Within hours, a whole village in the indigenous Taiwan is gone. Just gone. For those who don't know, here is the news.
The song was written after 1991 disaster in China. On 17 August 2009, this song was sang again to collect donation for relief for Taiwan.
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Added by XOX on August 19, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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Good question. I am and I am not, depend how well you want to know me.
I have made a decision long ago to be honest, about my opinion on political entities.
Catholic/Christian church is a political entity, as it acts like a political entity and has influence like any international political entity. And its members, should be treated like members of a political entity. So, no matter how good or bad a particular member act, as this person let this political entity to represent them, this person… Continue
Added by XOX on June 30, 2009 at 2:30am —
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すみません。 I don't know why it is easier for me to say ごめんなさい than to say sorry. Probaly because if I say ごめんなさい and bow, I would expect a return bow with the matter dropped. It is different in if you say sorry, which is admitting fault and draw more attack, instead of a simple bow in return. けっこうです, I wouldn't want that at all. Continue
Added by XOX on March 17, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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This is very touching. We are all human, we should all have the same rights. It is just not fair that gays and lesbians being picked on by homophobes.
Ken Starr, who led the campaign to impeach President Bill Clinton, filed a legal brief last month -- on behalf of the "Yes on 8" campaign -- that would forcibly divorce 18,000 same-sex couples that were married in California last year before the passage of Prop 8.
Watch "Fidelity" and sign our letter to the state Supreme Court. Tell the Supreme… Continue
Added by XOX on February 17, 2009 at 6:21pm —
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Japanese words I learned today thanks to Karl and Kat.
"I was fighting for truth!"
"私はしんそうをあらがっている!"
私= わたし=I (personal)
しんそう = truth
あらがっている = fighting
真実の追求 =pursuit of truth // truth-seeking
I was purusing the truth!
私は真実の追求している
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Added by XOX on December 4, 2008 at 11:30pm —
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Words I learned today.
If you are kind (kind to other people), good things would come to use even if it hasn't come already, and bad things will be kept away from you.
If you are mean (mean to other people), even when bad things haven't happened to you yet, good things would stay away from you.
It is in Chinese. And part of the cultural philosophy believed in a non evidence based of cause and effect. But that is just to encourage the majority to be good, and warned people against being mean.… Continue
Added by XOX on October 23, 2008 at 10:18pm —
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(Warning: This blog and all my writings contain lot of mistakes that would annoy the hell out of any grammar nerdfighter. Please stop reading now if you find mistakes offensive.)
Last week, I have a chance to have a meeting with the local gay and lesbian writers in my town. It was awesome!
Few things I have learned from John is that a writer is a different breed of people that need a lot of support and encouragement. So, that is where the book nerds could help. We only have a few writers who c… Continue
Added by XOX on May 25, 2008 at 11:59pm —
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It is hard to treat people who embracing homophobic, sexist, racist and bigot attitude. But that is what the LGBT people did to the murderer of Lawrence King.
Here is the excerpt of the press statment, asking the court not to trial Lawrence King's killer as an adult but as a minor. I would not forget the Larry was 15 and his killer was only 14. That is the danger of homophobia. It affects minors who are affected by homophobic religions and go to homphobic churches. It disgust me that teenagers… Continue
Added by XOX on May 21, 2008 at 1:08am —
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The following article is written by Beijing University Assistant Professor in Jouralism.
This article started by asking if the Beijing Chinese have wrongly thought that the Tibetians are asking for trouble.
The problem is the officials that the Beijing government asked to rule over Tibet, has shown no respect for the spiritual of Tibetians. All the favorite that the Beijing government thought they have given the Tibetians, were not enough when they place officials that openly insulted their sp… Continue
Added by XOX on April 10, 2008 at 1:30am —
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First, I would like to apologize that this blog is in Chinese, and is written by a Chinese blogger in Hong Kong. When he wrote a blog saying that he would boycott the Beijing Olympic because Chinese government just jailed a fellow blogger who support human rights, AIDS, and the environment, the reaction is quite negative.
So he wrote another blog explaining why he would boycott the Beijing Olympic. He explained that because Chinese jailed Hu Jia, and refused to improve its human rights conditio… Continue
Added by XOX on April 8, 2008 at 8:26pm —
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Amnesty International reports today that the China human rights situtation did not improve as promise as being the host of Olympic years ago. It is actually getting worst according to Amnesty latest report on China.
"What human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics?
31 March 2008
Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, said in 2001 that allowing Beijing to host the Games would “help the development of human rights". Seven years on, China’s human rights record shows… Continue
Added by XOX on April 1, 2008 at 7:43pm —
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Reporters Without Borders today urged heads of state, heads of government and members
of royal families to boycott the 8 August opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games
because of the Chinese government's mounting human rights violations and the glaring lack
of freedom in China.
Link: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25234
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Added by XOX on April 1, 2008 at 2:00am —
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On the last day of the 7th UN Human Rights Council meeting, on the "Order of the day", only Mynmar has made it to Item 4 on countries require the Council attention.
First, on Amnesty International full text presentation to the UNHRC.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/tibet-human-rights-councils-agenda-20080326
Then go to the UN Human Rights Council page.
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/7session/index.htm
Click to the Program page.
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/… Continue
Added by XOX on March 30, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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If I could hug someone right now, I would give these teens hugs. From the news from New Delhi, about 20 Tibetan school children climbed a brick wall sounding the United Nations compound in Katmandu on Friday morning, caring a small home-made sign that read "Free Tibet".
Read the news here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/29/world/asia/29tibet-web.html
They are not arrested or harmed, but were served steamed momos. The UN spokeman sasid they are "polite intruders" and are described as "very nice… Continue
Added by XOX on March 28, 2008 at 3:00am —
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