Tag Archives: Tibet

China

Lord Soley 15/05/2008 – 10:53 pm

When there was trouble in Tibet China stopped the worlds media from seeing what was happening. They paid a high price and eventually ended up in some form of talks with the Dalai Lama - although I am not wildly optimistic about the outcome. Then the earthquake strikes and China opens up to the world in a way that they were previously very reluctant to do. Media coverage is dangerous for the gover […]

Tibet and Iraq

Lord Soley 21/03/2008 – 10:04 pm

Question time on Thursday gave me the opportunity to make a point about training the Iraqi army and also about  Chinese repression in Tibet. These are both contentious issues. Iraq. Whatever your views about the invasion of Iraq I hope people will agree that training the Iraqi army is vital for the future stability of the state. I make the point (by implication) in the question that disbanding […]