chow chow

Maybe this isn't so odd. (China zoo under fire for disguising dog as lion)

Foo Dog/ a barking African lion

Foo Dog/'lion'

If 'guardian lions' are chow chows... that accompanied Mongolian armies... ('Teddy bear'/Teddy Roosevelt bear was modelled on Queen Victoria's chow chow puppy). Chinese emperors in the Tang dynasty kept 50,000 chows for hunting.

Luxury dog ‘with lion’s blood’ sold for $2 million in China (link)

Wikipedia: Chow chow (1915)

In China, lions and dragons are mythological. Chows are likely a Tibetan mastiff/Samoyed cross.

children of the snowland (lolo)

Lolo was arrested on April 19, 2012. Gebe was detained as he was leaving the musical concert on Saturday, June 24, 2014 ("after belting out a song calling for language protection") - singing before his arrest.

Tibet Autonomous Region

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星华章 xinhua what xinhua

That's OK. No biggie. This reporter (Mark Bourrie) says that China spies on Canadians: He was also asked to find out what the spiritual leader discussed in a private meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. After watching past reports on Chinese dissident activities on Parliament Hill disappear into the ether after he filed them, Bourrie knew it was likely to happen again.

We don't mynde! Go ahead, send fake emails! 翻译此页 This is not the first time such emails have been sent. The first wave of fraudulent emails was sent in 2010 to Edmonton theatre managers in an apparent attempt to stop Shen Yun from performing in the city. In 2011, emails were sent to at least three Edmonton city councillors. Shar Chen, spokesperson for the Falun Dafa Association of Edmonton, said she suspects at least 12 councillors as well as the mayor received similar emails.

It was nice that parliamentary secretary and MP Bob Dechert (C-Missisauga-Erindale) apologized for those amorous e-mails.

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Post:Wrzesnewskyj, CSIS, china, ignatieff and wheat
Wrzesnewskyj at Future Bakery

Post:happy, very happy tibetans
Ad in Vancouver Sun, Mar 10 2012

happy, very happy tibetans

Ad in Vancouver Sun, Mar 10 2012

Dalai Lama is coming to Ottawa at the end of April.

Ad is credited to a list of Chinese organizations in Canada under the banner of the Folk Cultures Research Society of CCSA, or Canadian Community Service Association.

Searches for details of many of the organizations turned up nothing, or confusion. PM is neither meeting nor snubbing.

stupid pandas{5yrs}, p-bear, toronto {hogtown}, jasmine junkets

A new little orphanish polar bear at the Toronto Zoey: "The three-month-old cub is the only survivor from a litter of three that was rejected by their mother at birth." pizzaville source

Junket: "Hogtown has been thrown into a state of panda-monium since a report surfaced that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s trip to China next week would include an announcement that a pair of pandas would be coming to Toronto." when the tigers leave pizzaville.ca source

More stories: 7 big topics for Harper's China trip (including pandas), How panda diplomacy became bear-knuckle haggling, China's panda loan could signal cuddly new relations Pandas, pipelines top PM's China trip

Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flowers):
the symbol of Chinese Music

On censorship, pruning jasmine:  "Chang started to tell CNN from New York, but then the gym’s TV screen went black. CNN switched back on 30 seconds later and a Hong Kong-based anchor bid Chang thanks and farewell, leaving at least one jogger in the U.S. hotel joint venture with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs wondering what had been said."  mr sloth source, costa rica

More stories: Revolution' Coverage Censored in China, Jasmine Becomes Contraband in China, AFP: China web users call for 'Jasmine Revolution', After Jasmine Revolution Video, U.S. Envoy to China Hunstman's ..., Why J-A-S-M-I-N-E is censored ? - China Watch, China Censorship Watch - Filed under 'Jasmine, China detains, censors bloggers on 'Jasmine Revolution

Nyage Sonamdrugyu (Sopa)

Itinerary: "Harper is expected to hit at least three cities during his nearly week-long trade mission to China — his second official visit as prime minister — including the capital of Beijing, southern trade port of Guangzhou (near Hong Kong) and the southwestern hub of Chongqing." netflix source

Tibet: "His case is a special one because he was considered a bodhisattva, a "living Buddha": monks considered revivals of great masters of the past." cathay pacific source

rhinos, desmond tutu 2/2, china & a no tibetan b-day party guest

China put some pressure on the South African government of Jacob Zuma. Desmond Tutu invited His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to his 80th birthday party.The Dalai Lama had to cancel, no entry visa. Desmond Tutu about it: video.

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe tried to tamp down the dispute, telling The Star newspaper that South Africa was ready to grant the Dalai Lama a visa when the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader decided to cancel the trip. source

Also, recently, South African 'Groenewald Gang' expected in court tomorrow (Sept 29, 2011) from Rhino Horn is Not Medicine and more about illegal trade:

http://www.rhinoconservation.org/2011/08/03/cookies-crafts-and-cocktails-fresh-ideas-for-world-rhino-day-2011/

spelunking of immolation: 2railroads & china

Canadians helped China with theirs (Qinghai–Xizang railway, Bombardier, China-Tibet) by providing special cars. Chinese-Tibetan folk singer Han Hong has a song called Tianlu, Road to Heaven; 天路, praising the railway.

China-Tibet railway

And the Chinese built ours (not allowed in picture).

The last spike, Craigallachie (Nov 7, 1885)

Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act

See: More protest against harsh Chinese rule.

Wiki:  From 1959 to 1964, Tibetan guerrillas were secretly trained at Camp Hale by the CIA. The Tibetan project was codenamed ST Circus, and it was similar to the CIA operation that trained dissident Cubans in what later became the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

At the time of the sexytime Bob Dechert emails with a Xinhua reporter, the federal government's primary announcement of the day, and anouncements they are, no questions please, was Aglukkaq's appeal for Somalia.