Some Say China's Agenda Leads New Year Parades

LA Slimes ^ | 1-30-06 | John M. Glionna and Hemmy So

[tallhappy]

Excerpts:

"Having them is an endorsement of their philosophy of overthrowing the Chinese government," said Pinki Chen, organizer of the San Gabriel Valley Annual Lunar New Year Parade. "We just don't want to get involved in something like that…. We have a lot of business connected to China."

____

Pak — who has been called the city's most powerful citizen not in public office — has argued that Falun Gong is too sharp-edged for the family-oriented parade, which is sponsored by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

For years, Pak, a 57-year-old former Bay Area journalist, accompanied former Mayor Willie Brown on official city visits to Beijing, where they were treated like major foreign dignitaries, officials in San Francisco say.

"It's well-known that Beijing accords Rose Pak the red-carpet treatment and her relationship with the Chinese reaches to the highest levels of government," said the 33-year-old Daly. "But if her reception's an exchange for doing China's bidding here in town, I have a problem with that."

[tallhappy]

I think the idea is to endorse overthrowing dictatorial non-democratic one-party state corrupt regimes that torture and murder their critics or opponents.

Also, this Rose Pak in San Francisco -- this ain't right and don't think it is because it is San Francisco. It's closer than you think.

[dubie]

an interesting show was on discovery channel last night about the first emperor. I learned a lot...

[WaterDragon]

Thanks for the posting of this article. It is absolutely disgusting for an American city to kowtow to the murderous Communist govt in China. Why don't all those Commie-lovers MOVE to China if they think it's so great?