Dave’s Wagon

On Wednesday, Mr Bush will attend a ceremony at the US Capitol where the Dalai Lama will receive a Congressional Gold Medal, the top US civilian award.
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Tibet’s Communist Party Secretary of Tibet, Zhang Qingli, accused the exiled spiritual leader of trying to “split the motherland”.
“We are furious,” he said. “If the Dalai Lama can receive […]

It seems China may be serious about its historically-successful strategy of hoarding foreign currency: China threatens ‘nuclear option’ of dollar sales

From Breitbart.com:
China Sees Activists As Olympic Threat

China’s intelligence services are gearing up for next year’s Beijing Olympics, gathering information on foreigners who might mount protests and spoil the nation’s moment in the spotlight.
Government spy agencies and think tanks are compiling lists of potentially troublesome foreign organizations, looking beyond the human rights groups long critical of […]

From the Scotsman:
China bans Briton’s sensitive newsletter

A Briton who has spent years trying to convince foreigners that China is not as repressive as Western media often portray it to be has been ordered to stop publication of his politically sensitive newsletter.
China’s media censors and security officials zealously nip in the bud any threats — real […]

…on the other side.
From the Washington Times:
China arming terrorists

New intelligence reveals China is covertly supplying large quantities of small arms and weapons to insurgents in Iraq and the Taliban militia in Afghanistan, through Iran.
U.S. government appeals to China to check some of the arms shipments in advance were met with stonewalling by Beijing, which insisted […]