I thought that I'd made it clear earlier with my justification of our claim on Tibet, but let me clarify. I don't believe in interfering with other ppl's choosing their own form of govt. at all, though I may have value judgment on this in private. But to condemn human rights abuses on one hand, while white-washing slavery and theocracy is hypocritical in my regard.


I was thinking about support from ethnic Chinese ppl, and this is more than evident from the rallies around the globe lately. Do you have any friend that read Chinese? Go to the popular Chinese BBS (whether based in or outside of the PRC) and find out just how angry and what a sense of solidarity felt by the avg joe. Even many Taiwanese came out in support of the torch relay in SF.

All politics is local. Who do you think benefit the most from all these anti-China protests? If I'm a real conspiracy theorist, I would claim that the DL and RSF are secretly financed by the CCP.