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OT: Moorabal/Lal Lal wind farm 26-Aug-2009 At 3:18:32 PM billk

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On 25/08/2009 Wendy wrote:
>On 25/08/2009 billk wrote:
>
>>
>>It's a matter of taste. Forty refugees from Tibet have arrived in Melbourne
>>over the past fortnight and they think the weather is lovely here. Reminds
>>them of home. Although they possibly enjoyed the 2 or 3 sunny 17C days
>>more than days like today.
>
>There's a reason I don't live on a 4000m plateau Bill! Just as a further
>tangent on this very tangental thread, how did the Chinese govt respond
>to our recognising Tibetan refugees? Assuming that they are refugees because
>of persecution by the Chinese govt.
>

Yep refugees from persecution by the Chinese govt. I can personally attest for the physical scars some of them are carrying. A number of them were jailed for 12 years, probably for involvement in the 1989 uprising when you do the maths. If you have been a political prisoner you won't be getting any job that is under Party control when you get out. And there will be people bent on putting you back behind bars. So your best bet is to escape.

Given how public the Chinese gov't is being with its bullying of Australia lately, we can possibly expect them to say something public about it. However, two weeks ago there were already 1000 Tibetan refugees in Australia. The Chinese might think the number climbing to 1043 is too small an increase to make a fuss about.