And if you want to be 'more reliable', you might also like to stop
refering to the Tibetan government as 'local' and the Chinese government
as 'central'. The Tibetan government was and is recognised
internationally as a sovereign nation under occupation, whatever the
imposed facts on the ground.
David.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for critical and radical geographers
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Yannan Ding
>Sent: 07 April 2008 15:15
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Help me support Team Tibet!
>
>Dear all,
> One fact I would like to point out: there was NO civil war
>involving the local government in Lhasa and the central
>government in year 1949, which was quoted in the email we got.
> So far as I have read, the battle of Changdu was broken on
>Oct. 6, 1950. By the year of 1949, CPC was still under civil
>war with KMT in some parts of south China.
> I do hope the author of that email and its alike could be
>more reliable.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>Yannan Ding
>
>
>
>
>Quoting Andrew Law <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> Dear Friend,=0D=0A=0D=0AI just signed up as a Team Tibet
>supporter at
>> www.= supportteamtibet.org. I hope you will also take this important
>> action to h= elp Tibet! Click here to join:
>> www.supportteamtibet.org/supporter/new.=0D=
>> =0A=0D=0ATibet has been occupied by China since 1949. Human rights
>> abuses= are widespread in Tibet, and thousands of Tibetans
>flee their
>> homeland ev= ery year as refugees.=0D=0A=0D=0ATeam Tibet is
>using the
>> Beijing 2008 Olym= pics to focus a spotlight on China, pressing for
>> meaningful change in Tibe= t. At its core, the Team is made up of
>> Tibetan athletes in exile who dream= of participating in
>the Olympics
>> alongside other nations. They are suppor= ted by a movement of
>> individuals everywhere who believe in a political sol= ution to
>> Tibet\'s occupation and want their voices to be heard in
>support= of
>> that goal.=0D=0A=0D=0AJoin Team Tibet today, and help us
>make history=
>> in 2008! Click here to become a supporter now:
>> http://supportteamtibet.or=
>> g/supporter/new.=0D=0A=0D=0ASincerely,=0D=0AAndrew Law
>>
>>
>
>
>
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>Yannan Ding
>Doctoral student
>Institute for Social and Economic Geography KU Leuven Belgium
>
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