The madness of Qin Gang
Yahoo News reports on the latest diatribe from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang:
Asked about a possible meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama, Qin said the U.S. president should recognize the exiled Tibetan leader — a Nobel Peace Prize winner — as the former head of a slave state.
“In 1959, China abolished the feudal serf system just as President Lincoln freed the black slaves. So we hope President Obama more than any other foreign state leader can have a better understanding on China’s position on opposing the Dalai’s splitting activities,” Qin told reporters at a regularly scheduled news conference.
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/
Qin’s analogy is nonsensical on so many levels, but if I may ask Qin one question that puts it in its appropriate place: when can we expect to see a free speaking, native Tibetan elevated to the position of PRC president via a fair, representative, and democratic electoral process?
Silence.
Many more memorable Qin Gangisms are available to those with free internet access. For those in China, you’ll have to make do with the real thing.