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nepalese scolar program (classe VIII) - China

Nepalese school lessons, the look it gives to its children ….

The texts are exactly the same as in the book of Social Studies, Class VIII.

For the reasons you’ll discover, some Tibetan schools study with Indian books.



This is the last chapter of the year which is called Our International Relations and Cooperation. It presents the relationship of Nepal with China, Japan, France, Germany, USA and UK… May I ask sir? Where is India? The Unit is organised in 4 lessons and so matches couples, like France-Germany, Japan-China, or US-UK



a/ Nepal – China Relations

1. We can find the proof in our religious scriptures that there was a very good relationship between Nepal and China from ancient times. According to the Buddhist Scriptures Manjushree cut the hill of Chobhar and made Kathmandu valley fit for human settlements. Seven hundred years ago, Araniko went to China and created beautiful works of art. During the rule of Amshuvarma, Bhrikuti married to Srang – Chong – Gampo of Tibet. Thus, Amshuvarma made Nepal – China relations stronger.
   
2. Nepal established friendly relationship with people’s Republic of China situated in the continent of Asia, on August 10, 1955 A.D. (2012 B.S.). China, that lies to the north is a good neighbour of Nepal. Its capital is Beijing. Its area is about 96.00.000 sq.km. There is China has a communist system of government. Therefore, communists are running the government there. After the war of 1949 A.D., China has made great economic and social progress. Therefore, nowadays, Chinese goods are available in many countries in the world.
   
3. Japan has helped Nepal in many years. It has helped in the areas like transport, industry, hydroelectricity etc. Araniko Highway, Phritivi Highway, Ringroad etc. are some examples in the field of transport. China has helped Nepal in the field of industry also, Bansbari Leather Shoe Factory, Harisiddhi Bricks and Tile Factory, Bhaktapur Bricks Factory and Bhrikuti Paper Factory were constructed by China. Now, these factories have been privatized.. Similarly, Birendra International Conference Hall, City Hall, Sunkoshi Hydroelectricity Project also were constructed with the assistance of China.
   

Manjushree is a bodhisattva who brought Buddhism to China, therefore is Indian.

The kind of relationship talked about is between Buddhist countries, But Srang Chong is badly spelt from the Tibetan: Srongtsen who was a powerful king of Tibet. He did conquered part of Nepal and part of China. As such he married a princess from Nepal and another princess from China, for the one he built the Jokhang temple. There is a school in Bouddhanath called Srongtsen-Bhrikuti… it is a Tibetan school. Sadly, here the Nepali government just bow to historical changes made by China.

At last I managed to upload one video from April, 17th, Tibetan protest

New day of protest for Tibetans in Kathmandu, unrest of persecution and imprisonments in Tibet

Kathmandu, April 17. Because of the elections in Nepal Tibetans stopped protesting. As soon as the 11^th the hunger strike started in a monastery of Swoyombunath. Street protests resume the next day with no stop till today. The whole days of praying hasn’t stopped either as scarce but dreadful news passes the border with Tibet. We know that some monasteries are under siege as Drepung Gompa where no one is allowed to go in or out and the supply of food and water is forbidden by the Chinese security forces.

The only news comes from Amdo, the only region where Internet is not cut off.

 After the sport tuitions it is miss Phela who told me there were a bus meant to go the Chinese embassy. I went in with Tinley who arrived in Nepal

two years ago. Once on site in a small road reaching the embassy’s street cops seeing us started the chase. The alleys were so narrow that both groups were quite slow and the Tibetans manage to hide themselves in a house. Then, it was like the Nepalese forgot us but four police lorries were both side of the main road. Journalists and a representative of the UNHCR were also there. Everybody lets took rest for the lunch break.

Waiting in one of the narrow alley, we talked with Kalsiang, who was the leader of our group. He was dressed in white a chain around his neck. On his clothes it was written: “human rights first, Olympics games after.” He was as middle way as the Dalai Lama. The Chinese people have got nothing to do with its authoritarian government, said he. The plan was simple. We run, and once the police is in front of us we sit closely tied.

 It is what happened. The police was taken by surprise and had to run behind, catch up in a sufficient number before being able to stop the protesters. The second important objective was to be in visual contact with the journalists. As though the police had stopped using its harmful bamboo sticks but it used to pinch, to touch at the girls’ intimate parts as to take watches and mobile phones.

As the police was busy with this first group of 56, a second group arrived from behind with the same strategy. This people were dragged, pushed, carried by their four limbs. The police was discipline in the way they had to bear the journalists presence. Policewomen on site were also to show some care for human rights. In the whole it looked like a boring routine for the Nepalese troops while some police women looked disgusted by this work of putting meaningless the Tibetans in the trucks for the usual hours at the police stations. The previous day they had arrested 500 of them. Today they arrested everybody. They check the press card of only the Tibetans reporters, making difficulties with one of them who works for Radio Free Asia. Why not letting the Tibetans protesting in the streets? That’s a Chinese order like in India

. Some kind of alliance which goes against Democracy, doesn’t it?

All this took place at one minute from an official building called: The Commission against the Abuse of Authority…

Li - France Tibet – stayed home last week. She was really tired and her sinus kept her inside instead of enjoying the nice hills behind Bouddhanath. So together we sent to the Shechen Clinic which belongs to the monastery of the same name. Mathieu Ricard, famous French Lama, stays there. Li went for the GP and I go for some inquiries for the dentist, thinking about an appointment. But I was asked to go see the dentist immediately for a check up.

Three days ago my English filling, a year old, went away in pieces leaving an uncomfortable big hole in my tooth.

To see clearer they made a radio and then took another patient. While the dentist was still a Nepali woman she asked for me and told the damages, that if I have time she could refill the hole this same morning after the lady. And that was it. An hour after this I had a new filling for 900 NRs, so less than ₤10 or us$ 5.

Shechen Clinic also hosts the elderly and helps the street children. It manages to get good equipment and to respect the community so all kind of people come there from the Nepali to the tourist. Cheap services mean they need other means. As an example a Guest-House is set in the walls of the monastery. So do you fancy fair-travels? But still they also need donations.

 
To go on with the Kathmandu medical system, I had the next day to go back to Dr Tsering whose medicine did prevent my stomach to go worse, but not better. He was waiting calmly behind his desk, reading book about Dharma, the teaching of the Buddha. He wondered why things stayed still and prescribed stronger pills. You have to pay only for the new medicine said he. The pills cost 50 Nrs, the pharmacist gave me only what was needed.

  
So far from the philosophy in the West…

PS: This day (31 March) 268  Tibetan protesters were arrested, That was in front of the Chinese Embassy so the reason of the oplice taken action was that mass gathering are forbidden around the Royal Palace nearby !

That was last year, 8 September, for the first time Japan, Australia and US met on behalf of their democratic state on the Pacific shore. A meeting China publicly questioned for Beijing saw it as an attempt to contain its ambitions.

9 September, the Taipei Online specified both point of views, China thought the “quadrangular axis of democracy” (India included) irritating for it contained its influence. Meanwhile the Axis of Democracies were concerned over the modernization of the Chinese’s Army (light euphemism if you know the capacity of it goes far beyond the mere conquest of the world), and India with the sino-Pakistanis’ alliance.

Would you think all where walking on their feet, don’t stay in Utopia too long. A nice world where democracies challenges dictatorship… But on the same day, says the Tibetan Review October 2007, all these nations met for the forum of Economic Cooperation in Sydney. There the US representative felt he had to appease China by saying the democratic had talked security but it wasn’t directed to China.

You’ll tell me there is no contradiction because states liberated themselves from economy, in this China is wholly supportive at it remembered while Kosovo moved apart. China is against an involvement of politics into trade.

Who’s submissive there? Who’s bowing?

The Himal Magazine of this month, in an article describes the Buddhist monks organization world wide while Europe and US, after September 2007 and the Burmese Saffron Revolution, went back to their business with Burma… as they didn’t know the money goes directly in the generals pockets, whose main subsidiaries come from China of course.

As you must it is not good living where there is oil. Tibetans, Burmese, Chadian people know this well as Mr. Chavez which escaped some coups coming from… U.S. of course.

Nowadays the Tibetan people go once more in the street.

In the Asian front, Nepal beat them on the UN pavement, in India they get sentenced to weeks of jail for walking!

If Nepal is still unstable we can’t the same of India, a democracy so proud to be, but who shift its partnership from US to China… concerning some nuclear program.

In the West front, Gordon Brown accepted to meet the Dalai Lama on May after the protests in his streets of London while French president had already an appointment with the Peace Nobel Prize planned for August. So China gave an order: you must not welcome the Dalai Lama, who of independentist and enemy he qualified by China (that’s international language, but monks pro-Dalai Lama in Tibet are called terrorists, sentenced to death, tortures, killed or in unknown conditions in Chinese jails). Such is the order sent by China while Condee Rice advice China not to hurt Tibetans.

So European Union needs to gather itself to know what to do for the Olympics, should their representatives go for the ceremony? What sure for the French president, a boycott is absurd.

Don’t think Mr. Sarkozy think of the beauty of sport. The French had to import the word fair play in their dictionaries from UK, but the latter are not keen neither in practicing real vexations towards the Game Master. Everybody knows Sun Tzu is expert in Strategy, that one rule is: control the Centre. At this game US are indeed well placed but the Empire du Milieu, a French way to talk about China where milieu means middle, is aware of the Earth rotation… and the investments rushing towards it.

That’s a dangerous game for men of power, musical chairs of international alliances.

A dance in which UNO can only be in the audience, it has been weaken by some Reagan reform but, for what concerns us, it is now paying some mistakes of the past. In the Imperialistic game post-WWII the axis of Capital bet too quickly on the bad horse, Chang had to flee to Taiwan, where the people still await for the consequences, that’s how Mao, the outsider won a veto right.

… Never the war has been so cold