{"id":2870,"date":"2008-04-04T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T16:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/04\/shaking-china\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T04:55:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T09:55:37","slug":"shaking-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/04\/shaking-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaking China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The support for Tibet is growing, awareness for the real picture is trying to reach masses.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/widgets.clearspring.com\/o\/47f07c44c5c7bc28\/47f6549838b564a3\/47f07c444cd49e7b\/c8942af\/widget.js\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne World, One Dream\u201d is China&#8217;s Olympic slogan. But the reality of China&#8217;s occupation of Tibet is a nightmare. Right now thousands of Tibetans are being arbitrarily detained, beaten and killed for speaking out for freedom. <\/p>\n<p>On March 24th, China launched its Olympic Torch Relay. In the next two months, the torch will travel to cities around the world in a blatant attempt by the Chinese government to gain international acceptance and to divert attention away from its illegal occupation and current military crackdown inside Tibet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am always confused in these situations, because of the sudden wake up of people, but at the same time, as many others, i wonder if posting on the web is enough. <\/p>\n<p>In a way it brings many people away from the ignorance of what the events are, but can we really call an activist someone who just copy-paste a banner code here and there, this as a mention of our contribution to change things? Is this really enough?<\/p>\n<p>I think its not. But i cant go to China and try to shake things &#8211; i&#8217;d rather stay here and try to take conscious actions, such as boycotting all products made in China. Anything else i could do?<\/p>\n<p>Links:<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/torchrelaybeijing2008.org\/\">Lose the propaganda, share the thruth<\/a>;<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearspring.com\/widgets\/47f07c44c5c7bc28\">Beijing 2008 Torch Relay Truth! Banner<\/a>, to share on facebook, blogs<br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Year-Without-Made-China-Adventure\/dp\/0470116137\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1207326427&#038;sr=1-1\">A Year Without &#8220;Made in China&#8221;: One Family&#8217;s True Life Adventure in the Global Economy<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rue89.com\/chinatown\/un-an-sans-made-in-china-mission-impossible\">Un an sans &#8220;made in China&#8221;? Mission impossible<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The support for Tibet is growing, awareness for the real picture is trying to reach masses. \u201cOne World, One Dream\u201d is China&#8217;s Olympic slogan. But the reality of China&#8217;s occupation of Tibet is a nightmare. Right now thousands of Tibetans are being arbitrarily detained, beaten and killed for speaking out for freedom. On March 24th,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/04\/shaking-china\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shaking China<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8189,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2870\/revisions\/8189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcturgeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}