Tibetans Protest Hu Jintao's U.S. Visit
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As Chinese leader Hu Jintao arrived in the U.S. Capital this week on a state visit, people gathered outside the White House to protest. A group of Tibetans and their supporters were urging President Obama to raise the issue of human rights in Tibet.
On Tuesday Chinese leader Hu Jintao arrived in the United States on a state visit. And protestors were out in force ahead of his arrival.
Tibetans and their supporters were outside the White House to draw attention to human rights abuses in Tibetan regions of China.
On Hu's last visit to the United States in 2006, he had a simple working lunch with, then U.S. President, George W. Bush. But, China's economy has grown significantly since then, and Obama has taken a different approach allowing a full state visit—some say, treating Hu as an equal.
Tibetan supporters are concerned that Tibet remains on the agenda for this visit.
[Tenzin Dorjee, Students for a Free Tibet]:
"It's the duty and the responsibility of the U.S. government under the leadership of President Obama to convince and urge Chinese President Hu Jintao to actively seek a solution to the Tibet issue."
In 1950 Chinese Communist forces invaded Tibet, claiming to have "liberated" the region. Yet the Free Tibet organization says that invasion and later occupation has resulted in the deaths of over 1-million Tibetans, the destruction of traditional Tibetan culture, and the suppression of freedom of speech and religion.
Tibetan groups and other organizations will be holding events across the U.S. Capital all week to highlight rights abuses during Hu's visit.
As Chinese leader Hu Jintao arrived in the U.S. Capital this week on a state visit, people gathered outside the White House to protest. A group of Tibetans and their supporters were urging President Obama to raise the issue of human rights in Tibet.
On Tuesday Chinese leader Hu Jintao arrived in the United States on a state visit. And protestors were out in force ahead of his arrival.
Tibetans and their supporters were outside the White House to draw attention to human rights abuses in Tibetan regions of China.
On Hu's last visit to the United States in 2006, he had a simple working lunch with, then U.S. President, George W. Bush. But, China's economy has grown significantly since then, and Obama has taken a different approach allowing a full state visit—some say, treating Hu as an equal.
Tibetan supporters are concerned that Tibet remains on the agenda for this visit.
[Tenzin Dorjee, Students for a Free Tibet]:
"It's the duty and the responsibility of the U.S. government under the leadership of President Obama to convince and urge Chinese President Hu Jintao to actively seek a solution to the Tibet issue."
In 1950 Chinese Communist forces invaded Tibet, claiming to have "liberated" the region. Yet the Free Tibet organization says that invasion and later occupation has resulted in the deaths of over 1-million Tibetans, the destruction of traditional Tibetan culture, and the suppression of freedom of speech and religion.
Tibetan groups and other organizations will be holding events across the U.S. Capital all week to highlight rights abuses during Hu's visit.