Omen told the Earthquake in China

Apparently there were omens that predicted the earthquake that killed over 10,000 people in the Sichuan province, south-western China on Monday, 12th May. The omens were: a lake that had ‘vanished’, an army of frogs and butterflies that migrated, and distinctive cloud patterns.

Many Chinese believe that these were the clues to some geological activity which were warning signs of the impending 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China.

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On hindsight, anything, however marginally connected to a past event can be construed to be an omen. If those people were so smart at reading omens, why didn't they warn anyone prior to the earthquake happening ?

Some people believe that Buddha is punishing the China for its atrocities in Tibet.

Do you believe in omens ? or are they just coincidences ? Please post your comments.

China lashes Dalai

China kept up a barrage of criticism Saturday against the Dalai Lama, even as two of his envoys headed here for talks on the unrest that has overshadowed the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.

"They will arrive in China today," said Chhime R. Chhoekyapa, secretary to the Tibetan spiritual leader.

He told AFP the envoys would be meeting Chinese officials "as soon as they arrive" but declined further details, saying only the talks with the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department would take place "somewhere in China."

The Tibetan government-in-exile, which is based in the northern Indian town of Dharamshala, said earlier that the envoys, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, had arrived in Hong Kong en route to mainland China.

Chinese state media Saturday carried no reference to the much-anticipated meetings, instead warning against the "Dalai clique," a loosely defined term referring to people close to him.

"As long as the Dalai clique still exists, our struggle with the Dalai clique will not stop. We must raise our vigilance and absolutely cannot relax," the Tibet Daily newspaper said.

Beijing's offer last month to reopen dialogue was widely seen as a response to global pressure over China's crackdown on unrest in Tibet.

Protests against the March crackdown have targeted the Olympic torch relay on its worldwide journey, particularly in London and Paris, angering Beijing and provoking anti-Western sentiment among Chinese.

"During this brief visit, the envoys will take up the urgent issue of the current crisis in the Tibetan areas," Thubten Samphel, a spokesman for the Tibetan government-in-exile, said Friday.

"The envoys will raise the issue of moving forward on the process for a mutually satisfactory solution to the Tibetan issue."

Tibetan Prime Minister-in-exile Samdhong Rinpoche revealed last week his government had been in touch with the Chinese authorities on ways to resolve the crisis in Tibet.

However, the forthcoming meetings would be the first reported face-to-face contacts between the two sides since unrest erupted in Tibet on March 10 and triggered a Chinese crackdown.

Amid intense interest, exiled Tibetan leaders have sought to play down any expectations, saying the talks were not even on a par with six earlier rounds of dialogue that started in late 2002 and broke off in 2007.

"It is not the seventh round of talks," Rinpoche said earlier. "It is only an informal consultation."

Details of the talks, including time and location, have not been released by either side.

A spokesman for the Dalai Lama's office in Dharamshala said the talks were unlikely to be held in Beijing but refused to say more. Chinese officials were not available Saturday for comment.

However, state media continued their attacks on the Dalai Lama, quoting a member of Tibet's People's Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body, as saying he was targeting the Olympics.

"The Dalai clique's fond dream of 'Tibet independence' and its dangerous plan of sabotaging Tibet's economy and the Beijing Olympics will be shattered," Tibet Daily quoted the member saying.

The Tibetan government-in-exile says 203 people were killed and some 1,000 hurt in the unrest and crackdown.

At least 5,715 people have been arrested since the protests began, according to figures, which the government says have been extensively cross-checked.

China said 20 people had been killed by Tibetan rioters until Monday, when state media for the first time said police shot dead a Tibetan pro-independence "insurgent".

Chinese troops invaded Tibet in 1950 and officially annexed the region a year later. The Dalai Lama, who fled his homeland following a 1959 uprising, has repeatedly accused China of widespread rights violations there.

China & Tibet

The problem with China is GREED & ARROGANCE!! They will go around claiming territories around them as theirs and will call that One China Policy. In that case, do you think it’s fair?? Just like Malaysian Malays who has their roots in Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, etc. do you think its right for us to claim One Malaysia Policy by just going into their country like what the Chinese military did?? Anyway, China will go after the minnows because they know that these Tibetans, Mongolians, Taiwanese, etc. will not exert to war like the Japanese, Koreans, etc. They should go after the Japanese and Koreans under the One China Policy and we will have a gala time in this region. They even claimed a piece of land called Ākèsàiqīn which is located in India as theirs, another piece of land near Vietnam is also claimed by the Chinese government as theirs and they claimed one with the Soviets and come one day the will claim the whole world is theirs.

The Chinese don’t realize the amount of damages they have committed towards mankind and other living beings like sharks, etc. but when they get pinched, the make so much of noise. They love to criticize others but when it happens to them, they can’t tolerate. China, Pakistan & North Korea are the troublemakers in this region but China’s history of having wars with their neighbors are dated back very long time ago and I don’t think that they know how to respect the sovereignty of others. What goes around comes around and one fine day the Chinese Government will have to face the consequences from the uprising of the Tibetans and eventually they will break into tiny pieces in the process of democracy like the Soviets. Can’t wait to see that!!