iProtest 2

I again went to protest in front of Chinese mission, 35th street between 1st and 2nd ave. There were about 50 people, mostly of Burmese people. I found out about the protest on Facebook, and it was advertised that about 500 protesters would be present. In any case, the event was a great boycott to China's Olympics 2008. One of the protesters stated that China's Olympics will now be referred to as "Blood Olympics" as long as China supports Burma military. All protesters were also encouraged to collect pledges from people to boycott China's Olympics. And the boycott pledges will then be presented to Chinese mission.

Here are my ideas and thoughts.

First of all, Chinese government will not put themselves into a spotlight, condemning the Burmese military crackdown on the protesters. Why? Because of June 4, Tiananmen Square massacre. Many people have forgotten about this massacre and Chinese government does not want people to reconnect with the darkness! And the Chinese government knows that any "active" actions such as sanctioning Burma will flashback people to June 4 TS massacre, and this will raise angers and controversies among the Chinese. Chinese people (most likely from business sectors) will then criticize the government for how they had killed their own people and now are interfering with economic function. So, this is a lost lost situation for China.

However, if we can get the UN and other power nations to pressure on China, maybe we will see the change. However, to get to that point, we need supports from a lot a lot of people. There are several anti-China communities such as Tibetans, Taiwanese and Hong Kongnese. So, what Burmese people should do is to get those communities into the protest and boycott for China's Olympics.

Also, Burmese people should try to get many high school and college professors and students involved in this boycott. You probably know that they make up a large part of New York City, and most of them really care about human rights issue.