Dear Chinese compatriots who feel the need to participate against HisHoliness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Australia,
Congratulations!
You
are now enjoying the freedom of speech and freedom to protest whichis
the right of all Australians. This includes the Chinese people wholive
in Australia, who are fortunate to live in a country whichcherishes
democracy, liberty and the values of human rights for all.If you love
living in Australia, it means you must be proud of hervalues. If you
are loyal to Australia, you must promote and spread hervalues.
Regretfully,
our fellow Chinese who still live inside China are stillunable to enjoy
this freedom of speech and the right to protest, as wedo in free and
developed countries.
The victims of the poisonous milk powder
tragedy, and the parents of theinfants who suffered from the resulting
calculus were beaten orkidnapped when pursuing accountability and legal
indemnification againstthis negligence of care by the supervising
authorities.The parents of the students who were killed in the Sichuan
earthquakewere detained or imprisoned when investigating the truth, and
trying tohunt down the corrupt officials who were responsible.
Then
there are those petitioners who lost their lands, the retiredsoldiers
who lost their rights, the illegitimate brick kiln workers wholost
their personal freedom, etc. No one has the right to protest orexpress
their point of view freely in mainland China. Everyone is mutedby a
fear of speaking the truth.
Dear fellow Chinese – Today you
protest and demonstrate your freedom ofexpression in public, to say
what you like, or what you feel you should,for whatever reason; bloated
nationalistic ego, fear of criticism, needto be seen to please those
who hold power in China, or ignorance of whatyou are protesting about,
or maybe a frustrated need to redirect yourfrustrations with your own
government against another target in acountry which has the confidence
to allow you to do so. This indicatesthat some Chinese people have
enough capability, wisdom and integrity toenjoy the same freedoms of
speech and the right to protest in ademocracy as Australians do.
Chinese
people can be diligent and wise and not at all inferior toAustralians!
They should have these same rights within China.Dear fellow Chinese, if
you really love China, you should love itspeople in the first place,
and you should strive for the rights ofliberty and democracy of the
Chinese people. Please apply pressure inChina to obtain the same
freedom of speech and protest that you havelearned and practised in
Australia today.
Please repeat your act of courage to protest
and express your willagainst the Tiananmen Square massacre, and speak
on behalf of thosestudents who had so much courage to publicly protest
and speak theirconcerns.
Dear fellow Chinese: Australia is a
multi-cultural nation. Each of itsstates is highly autonomous, and the
state premiers control the samelevel of political powers as that of the
Prime Minister. All nations areequal, and tolerance and reconciliation
are encouraged.
As a Chinese living in Australia, you are able
to protest peacefully, towrite slogans and be protected by the
Australian police. This is clearevidence of your Australian right to
express yourself publicly. If youare genuinely wishing to maintain the
unification of China, please learnfrom your Australian experience and
bring it back to China. Encourageregional autonomy, multiculturalism,
dialogue and reconciliation,tolerance and equality.
Please fight
for the freedom to protest, the freedom of speech and thefreedom of
ethnic diversity and preservation of the ethnic minorities inmainland
China as part of the unification.
Finally, congratulations to
all of you who have exercised your freedomof speech and protest in
Australia today. I hope the freedom ofexpression, and the respect you
obtain from Australia is something youappreciate enough to take back to
China with you.
