China objects to U.S. resolution on Tibet

[Coventina]

Source: International Herald Tribune

BEIJING: The Chinese government lodged a formal complaint to the Obama administration on Thursday over a resolution passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that calls on China to "cease its repression of the Tibetan people" and "respond to the Dalai Lama's initiatives to find a lasting solution Tibetan issue."

Representatives voted 422 to 1 on Wednesday to pass the nonbinding resolution, which was intended to mark the 50th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.

The Dalai Lama fled into exile in India as the Chinese military crushed the rebellion in 1959. On Tuesday, the Dalai Lama attacked Chinese policies in Tibet, saying China had turned his homeland into a "hell on earth." The Chinese government, fearful that an uprising could erupt this month in the Tibetan regions, as one did a year ago, has locked down much of western China in recent weeks with security forces.

The Chinese regard the Tibet issue as an internal problem and chafe at foreign support for the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/12/asia/tibet.php

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So who was the one person who voted against it?

[mikelgb]

1. Ron Paul was the holdout as I suspected

H.RES.226

--- NAYS 1 ---

Paul

---- NOT VOTING 9 ---

Ackerman
Alexander
Bright
Hall (NY)
Kosmas
Miller, Gary
Moore (KS)
Radanovich
Stark