Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue Number: A346-W184
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A346-W184
Release
Date: March 18, 2008
发布日：2008年3月18日
Topic:
No Time to Close Our Eyes (Wei Jingsheng's Article on Tibet and Olympics,
Published by International Herald Tribune on March 17, 2008)
标题：《国际先驱论坛报》发表魏京生有关西藏和奥运会的文章：转瞬即逝的转折点
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TIBET
AND THE OLYMPICS
No
time to close our eyes
By
Wei Jingsheng
Published:
March 17, 2008
WASHINGTON:
If
there has been any lesson in all my years as an activist for democracy and
human rights in China, it is that only international pressure coupled with
internal pressure will yield solid results.
Now,
as what the Dalai Lama has called "cultural genocide" goes on in
Tibet, it is wholly unacceptable that the International Olympic Committee
refuses to take a stand against the Beijing government crackdown.
Far
more than Steven Spielberg, who quit his advisory role for the Olympic
celebration because of the Chinese government's unwillingness to pressure the
Sudan government over the genocide in Darfur, the Olympic committee has a
special obligation to act.
Improvements
in China's human rights were a quid pro quo for granting the games to Beijing.
So how can the committee proceed as if nothing has happened when blood is
flowing in the streets of Lhasa?
If
the committee does not act to put pressure on Beijing, as would be consistent
with its obligations, it risks this Olympics being remembered the way the 1936
Games in Berlin were.
Already,
the "spirit of the Olympics" in Beijing has become associated with
genocide by two of the world's top spiritual and cultural leaders. Indeed, if
the IOC and the rest of the world community does not pressure Beijing to stop
the crackdown and improve human rights now, a boycott of the games will be seen
as widely justified.
The
Tibetans have long chafed under the oppression of the Chinese Communist Party.
In 1959, when the Dalai Lama fled to exile in India, the protest of the
Tibetans was harshly suppressed in a crackdown that lasted more than a year.
Almost a million Tibetans reportedly lost their lives.
In
1989, the current Chinese party leader, Hu Jintao, then in his capacity as a
provincial leader, suppressed yet another revolt in Lhasa by bringing in the
military to kill people in the streets.
And,
of course, the whole world knows about Tiananmen Square in that same year.
Clearly, without human rights and the rule of law, neither Tibetans nor the
majority Han Chinese are safe from persecution at the whim of the Communist
authorities.
The
old lies and propaganda don't work anymore. In the past, many Han Chinese
didn't know about the sufferings of the Tibetans. Now thanks to travel,
tourism, cell phones and the Internet, the majority Han understand that the
Tibetan struggle against tyranny is the same as their own.
Of
course, the Chinese authorities have expressed their willingness to resolve the
Tibetan issue through negotiation. But, just as with the case of Darfur, there
is no sincerity behind this peaceful face unless international pressure is
brought to bear.
The
IOC's unwillingness to pressure Beijing at this moment is tragic because these
Olympics are a turning point in modern Chinese history.
By
acting as host to the Olympics, the Communist Party's rulers have turned their
palace into a global glass house. They can no longer show the smiling face of
the "peaceful rise" of China to the worldand the stern face of brutal
suppression at home.
The
Olympics will force China to show its true face. Only international pressure,
by the IOC and others, will make sure it is the face we all want to see.
Wei
Jingsheng, a prominent Chinese dissident who spent 18 years in Chinese prisons,
now lives in exile in Washington. A Global Viewpoint article.
（link: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/17/opinion/edwei.php）
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Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue Number: A346-W184
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A346-W184
Release
Date: March 18, 2008
发布日：2008年3月18日
Topic:
No Time to Close Our Eyes (Wei Jingsheng's Article on Tibet and Olympics,
Published by International Herald Tribune on March 17, 2008)
标题：《国际先驱论坛报》发表魏京生有关西藏和奥运会的文章：转瞬即逝的转折点
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西藏和奥运会
转瞬即逝的转折点
-- 魏京生
本人多年来致力于中国的民主和人权事业。如果说，曾经得到过什么经验或教训的话，那就是懂得了一个道理：只有国际国内同时向暴政当局施加压力，才会取得实质性的结果。
今天，正如达赖喇嘛指出的，"文化灭绝"正在西藏进行。然而，国际奥委会却拒绝对北京政府的武力镇压表示其立场，这是令人难以接受的。
不久前，电影艺术家斯匹尔伯格先生，鉴于中共当局不愿意就达尔富尔地区的种族灭绝危机向苏丹政府施加压力，而拒绝担任北京奥运会的艺术顾问。今天，国际奥委会比斯匹尔伯格先生更有责任站出来。
申办奥运会时，改善大陆人权状况是承诺过的重要条件。今天，拉萨街头正在发生大规模的流血和搜捕，国际奥委会竟然无动于衷。
如果国际奥委会不履行它的诺言和责任，不对北京政权施加压力，那它就会使北京奥运会成为1936年柏林纳粹奥运会的重演。
事实上，北京的"奥运精神"已经与"灭绝"相联系。如果国际奥委会和整个国际社会不立即行动，要求北京政府停止武力镇压并改善人权，那么抵制北京奥运，就会被认为是理所当然的正常结论。
长期以来，藏人深受共产党的压迫。1959年，达赖喇嘛流亡印度，西藏人民的抗议遭到武装镇压长达一年多，近百万藏民丧失生命。
1989年，正是目前当政的中共总书记胡锦涛，当时作为中共西藏自治区书记，动用军队镇压拉萨的抗议。藏民的血，又一次洒在了街头。
随后，也正是在那一年，天安门前的屠杀震惊了世界。这一幕幕历史，清楚地告诉我们：如果没有人权，没有法制，无论是藏人，还是属于大多数的汉人，都难逃被共产暴政屠宰的命运。
旧的谎言和宣传已不再那么有效。过去，很多汉人不了解藏人的苦难。如今，随着旅游，手机和电脑网络的扩展，大多数汉人也开始理解，藏民的抗争和汉民一样，都是反抗中共的暴政。
当然,中共当局一再的表示愿意通过协商来解决西藏问题。但是，和达尔富尔的情形一样；这个和平的表示后面并没有诚意。如果没有国际压力，它根本不会被兑现。
国际奥委会在目前这个重要关头，不愿意站出来对北京施压，实在是可悲。因为，本届奥运会可能成为中国历史的一个转折点。
作为奥运会的东道主，中共统治者们把他们的宫殿变成了玻璃房。它不可能在让世界看到"和平崛起"的中国笑脸的同时，却遮住对内残酷镇压的凶相。
奥运会可以迫使大陆当局暴露其真面目。只有来自国际奥委会和国际社会的压力，才能使得这张脸成为我们大家都想看到的脸。
(相关连接：http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/17/opinion/edwei.php)
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