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China frets over Mongolian
metal band
`BANNED IN HOHHOT':
With Beijing
authorities growing nervous about ethnic minorities' agitation,
a rampaging`Mongolian Pride' rock band has drawn official attention
NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , Ulan
Bator, Mongolia, Saturday, Nov 27, 2004,Page 5
Members
of the heavy metal band Hurd are pictured in their studio in
Ulan Bator, Mongolia earlier this month.
PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES
China built the Great Wall
more than 2,000 years ago to keep out invaders from the north.
But the Chinese are having a harder time repulsing modern interlopers
like these: long-haired Mongolian men in black, whose office
decor features a wolf pelt, a portrait of Genghis Khan and a
music store poster of Eminem.
So the Chinese police got nervous
when they heard that Hurd was crossing the Gobi Desert, coming
down from Mongolia. With their new hit CD, "I Was Born in
Mongolia," Hurd, a heavy metal, Mongolian-pride group, was
coming for a three-day tour, culminating Nov. 1 with a performance
in Hohhot, capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
"The morning we were to
get on the train, the translator guy called and said `Your performances
are canceled,"' Damba Ganbayar, Hurd's keyboardist and producer,
said glumly as lounged in a white plastic chair.
"He said, `I will call
with details.' I never got the details."
The details, according to reports
from Hohhot, were that riot policemen and trucks surrounded the
college campus where the group was to play. They checked identity
cards, detained four people overnight and dispersed about 2,000
frustrated concertgoers into the autumn night.
In the next several days, the
Chinese authorities shut down three Mongolian-language chat forums,
according to the Southern Mongolia Human Rights Information Center,
a New York-based group that tracks "Chinese colonialism"
in what some call the southern end of Greater Mongolia.
"Banned in Hohhot"
may not have an epic ring to it, but it is a sign of the times.
With reports of local protests
almost daily fare in China, the authorities are increasingly
nervous also about ethnic minorities. In late October, several
days of fighting erupted between Hui Muslims and Han Chinese
-- China's dominant ethnic group -- in central Henan province
after a traffic accident.
During the 1960s, the Chinese-Soviet
split kept Mongolia, a Soviet satellite nation, apart from China's
Inner Mongolia. Today, the Chinese region is home to 4 million
ethnic Mongolians, almost double the 2.5 million in the country
of Mongolia. But Chinese migration to Inner Mongolia over the
years has left the ethnic Mongolians there vastly outnumbered
by 18 million Han Chinese.
In recent years, barriers have
gone down between those two Mongolias as China has become its
northern neighbor's largest trading partner and foreign investor.
With Inner Mongolia's economy growing by 22 percent during the
first nine months of this year, officials in the two Mongolias
agreed in October to open a free-trade zone where the Trans-Mongolian
Railway crosses into China.
On the cultural front, music
groups from here often appear on Inner Mongolia's Mongolian language-channel.
Hurd, which means speed, has done three concert tours in Inner
Mongolia since 2000. It claims to be the most popular rock group
for Mongolians on both sides of the border.
"In 2000, it was very
Soviet-style, with lots of policemen around with flashlights,
very disciplined concerts," Damba Ganbayar recalled. "Later,
it became more relaxed, like normal rock concerts."
"Even so, they advised
us not to say, `We Mongolians are all together!' or `All Mongolians
rise up and shout!"' the keyboardist said. "People
would shout, `Genghis!' But it was nothing political."
But on later visits south of
the border, he noticed a growth in Mongol pride.
Encounters between Mongolians
and Inner Mongolians are a bit like encounters between Mexicans
and New Mexicans. Many Mongols here say they consider Inner Mongolians
to be more Chinese than Mongolian. When people here travel south,
they do not say they are going to Inner Mongolia, but to China.
Copyright © 1999-2004
The Taipei Times. All rights reserved.
INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER:
George W. Bush has to be insane to interfere...
THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER
editor Bob Chapman writes:
The dominance of the Bush administration in Latin America is
most certainly on the decline ... the region is no longer America's
backyard and governments are no longer available on demand.November
28, 2004
Over the past several years,
China has turned to South America, Australia, North Africa and
the Middle East to solve its commodity needs.
They are buying huge quantities
of iron ore, bauxite, tin, oil, copper, soybeans, timber, zinc
and manganese from Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Venezuela and
Chile. They have just signed US$30 billion in contracts.
The US, preoccupied with
its invasions and occupations, has attached little importance
to China's rising profile in the region.
Latin America is drifting away
from US influence, and China's involvement is expediting that
process. China has dollars and they are more than willing to
spend them in the best places, where they do the most good.
Of course, their attempt to
have Venezuela's President Mr. Chavez removed from office and
their attempts to assassinate him ... no matter what his politics
... has made George and the neo-cons very unpopular.
On top of that, we see the
US-backed opposition blowing up a state prosecutor, who was investigating
Venezuelans who were being funded by the CIA.
That is not diplomacy ... it
is barbarism.
Chinese investment is sorely
needed throughout the region. Brazil has repeatedly floated the
idea of a strategic alliance with Beijing. That would put Brazil
in a position to demand more trade concessions from the US.
· (Brazilian) President Luiz Ignacio Lula de Silva has
been hinting at negotiating a free trade agreement with China
... the Chinese inroads in the region already are large.
Times are changing in Latin
America and we see no change of attitude coming from George and
the neo-cons. We will have to wait for a new administration in
four years to reverse the trend and effect change. In the meantime,
China has the field virtually to itself.
The US State Department is
upset that the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) ... which
receives its funding from the Congress of the United States ...
is the subject of a legal case via direct grantee Sumate. NED
president Carl Gershman went to Venezuela to try to meet with
President Chavez to influence the case, but was surprised when
the executive branch refused to meet with him.
This was an attempt to interfere
with due process of law and another arrogant move by the perpetrators
to ask Venezuela to cover their tracks after they attempted to
overthrow Mr. Chavez' government.
George W. Bush has to be
insane to believe he can send an emissary to interfere with the
judicial process after he has attempted to overthrow a duly-elected
government and financed the attempted assassination of Venezuela's
President.
Mr. Greshman's presence was
the first time he visited a foreign nation to defend NED's interest.
It is also the first nation that has challenged NED's attempts
at foreign revolution.
Other Sumate defenders are
US Representatives Christopher Cox and Gregory Meeks (NED board
members, and Senator John McCain, and former Secretary of State
Madeline Albright, who chair the NED, core grantee organizations
-- The International Republican Institute and the National Democratic
Institute.
· There is no question that NED is an instrument that
finances and leads coup d'etat when "democracy" does
not fit their model.
Since Greshman's visit had
been a failure, operatives were then set to spread terror in
Caracas. This is the same group of elitists who have spread terror
and the message of terror in the US and throughout the world.
These elitists who run the US government are seldom challenged
in such a manner, so you can expect an escalation of their terror
tactics. They want to control Venezuelan oil and will do anything
toward that end. Iraq is a good example of just how far they
will go to control sources of oil.
President Bush's visit to
Santiago, Chile to attend the Asia Pacific summit was greeted
by riots and protests, 100 people were arrested. Thousands swarmed
through the city with banners declaring, "Fascist Bush is
a terrorist." Protestors say 70,000 marched against Bush
the terrorist.
We wonder if Brazil will be
the next victim of regime change by George and the neo-cons.
Brazil is developing a nuclear program putting it on a collision
course with the US. Brazil has refused to permit UN inspectors'
unfettered access to the Resende uranium enrichment plant ...
about 100 miles from Rio. The country says the plant is involved
in the enrichment of uranium to a low percentage needed for nuclear
power stations, which generate electricity and not to
the 95% required in the manufacture of nuclear weapons. Brazil
says they are protecting their technology in keeping the UN out.
For over 15 years, there has been debate over Brazil's intentions.
· The orchestration of pro-National Endowment for Democracy
has begun ... the brainwashing and the psywar program are now
underway internationally in order to cover the evil deeds of
the Bush administration.
US Congressman Tom Lantos,
(D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations
Committee, has introduced House Resolution 867 expressing support
for NED and protesting the "unjust prosecution" of
Sumate for using US tax dollars to rig an election to unseat
President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
NED is an elitist, CIA, black
operations-front employed in numerous facets of overthrowing
governments. The result of their recent attempt of regime change
was a referendum re-certifying Mr. Chavez' presidency as he won
59% of the vote.
NED is known for bringing what
they call democracy and justice to South Africa. A government
that is Marxist and is in the process of confiscating private
property in the name of black empowerment. There efforts are
ripping the country apart.
NED is a change agent ... it
is embedded in a country under a humanitarian cover and then
proceeds to bring about change in behalf of world elitists who
ultimately desire world government.
The CIA planned and executed
the riots and coup two years ago in Venezuela, and they, in all
likelihood, arranged the execution of prosecutor Danilo Anderson
... so no one would investigate the operations of NED, which
has been used to try to overthrow a democratically elected President.
Lantos' rant is disinformation
at its best ... calculated to confuse the issue and throw blame
on the Chavez government in order to continue their attempt at
regime change. Lantos' and his government accomplices are lying,
as usual. They have just assassinated an innocent public servant
doing his job for his country and arrogantly defend their NED
spy operation, what arrogance.
That unfortunately has become
the hallmark of US diplomacy in recent years.
If they are not with you, murder
them.
Murders by forces working with
the US government will not stop the investigations and
the truth will be told. The truth is something the elitists do
not want exposed. Venezuela will show it has a strong
democratic government as it pursues these evil people and brings
them to justice.
In Venezuela the number of
people unemployed has dropped from 2.16 million to 1.8 million
persons. The informal sector is estimated to be 31.5% of the
economically active population and unemployment currently stands
at 15%. Formal sector employment is up 47.3% from the same period
last year. 84% of these in formal sector jobs belong to the private
sector compared to 16% in the public sector. On 11/2/04, the
monthly unemployment figures had dropped from 16.7% to 14.5%
between 9/03 and 9/04.
A long time friend of Danilo
Anderson, who was assassinated two weeks ago ... Carlos Herrera,
claims Anderson was under pressure by the government and on 11/27/04
planned to summon Venezuelan bankers Aristides Maza and Ignacio
Salvatierra for signing the Pedro Carmona Decree on 4/12/02.
Anderson said he was going to prohibit their leaving the country
and that some lawyers at the bank threatened his life...
THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER
P. O. Box 510518, Punta Gorda, FL 33951, USA
Bob Chapman international_forecaster@yahoo.com
Press Statement January
14, 2005
NTDTV Protests Chinese Regime's
Infringement on Freedom of Press
We call on PM to urge China to re-issue visas to our reporters
immediately
On Thursday January 13 2005,
The Prime Minister's Office notified NTDTV that the Chinese Embassy
had issued visas for, then retracted them from Ms. Danielle Zhu
and Mr. David Ren, two of our reporters just before they were
to accompany Canada's Trade Mission to China. The PMO is responsible
for organizing visas for all media for the upcoming trip.
This is yet another measure
Chinese Communist regime took to stifle the voice of an independent
media.
New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV)
is a global independent Chinese satellite TV network that started
transmission in 2002. Our mission is to bridge the cultures of
the East and the West, and to provide accurate and truthful information
to the global Chinese communities on news and events in and outside
of China.
We do not avoid reporting on
issues the Chinese authorities do not want to be reported, such
as SARS, human rights situation in China including persecutions
of Tibetans, Christians, Falun Gong practitioners, Article 23
in Hong Kong, etc.
Because NTDTV is one of few
overseas Chinese media that have not bowed to pressure from the
Chinese Communist Regime, and we believe Chinese people have
the right to the truth and information, people in the community
choose to do volunteer for NTDTV, including Falun Gong practitioners.
So when Chinese government attacks NTDTV, it labels us Falun
Gong media, but we are not and the content of our programs speaks
for itself.
NTDTV has a variety of different
programs geared to educate and entertain the Chinese viewer ship,
from sports to entertainment to news and business, to children's
programs etc. It is not only focused on the secrets of the Chinese
regime.
The regime has been harassing
NTDTV since our launch in February 2002, in an attempt to have
its control over Chinese language media overseas. Here are a
few examples:
In January 2004, as we prepared for a Chinese New Year gala in
Toronto a number of Canadian government officials received a
letter from the Toronto Chinese consulate to not attend or support
our gala. Some of our performers also received similar letters
from the Chinese consulate advising them not to perform for us.
In a number of Chinese community
events in Toronto and Ottawa, our reporters have been barred
from reporting, due to interference, pressure or fear of the
Chinese consulate or embassy.
In July, 2003, after threats
of financial reprisal from Chinese authorities, satellite operator
NSS encrypted our open signal to Asia, just 3 days after its
first broadcast, preventing Chinese satellite dish owners from
receiving the broadcast. Later on, NTDTV was completely excluded
from their satellite transmission. (Ref.: Reporters Without Boarders
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/59214/)
In March 2003, during the 59th
session of UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, under the
pressure from the Chinese authorities, the UN refused to give
media passes to NTDTV reporters. Only after we held a press conference,
our reporters were able to get their media passes.
NTDTV is not the only overseas
Chinese media that are affected. According to Jamestown Foundation's
China Brief report, According to report from James Town foundation
(an NGO), the Chinese regime systematically attempts to control
oversea Chinese TV stations, radio, and newspapers. (see report
attached)
Why is the CCP afraid of NTDTV?
If the CCP had nothing on a massive scale that they were trying
to hide then why would they continue to block not only NTDTV,
but also block BBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and everyone
else who wants to report on China's ¡§sensitive¡¨
topics?
According to the PMO office,
this is the first time that Canadian citizens accompanying the
Prime Minister on his trip to anywhere in the world have received
this kind of treatment. The CCP now extend their arm into Canada
and right into the Prime Minister's own office and prevent Canadian
media from traveling to China on such a high profile trip.
This is not an issue of China
having the right to deny anyone from entering their country.
This is a direct attack on freedom of the press and an attempt
to silence any voices they do not want the world to hear.
We demand that the Chinese
Embassy re-issue visas to our reporters immediately.
And we call on the Prime Minister to demand the Chinese Embassy
to re-issue these visas immediately.
We as Canadian media must insist
that freedom of press be honored especially when two countries
want to solidify better trade opportunities and relationships.
We must insist that Canada and China uphold freedom of press
for the sake of the Chinese people and Canadians.
Thanks you.
New Tang Dynasty TV (Canada)
Contact: Joe Wang 416-618-9264
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