01/12/2008
Bordering On Reason
Confucian China turns dragon only when poked. Can India be belligerent?
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sought to curb the appetite of the media for 'results' by describing his maiden visit to China as merely a "return visit" following upon those of premier Wen Jiabao in 2005 and President Hu Jintao in November '06. It's, however, anything but a formality. Whatever the foreign policy officials may have envisaged when planning it, the visit has been overtaken by recent events. The last few months have seen a palpable growth of discomfort along the Sino-Indian border. And in the last few weeks, Pakistan has begun to slide towards chaos, and bids fair to become a nursery for new threats to the stability of both countries. Neither of these challenges can be met through public diplomacy.
The rapid weakening of the Pakistani state poses a common threat to both China and India. In India's case, the threat is obvious: if the jehadis succeed in reducing Pakistan to chaos, India will be next in their firing line. China too has its Muslim minorities, and some of these have already been infected by the Islamist virus. Chinese and Indian leaders therefore need to devise a common strategy to shore up the state in Pakistan, and to contain the spread of jehadi violence. This will not be possible without a major change of mindset in Beijing.
That mindset was born out of its deep distrust of Indian motives for offering asylum to the Dalai Lama. It led to the border conflict of 1962, and underlies the failure to resolve the border demarcation issue today. During the past 15 years, India has done all it can to allay China's distrust. It succeeded to a large extent when it explicitly recognised Tibet as a part of China during Wen Jiabao's 2005 visit. That led to the drawing up of an 11-point roadmap for creating a framework for the demarcation of the border. Since then there have been at least two more rounds of talks, but little overt progress.
The calm of recent years has begun to fray at the edges. Days before President Hu arrived in New Delhi, the Chinese ambassador said his country regarded the whole of Arunachal Pradesh as its territory. In May this year, the Chinese refused to issue a visa to an official from Arunachal Pradesh. The last several months have also seen an increase in the number of incursions by Chinese troops.
While the hawks in Delhi regard these as fresh proof of China's growing self-assertiveness and advocate greater military preparedness, the doves believe the envoy's remark was either a repetition of a formal position or a personal indiscretion. They are harder put to explain the refusal of the visa and the military incursions, but cite Chinese leaders' many assertions that they will not allow the border issue to hinder the growth of political and economic ties with India.
In fact, both interpretations are wrong. The ambassador's remark was a calculated indiscretion designed to convey a message. The denial of the visa was a reminder, and the border incursions were neither accidental nor the acts of over-zealous local commanders. All of them form part of the same message: 'Please don't think that this issue can be resolved by glossing over it.'
But it would be equally wrong to conclude that China is spoiling for a fight. China has used force in only three of a score of border disputes, and settled most of the remainder peacefully. So what does its impatience signify? The answer may lie buried in the profound impress of Confucian thought upon Chinese statecraft. Two central features of the 'imperial' Confucianism that evolved during the Han dynasty were an identification of reason and justice with virtue in the emperor, and an aversion to the use of force in the state's dealing with its subjects. The virtuous emperor, its philosophers maintained, would enjoy the 'mandate of heaven' and would therefore not need even an army, because his subjects would obey all of his dictates voluntarily.By the same token, the need to use force to maintain order in the realm would reflect a failure of the ruler to abide by the canons of virtue, and would lead to his loss of the mandate of heaven. Over two millennia, every successful peasant rebellion in China has been preceded by the loss of this mandate.
Transposed to foreign relations, imperial Confucianism binds the Chinese state into looking for a peaceful resolution of disputes so long as the other party also abides by the canons of reason and virtue. Coercion becomes justified only when the other party becomes 'unreasonable'.
China's growing impatience suggests it's coming to this conclusion about New Delhi. The way to deal with this is not to cite international law, or pass resolutions in Parliament asserting that Arunachal is an integral part of India. It is to concede that the Chinese would not be making the claims they are making if they did feel they have reason on their side too. So, the answer lies in compromise and face-saving. We have found, to our immense cost, that compromise on border issues is so very difficult in a democracy. That's why we once went to war, and suffered defeat—and humiliation.
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01/08/2008
Can China ban?
The Tibet Post International {08 January 2008}
The Color Orange?
Take part in checkmating the Chinese regime and making a global manifestation for human rights.
We hereby encourage you to join the initiative TheColorOrange.net with the aim of showing China - during the Olympics in August 2008 - that we are many people who are keeping an eye on China's human rights violations.
dress, suit, bag etc. Even pealing an orange will be considered a pronounced statement.
No political or religious movement can claim to have a monopoly of the initiative. By participating in the project you show that you support the fight for human rights in China.
The Chinese Government wants to present the Olympics as perfect and streamlined to billions of television viewers around the globe with the aim of promoting Chinaas a modern and efficient society. They will do anything it takes to avoid getting criticized on television. However, by using the Color Orange we are exactly capable of breaking with the harsh censorship and embitter the joy of the regime. At the same time, millions of oppressed Chinese people will have a voice during the Olympics 2008.
The Olympic Charter stipulates as fundamental Olympic principles: "the respect for universal fundamental ethical principles" and the promotion of "a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity". Nobody can fairly claim that the Chinese regime is living up
to these standards. On the contrary, the usage of the orange color will be an ethical and non-political statement that is indeed in deep harmony with the fundamental principles of the Olympic movement.
The initiative can only succeed if a lot of people are aware of the significance of the Color Orange. This would normally require a publicity budget of million of dollars. This, however, we don't have. But in stead we (might) have you :-) If you, and millions of others, help pass on this idea together we can create a butterfly effect blowing an orange wind over China.
- Pass on this e-mail to everybody on your mailing list. Go to the website www.TheColorOrange.net and sign up to the mailing list in order for you to get continuous updates about the initiative. Report to the website with those activities or ideas in which you have used the Color Orange so that we can spread out the happy message as an inspiration to
others.
- Make creative use of the Color Orange in relation to Olympic events. If you practice any kind of sport or are a member of an association that supports human rights you can encourage them to use orange in their material and to publicly support the campaign.
- The Dutch national Olympic team is because of their orange colors natural born members of the initiative. What about your country's Olympic heroes? Are the only heroes when it comes to sport? Imagine if the first gold winner in China wipes off the sweat with an orange handkerchief...
The Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot is the one behind the manifestation 'the Color Orange'. The artist is independent from political and religious interests and has often made global art events in favor of humanism, among others in collaboration with the democratic movement in China.
The Color Orange is inspired by what the painter Kandinsky said when he stated that the color orange is in fact red that has been made more human by the color yellow. The Chinese color is exactly red so maybe we can support the humanistic forces in the country by introducing the
Color Orange. The selection of the Color Orange is however also inspired by the color of the prison uniforms in Guantanamo, the monks in Tibet and Burma and so on.
We hope that many individuals and organizations will support this initiative and use the Color Orange.
Jens Galschiot, sculptor, Banevaenget 22, DK-5270 Odense N
Tel.: +45 6618 4058, Fax: +45 6618 4158
E-mail: contact@TheColorOrange.net
www.TheColorOrange.net
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Tibetan film nominee for Norwegian Peace Film Award at the 18th Tromsø International Film Festival
The Tibet Post International {08 January 2008}
Oslo. Monday 07 january 2008-01-07 Chungdak Koren-Norwegian Tibet Committee : Tibetan documentary film “What Remains of us ” has been selected for 18th Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) and also nominated for Norwegian Film Peace Award.
TIFF is biggest film festival held in Northern Norway It is a popular film festival, and at the same time an important meeting point for Norwegian and international film industry. TIFF 2008 will be Tromsø's 18th international film festival. They screens challenging quality films for a local, national and international audience.Tromsø is the largest Norwegian town north of the Arctic circle, the gateway to the Arctic and boasts the world's northernmost university. The city enjoys midnight sun from May 18 to July 26.
“When we go to a clandestine screening of a film that the Chinese authorities wish didn’t exist because it documents the painful longing of Tibetan people for their leader and their independence.” says Martha Otte,Festival Director.
What Remains of Us documentary film is one of 11 nominees for the Norwegian Peace Film Award .This award is given to a film spotlighting direct, structural or cultural violence, and which in a creative way contributes to the prevention or reduction of violence and war. Tromsø International Film Festival, together with Centre for Peace Studies (CPS) at the University of Tromsø, and the Student Network for Peace (SNF), has established this prize because of the power in film and storytelling. “We believe that films focusing on oppression and abuse of power can make a difference.” Says on the website of the Norwegian Peace Film Award committee.
Casting and narrator Mrs Kalsang Dolma is invited for the festival. “The Norwegian Tibet Committee will use this opportunity to highlight Tibetan issue as well as our ongoing 2008 Beijing Olympic campaign during the festival” say Mr Tord Eriksen board member of Norwegian Tibet Committee from Tromsø.
For more info. on festival. English/ Norwegian : http://www.tanktromso.no/bernt/katalog2008_lowres.pdf
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12/04/2007
Riot, arrests reported in Tibet
The monks were arrested after a dispute with a shopkeeper, and the subsequent unrest triggered a crackdown, according to the New China News Agency.
The incident occurred in mid-November but was only recently reported in China. The news agency gave no reason for the delay but stressed that "the local social order is stable," citing statements by local government officials.
Activists say the incident signals an upsurge in protests by the Tibetan majority against the Chinese military's presence in the Himalayan region.
"It doesn't take much to spark things right now," said Brad Adams, the Asia director for Human Rights Watch. "There's a sense that the Chinese are being heavy-handed on a whole range of issues."
Adams said it was unclear whether there was an increase in civil disobedience in Tibet or whether efforts to get news of such events to the outside world were more successful. "Even the people who know the most about Tibet aren't sure," he said.
Tibetans in exile with ties to the Dalai Lama say China is trying to keep Tibet under tight control in the months leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
"If they want to improve their image for the Olympics, they can allow free media access," said Tsering Tashi, a London-based representative of the Dalai Lama at the Office of Tibet, a group that considers itself the government in exile.
A group called Friends of Tibet said the Chinese had recently restricted travel among Tibetans in response to the protests.
"The Chinese government is restraining travel because they fear Tibetans will spread the message of these protests to different places," said Tenzin Tsundue, a Tibetan writer and member of Friends of Tibet who lives in India.
Tibetans have demanded more human rights as well as the return of the Dalai Lama, their spiritual leader, who fled into exile 48 years ago after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
Tibet had de facto independence from the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911 until the arrival of Chinese communist troops in 1951.
A Tibetan exile in India with family near the remote village of Paingar -- pronounced Palkar by Tibetans -- said that the two monks, both about 16, quarreled with the Chinese shopkeeper Nov. 19 and were beaten by the merchant. They were later arrested.
Neither the exile nor the news agency described the nature of the quarrel, which seemed to suggest tensions between ethnic Tibetans and ethnic Chinese.
The exile, who is a member of Friends of Tibet, said that more than 1,000 people showed up at police headquarters the next day and demanded the monks' release.
Troops dispatched from Lhasa, 190 miles away, used force to disband the protesters, said the exile, who asked that his name not be used.
According to the New China News Agency, 200 people, including some monks, "destroyed shops and government facilities."
The news agency said five people were arrested for "fanning the riot."
Crowds were "persuaded" to return home as authorities sought a third monk for questioning, the news agency said.
Activists said the riots followed other incidents deemed politically sensitive by the Chinese government that had received attention in the Western media.
In February, more than 30 Tibetans were sent to a labor camp after their attempt to flee their homeland across the Himalayas failed. Chinese border guards fired on and killed several members of the unarmed group, according to a survivor.
In August, a nomad named Runggye Adak walked onstage at a horse-racing festival in a Tibetan area of Sichuan province and, as dumbfounded Chinese dignitaries looked on, led the Tibetan crowd in chants calling for the return of the Dalai Lama.
He was arrested after a series of riots and sentenced to eight years in prison, according to Chinese news services.
The protests also have spread outside Tibet. In October, two dozen Tibetan activists living in exile in India broke through the gates of the Chinese Embassy and painted "Free Tibet" on the building walls before being arrested.
Activists say Tibetans also have turned to an unusual strategy: In October, when the Dalai Lama was honored by Congress in Washington, Tibetans lighted firecrackers and burned incense in celebration as monks whitewashed the walls of several monasteries in honor of the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
"People are performing simple cultural gestures without making political statements," Tsundue said. "The Chinese have responded by trying to stop all fires, even garbage-burning. It's paranoia."
Tashi said the Chinese acknowledged the Paingar riots only because of fears the outside world would learn the news anyway.
"Protests are always suppressed, but the word gets out from tourists or others who escape Tibet," he said. "The outside world comes to know. Then the Chinese are forced to make a comment."
john.glionna@latimes.com
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11/17/2007
His Holiness unveils Vishwa Shanti Stupa in Delhi
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 5:00 p.m.
 His Holiness the Dalai Lama greeted by Japanese monks at the inauguration ceremony of Vishwa Shanti Stupa in Indraprastha Park in Delhi on 14 November |
While addressing the occasion, His Holiness said it would go a long way in promoting human values, peace and brotherhood among people across the globe.
His Holiness said, it is not the image but the message contained in the sculptures that is more important.
 His Holiness holding relics of Buddha |
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit described the monument as a new landmark of Delhi, which would promote peace and human values.
The 30-metre high white pagoda is an initiative of the Shanti Stupa Society in cooperation with the Delhi Development Authority.
 His Holiness at the inaugural ceremony of the Satyagraha Centenary International Conference at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi on 13 November |
The pagoda with a 37-meter diameter has a ramp to facilitate the visits of physically challenged individual on wheel chair. The monument would be surrounded by a beautiful Japanese style rock garden.
 Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche with other dignitaries at the Satyagraha Centenary International Conference |
On 13 November, His Holiness inaugurated the Satyagraha Centenary International Conference on the theme of ''Globalisation of the Gandhian way: Sociology, Politics and Science of Satyagraha'', held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, attended by participants from 17 countries.
(www.tibet.net is the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.)
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11/05/2007
'Boyne ignorant of Chinese history'
published on jamaica gleaner: Sunday | November 4, 2007
It was with surprise and shock that we read Ian Boyne's article on October 28 titled 'China's threat to freedom', which contains some main points that are either groundless, biased or irresponsible. We feel obliged to clarify the facts so as to set the record straight.
The author's assertion of China's threat to liberty was based on its protests over the United States' decision to grant the Dalai Lama its Congressional Gold Medal. Here, the author totally missed the point, as the Tibet issue is, in nature, China's internal affair and what China opposes is the interference in its domestic affairs by another country.
It is regrettable that the author would neglect to consult history before rushing to his conclusion. As a member of a united multi-ethnic country, Tibet has been part of Chinese territory way back in history. Tibet became an inalienable part of China in the mid-13th century of Chinese Yuan Dynasty, and since then, the central government has exercised jurisdiction over Tibet. Shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the central government signed an agreement with the local government of Tibet regarding the peaceful liberation of Tibet, and then the Tibet Autonomous Region was established in 1965. So why should someone point fingers at China when it was just stating its stand on internal affairs?
Extensive rights
The author's argument of "China's oppression of its own minorities and its aversion to political freedom" is a deliberate distortion as it flies in the face of the facts. Since Tibet was peacefully liberated, especially after the inauguration of democratic reform and the abolishment of the serf system in Tibet in 1959, drastic changes have taken place in Tibet, and Tibetans have fully enjoyed all political, economic and cultural rights. Tibet enjoys extensive autonomous rights in such fields as legislation, use of Tibetan language, personnel management and natural resource management. Up to now, 92 per cent of the autonomous region's 2.7 million population is Tibetan, and nearly 80 per cent of local officials are Tibetan or other ethnic minorities.
Freedom of religious belief and religious activities are protected by the law. There are more than 1,700 monasteries, temples and religious venues and 46,000 nuns and monks in Tibet. Buddhism associations and special academies of Tibetan Buddhism are set up and religious books are printed in large quantities to meet the need of religious activities.
The Dalai Lama served as the chairman of the Preparatory Committee for Establishing the Tibet Autonomous Region in 1956. However, after a failed rebellion in 1959, he fled China and later set up the so-called provisional government abroad.
Since then, the Dalai Lama has been engaged in secessionist activities. What he has done is to ally himself with 'anti-China' forces and publicise his separatist beliefs, which deviate from the practice of religion.
The Dalai Lama used to be an acknowledged religious leader, but his words and deeds in the past decades have proven that he is by no means a purely religious figure, but a political exile who has conducted secessionist activities under the camouflage of religion.
As media tycoon Rupert Murdoch puts it, the Dalai Lama is "a politician in Buddhist robes and Italian shoes". How can someone who seeks to split his own country deserve the title of "a man of peace and compassion"?
The author further based his hypothesis of the so-called 'China threat' on the untenable premise that China will become aggressive when it becomes strong enough. Without any supporting data, this observation is at best hasty, ungrounded and irresponsible.
We hope that the remarks made by the author, who obviously has little knowledge about the Chinese history and the true situation in Tibet, are out of mere ignorance rather than anything else.
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08/29/2007
Filmmaker to discuss documentary on Dalai Lama
| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 ROSENDALE — The Dalai Lama is no stranger to the Hudson Valley. In recent years, he has made stops in Carmel, Putnam County, Wappingers Falls and Woodstock to visit local monasteries. |
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08/04/2007
Rep. McCotter Denounces Communist China, Olympics
News From Congressman
Thaddeus G. McCotter
For Immediate Release
August 3, 2007
WASHINGTON – Today Congressman Thaddeus McCotter (MI), Chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, spoke out against China’s communist government and the upcoming 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Speaking at a press conference in conjunction with the falun gong, Congressman McCotter discussed the Global Human Rights Torch Relay.
“As a beacon of liberty to all the world, America must never allow the Beijing Olympics of 2008 to become this generation’s Berlin Olympics of 1936,” said Congressman McCotter.
The aim of the Global Human Rights Torch Relay is to expose the human right violations and crimes against humanity conducted by communist China with a global relay.
Congressman McCotter is a staunch supporter of liberty and the expansion of international democracy. He opposes communism and trade with China.
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07/16/2007
Chinese Authorities Close Tibetan Literary Web Site
| HONG KONG, | July 12 2007 | |
| 2007.07.10 HONG KONG—Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Xian have closed a literary Web site run by a Tibetan, apparently for posting “political” content, the editor said. The site, known as “The Lamp,” claimed some 800 registered forum users. It was closed July 4 by Internet police in the city, the editor told RFA’s Tibetan service. “When we called the [service provider], they thought perhaps it was due to the detection of political content by the Chinese Internet police,” the editor said, adding that the Chinese service provider was unsure of the reasons for closure. An official who answered the phone at the state-owned Xian Technology Ltd, a company that sells and distributes Web sites, declined to comment on the case. The site, which comprised a main Web site, weblog, and discussion forum, employed the editor, a technician, and an administrative assistant, the editor said. One contributor to the site said its closure had distressed the Tibetan community it served. “The sudden closure of this Web site has disappointed many young Tibetan readers. Many have already expressed their disappointment on another Web site called ‘Tibetan Language.’ Several college students called and informed me how they miss our Web site,” he said. Another site closed “Usually the Chinese authorities are very suspicious of Tibetan Web sites. They suspect political activities when we run Web sites in Tibetan. They think that Tibetans inside and outside China use these forums for separatist actions.” The editor said another Tibetan-language site he edited, “China's Tibetan Residential Education Network,” was closed at the same time. “The Chinese government issued rules on July 1 requiring …the name of an author [to appear] at the end of each article posted on a Web site. If the Web site contains articles on sensitive topics, the Web site or the author could be fined 4,000-60,000 yuan (U.S. $526-U.S. $7,893),” he said. “The topics specified were writings on security, unity of the nation, ethnic unrest, writings against the Constitution and … unity of nationalities,” the editor said. Political debate in China over the registration and disclosure of authors’ real names on content posted in Chinese cyberspace has continued for more than two years. The country’s Web watchdog, the Internet Society of China, has published a suggested “self-discipline” code encouraging bloggers and online authors to reveal their true names. But the move has drawn criticism from some of the biggest Internet service providers, who say anonymity is one of the attractions of blogging and forum participation, and who fear losing large numbers of Chinese customers to overseas service providers. Detentions reported According to the Paris-based press freedom group Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), at least 30 journalists and 50 Internet users are currently detained in China, some of them since the 1980s. “The government blocks access to thousands of news Web sites. It jams the Chinese-, Tibetan-, and Uyghur-language programs of 10 international radio stations. After focusing on Web sites and chat forums, the authorities are now concentrating on blogs and video-sharing sites,” RSF said in a statement on its Web site. Chinese Internet users who do not use proxy servers are blocked from searching with keywords considered subversive by the country’s Internet police. Critics are frequently sentenced to jail terms for “divulging state secrets,” “subversion,” and “defamation.” Original reporting by RFA’s Tibetan service. Translated and edited by Karma Dorjee. Written for the Web in English by Luisetta Mudie, and edited by Sarah Jackson-Han. | ||
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07/11/2007
Seven Years in Tibet, Blu-ray (1997)
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Starring: Brad Pitt, David Thewlis
Studio: Sony Pictures TriStar 18696
Video: 2.40:1 enhanced for 16:9 widescreen, color, 1080p HD
Audio: English Uncompressed 5.1 PCM, Dolby Digital 5.1, French DD 5.1
Subtitles: English EDH, English, French, Spanish, Thai, Portuguese
Length: 136 minutes
Rating: *****
A magnificent, epic film that reminded me of the sweep of Ghandi - though 7 Years is not really about the Dalai Lama but about Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer. The screenplay was based on his book about being imprisoned in India by British soldiers at the outbreak of WWII, escaping after many attempts, and meeting the new Dalai Lama. Pitt was criticized at the film's release for his poor Austrian accent, but in general he does a terrific job portraying his gradual conversion from a self-centered-ass Nazi mountain climber who has run out on his wife because he can't handle her pregnancy, to a fine and loving human being. It is all due to his evolving close relationship with the winsome young Dalai Lama - who was acted by three different Tibetan youngsters: aged 4, 8 and 14 - and the power of the Tibetan Buddhist way of life. (That conversion was not a part of Harrer's book.) Thewlis is excellent as his fellow mountain climber and the role of the Tibetan woman he marries adds a welcome aspect to the story.
The film created increased public debate on the Chinese claim to Tibet, and shows the bloody invasion in 1950, plus Harrer's advice to the Dalai Lama to leave the country - which he refused to do until 1959 when he exiled himself to India. The conflict, however, is just part of the background of the fascinating and touching relationship between the Austrian and the Dalai Lama - who according to the closing credits maintain their enduring friendship today. It should be pointed out that the relationship, as well as other scenes in the film, are not without some comic relief.
Seven Years in Tibet is a perfect film for the hi-res treatment - though I understand there was a Superbit version in 2003 that is almost as good. The colors and costume details are brilliant and fascinating to see and the many wide vistas and mountain scenes are breathtaking. But fantastically-detailed close ups are also part of the cinematographer's approach. The uncompressed surround track was clearly more transparent than the Dolby option, including even the clarity of the dialog. But although the deep and reverberant sounds of the monks chanting and the "alpine horns" and percussion instruments came across realistically, there wasn't a great deal of surround audio use to support the impact of the tremendous visuals. My copy hung up a number of times on my Pioneer Blu-ray player during the Chinese invasion scene. It was also disappointing to discover that, like the earlier DVDs, the Blu-ray had absolutely no extras of any sort.
- John Sunier
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