Europeans weak-kneed when faced with China

"While the Tibetans continue demonstrating in Lhassa despite the repression, the Europeans have very courageously taken the step of treating China with kid gloves as much as possible. Meeting in Slovenia [on March 29th] under the presidency of a Dimitrij Ruppel obsessed by the Balkans, the Foreign Ministers called the umpteenth time for dialogue and respect for human rights," writes the editorialist Sabine Verhest. "But what can we hope for in a Europe, and in particular in a Greece - the cradle of democracy ! - that doesn't hesitate to clamp down on those who dare to brandish a Tibetan banner and to ban the international press from covering the arrival of the Olympic flame at the Acropolis ? Europe should maybe stop this hypocrisy and clearly state that it only defends human rights when it's convenient. And, in this case, defending human rights is not."

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