiwan a rogue province. There is no official office here for Taiwan, though there are some businesses.

“Businessmen will be allowed to come to Cambodia, and civil airlines company, private airline companies from Taiwan, EVA Air and China Air, can fly from Taipei to Phnom Penh, but not planes with Taiwanese flags,” Hun Sen said. “We won’t allow Taiwanese national flights into Cambodia.”

Cambodia has passed the Law on Administrative Management for Provincial, District and Municipal Councils, which allows commune councils to elect other councils for the three other levels of sub-national government. The first election will be held May 17.

Hun Sen’s speech was a warning to would-be members of these councils that though they would have some power outside of the central government, the central government would control foreign policy.

“Cambodian politicians will not be allowed to go to Taiwan,” he said. “And Taiwanese political officials will not be allowed in Cambodia, including members of parliament and presidential advisers.

Communist rhetoric unchanged even in the 21st Century

China calls U.S. medal for Dalai Lama a "farce"

Wed Oct 17, 2007
By Benjamin Kang Lim

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top religious affairs official on Wednesday condemned as a "farce" plans by the U.S. Congress to honor the Dalai Lama and urged Tibet's spiritual leader to abandon his dreams of independence.

The Dalai Lama, who has lived in exile in India since fleeing his predominantly Buddhist homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Communist rule, was to receive the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal later on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, President George W. Bush hosted the Dalai Lama, despite China's warning that U.S. plans to honor the Nobel Peace laureate could damage relations between Beijing and Washington.

"The protagonist of this farce is the Dalai Lama," Ye Xiaowen, director-general of the State Administration for Religious Affairs, told a select group of reporters on the sidelines of the Communist Party's five-yearly conclave.

"What Peking opera has he been singing? The Dalai Lama has engaged in activities splitting the motherland over a long period of time," said Ye, a delegate to the 17th Party Congress.

"(After) no one sang along with him, he later said he does not advocate independence. He said he wants a high degree of autonomy and a Greater Tibet, but in reality it's independence in disguise."

Greater Tibet refers to parts of western Chinese provinces populated by Tibetans and Tibet proper under a single administration.

Without naming Bush by name, Ye said those abetting the Dalai Lama were Christians.

Alluding to the Bible, Ye told the United States not to do unto others as it would not have others do unto it.

The Dalai Lama supports a "middle way" approach that advocates autonomy for Tibet within China. But Chinese officials do not trust him and have accused him of being a separatist.

Quoting from Buddhist scriptures, Ye urged the Dalai Lama "to make efforts to atone for his misdeeds and to repent and be saved".

Asked if China would appoint a successor if the 14th Dalai Lama dies, Ye said that without exception it would have to follow regulations introduced recently banning reincarnations of "living Buddhas" that fail to seek government approval.

Atheist China's attempt to manipulate the centuries-old Tibetan practice of searching for reincarnations of holy monks is stoking anger in the Himalayan region, exiled Tibetans say.

China pulled out of a meeting this month at which world powers were to discuss Iran in protest at the medal for the Dalai Lama. It has also cancelled an annual human rights dialogue with Germany to show its displeasure over German Chancellor Angela Merkel's September meeting with Tibet's god-king.

(Additional reporting by Guo Shipeng)