Dec
8
As it turns out, the regime in Beijing is not only one of the world’s great human rights violators, but also a bunch of cry-babies. As it also turns out, France’s junior human rights minister is not just a terrifically good looking woman, but also one tough cookie, having recently given Beijing a well deserved slap-down.
It’s like this. French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently met with the Dalai Lama in Poland and Beijing threw a predictable temper tantrum. But rather than trying to then appease the really easily annoyed regime in Beijing, French human rights minister Rama Yade told the regime to chill out.
From the December 8 EU Business news:
France appealed for calm Sunday after China strongly protested President Nicolas Sarkozy’s meeting with the Dalai Lama, with the human rights minister saying there was no need for “psycho-drama.”
China reacted angrily to Sarkozy’s meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader on Saturday, saying it had seriously undermined Bejing’s relations with France and Europe.
“There is no need for psycho-drama,” human rights minister Rama Yade said in an interview to French LCI television.
“The Dalai Lama is not a dangerous man. He is a man of peace, of non-violence, who has been awarded the Nobel prize for peace.”
Yade stressed that China and France must pool their efforts to tackle the global financial crisis instead of feuding over Tibet.
“We need to cooperate, calmly,” she said.
Nicely done, though this still does not entirely excuse President Sarkozy’s blatant pandering to Beijing by refusing to meet with the Dalai Lama during a visit to France earlier this year.
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