OK, I will not watch this summer Olympics games. I will stop buying
made-in-China goods or food to boost the local economy.
"tuna" <tuna2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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tuna,
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On Apr 30, 8:59 am, hai lua <hai-...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> VVV, 26.4.08
>
> A Call by the Vietnamese Community to:
> - The Secretary-General of the United Nations
> - Heads of States
> - Peoples of the world
>
> On 2 December 2007, the government of Communist China formalized its
> occupation of Vietnamese sovereign territory the Paracel and Spratly
> Archipelagos when it unilaterally announced the establishment of the
> district of Tam Sa, as part of the Province of Hainan.
>
> This decision is the culmination of a succession of brazen acts
> leading to the occupation of sovereign Vietnamese territory,
> including:
> - The use of naval power to occupy all the Paracel islands on 19
> January 1974
> - The continued use of naval power to invade some of the Spratly
> islands on 14 March 1988
> - The declared intention to annex the Paracel and Spratly Archipelagos
> on 14 April 1988.
>
> Together with the repression of the people of Tibet who are fighting
> for freedom, these acts have unmasked the hegemonic nature of the
> Beijing regime, their readiness to use force to violate the
> territorial integrity of neighboring nations, regardless of historical
> evidence.
>
> The Spratly and Paracel archipelagos have belonged to Vietnam for more
> than 300 years. China’s acts of aggression and territorial occupation
> violated Article 2, Sub-Article 4, of the Charter of the United
> Nations which states:
> "The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated
> in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles:
> 4. All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the
> threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political
> independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with
> the Purposes of the United Nations."
> Pursuant to such article, a member nation shall not use force, in any
> cir***stances, to violate the independence and territorial integrity
> of another nation.
>
> China’s illegal occupation of the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos
> will certainly create instability in East and South East Asia.
>
> More deserving of condemnation is the fact that the government of the
> Socialist Republic of Vietnam lacks the courage and fortitude to
> denounce publicly, and protest vigorously enough in the international
> forum, this flagrant invasion by their Communist mentor.
>
> Considering the cir***stances, we, Vietnamese all over the world:
> - Earnestly denounce Chinese hegemony which has been evidenced by its
> brazen use of force to occupy territory and sea areas of neighbouring
> nations;
> - Strongly condemn the occupation of Tibet and the barbarous
> repression of its people;
> - Refute Chinese sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly
> Archipelagos;
> - Call on the United Nations and other peace-loving and
> justice-holding nations to use all means in their possession to
> pressure China to return these archipelagos to Vietnam.
> Together with her disregard for the massacre in Darfur, her continued
> sup****t for the military Junta in Burma, her violation of the human
> rights of her own citizens, her occupation of the Paracel and Spratly
> Archipelagos, and her invasion of Tibet and her repression of its
> people, are evidence that China does not deserve the right to host the
> 2008 Olympics. Communist China lacks the spirit of peace, unity,
> fortitude and respect for justice which are the essential underlying
> elements of successive Olympic Games.
>
> For the above reasons, we solemnly call on the peoples of the world
> to:
> Boycott the Beijing 2008 Olympics
>
> Overseas Vietnamese Community
>
> The list of sup****ting organizations and individuals can be found at
> website:http://www.acallfordemocracy.org
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