Dienstag, 26. März 2013
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Freitag, 22. März 2013
April 30, South Vietnamese Recognition Day!
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Nguyen Ngoc Bich, National Congress of Vietnamese Americans.
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Nguyen Ngoc Bich, National Congress of Vietnamese Americans.
AAP staff report
RICHMOND, VA (March 6, 2013) — The General Assembly of the State of Virginia voted unanimously to consent to introduce a Resolution to designate April 30 as South Vietnamese Recognition Day in Virginia.
Nguyen Ngoc Bich, founding President of the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans, said the Resolution was drafted by a group of dedicated friends in Richmond, in collaboration with the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans.
“We hope that this will be the beginning of a trend that will spread to other states as well,” Nguyen said. “The legal recognition of our flag (yellow with three red stripes) was also spearheaded by Virginia back in 2004. Let’s keep up the good work.”
The language of the Resolution reads:
“South Vietnamese Americans, a proud, industrious people, make up the fourth-largest group of Asian Americans in the United States; and, a South Vietnamese mass immigration to the United States began when communist tyranny swept the former Republic of Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975; and, to the very end, soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) fought valiantly, defending their freedom with skill, daring, and gallantry.
The ARVN 3rd Cavalry Regiment, for example, demonstrated such skill and heroism in battle that it was awarded the coveted United States Presidential Unit Citation. Nearly 60,000 American fighters died in the Vietnam War and some 224,000 South Vietnamese troops also fell defending their nation; and although the American sacrifice in Vietnam was enormous, some of the most bitter combat––including the savage warfare after the United States’ withdrawal––was shouldered principally by our South Vietnamese allies.
The 1968 communist Tet Offensive was designed to crack South Vietnam’s will to resist. Instead, South Vietnamese forces fought ferociously, and not a single unit collapsed or ran; indeed, even the police fought, turning pistols against heavily armed enemy regulars; and together with American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines, the ARVN decimated the indigenous Viet Cong guerrillas, eliminating them as an effective fighting force for the remainder of the war.
Most American units had left Vietnam by 1972, yet South Vietnamese units continued to perform remarkably well; with limited American help, they defeated North Vietnam’s all-out Easter Offensive, a massive conventional invasion led by Soviet T-54 tanks; and the Easter Offensive victory helped force North Vietnam to accept a negotiated end to the war.
Sadly, in 1974 the United States withdrew most military support, including air power, severely restricting the flow of fuel and munitions to the ARVN; strangled by a lack of supplies, tanks and artillery pieces were allotted meager quantities of ammunition––sometimes just a few shells per day––and radios often had no batteries.
The strangulation of South Vietnamese supply lines destroyed morale and decimated combat power, making it impossible for even the bravest South Vietnamese troops to effectively defend against the final invasion by North Vietnamese soldiers. North Vietnam remained well supplied by its communist allies in China and the Soviet Union.
Everyone with ties to the Americans or the government of the Republic of Vietnam feared the threatened communist reprisals; as communist forces overran the South during the spring of 1975, 125,000 key South Vietnamese personnel were airlifted from South Vietnam to refugee centers in the United States. As American troops and embassy staff were evacuated by waiting aircraft, terrified South Vietnamese mothers thrust their babies into the hands of complete strangers, hoping their offspring might somehow survive the approaching bloodbath.
The promised reign of terror quickly emerged and the South Vietnamese desperately fled the murderous tyranny of the communists; roughly two million South Vietnamese fled to escape North Vietnam’s promised “people’s paradise.” Launching small, crowded sampans, many South Vietnamese sailed into the vast, treacherous waters of the South China Sea, where hundreds of thousands drowned in the escape attempt; the South Vietnamese continued to flee their county in huge numbers from 1975 until the mid-1980s.
Beginning in 1975 and for decades afterwards, well over one million South Vietnamese––especially former military officers and government employees––were imprisoned in communist concentration camps; these were euphemistically called “reeducation camps,” where many thousands of South Vietnamese were “educated” to their deaths. The communist concentration camps were characterized by brutal forced labor, political indoctrination, and deadly assignments like human mine clearing; there were no formal charges or trials. The conditions in the camps were so savage that many surviving inmates estimate that almost a third of the prisoners of war died while in captivity.
South Vietnamese immigration to the United States peaked in 1992 when, after decades of torture, many concentration camp survivors were finally released and sponsored by their families to come to this country. After persevering through unimaginable brutality and suffering, the South Vietnamese who escaped their homeland demonstrated admirable talent and intellect; they became an entrepreneurial, upwardly mobile group, whose poverty rate rapidly declined after their arrival in the United States.
Today, 82 percent of the South Vietnamese in the United States are native-born or naturalized citizens, an exceptionally high portion of American citizenship for any immigrant group. For several decades, South Vietnamese American patriots have contributed to the United States with intellect, skill, loyalty, and determination; many have served proudly in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Therefore, be it by the Senate of Virginia, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly designate April 30, in 2013 and in each succeeding year, as South Vietnamese Recognition Day in Virginia.”
Donnerstag, 21. März 2013
Mittwoch, 13. März 2013
First Speech of Pope Francis
Good evening.
As you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a bishop of Rome, and it seems to me that my brother cardinals have chosen who is from far away. Here I am.
I would like to thank you for your embrace, also to the Roman Catholic Church and the bishops, thank you very much. And first and foremost, I would like to pray for our bishop emeritus, Benedict XVI
Let us pray together for him so that he is blessed by the Lord...
Let us begin this journey together... this journey for the Roman Catholic Church. It is a journey of friendship, of love, of trust, and faith. Let us pray always for one another. Let us pray for the whole world. Let us have a big brotherhood.
I wish that this journey for the Church, which we will start today... will bear fruits for the evangelizing of this beautiful city.
I would like to offer you my blessing. But I would like to ask a favor first. I would like to pray to the Lord so that the prayer of the people blesses also the new pontiff. Let us pray in silence your prayer for me"
As you know, the duty of the conclave was to appoint a bishop of Rome, and it seems to me that my brother cardinals have chosen who is from far away. Here I am.
I would like to thank you for your embrace, also to the Roman Catholic Church and the bishops, thank you very much. And first and foremost, I would like to pray for our bishop emeritus, Benedict XVI
Let us pray together for him so that he is blessed by the Lord...
Let us begin this journey together... this journey for the Roman Catholic Church. It is a journey of friendship, of love, of trust, and faith. Let us pray always for one another. Let us pray for the whole world. Let us have a big brotherhood.
I wish that this journey for the Church, which we will start today... will bear fruits for the evangelizing of this beautiful city.
I would like to offer you my blessing. But I would like to ask a favor first. I would like to pray to the Lord so that the prayer of the people blesses also the new pontiff. Let us pray in silence your prayer for me"
THIS IS THE LITTLE YOUNG GIRL LIVING IN THE V.N. COMMUNIST REGIME.
Ever Since You Came
(You means Ho Chi Minh's thugs)
(You means Ho Chi Minh's thugs)
(Translated from Vietnamese by Anne)
Before you guys arrived in here
I was not even born yet
Mom walked to school each morning
Rosy cheeks, a sweet sixteen
After you came, suddenly one day
Grandpa was persecuted and imprisoned
Every night Grandma shed mournful tears
Mom felt sullen -- her innocence was lost
Two years passed from the day you came
On a wintry morning which shrouded in mist
Armed with guns, you came knocking at our door
And whisked Mom away to a labor camp
After one month, Mom returned home
Nothing but skin and bones
Embracing Grandma, she wept:
They raped me, Ma, gang-raped and all!
And so I was born, a fatherless child
Grandma passed away, leaving Mom penniless
Mom scraped a living to support me
Dad was all the while anybody's guess!
Eighteen years after you came
We went totally broke
Mom died of a terminal illness
Now then, what's left but my own body to trade?
Almost twenty years after you came
At sixteen, my body withered -- hardly a dish
I toiled from dawn to dusk
In return just for a loaf of bread!
I was not even born yet
Mom walked to school each morning
Rosy cheeks, a sweet sixteen
After you came, suddenly one day
Grandpa was persecuted and imprisoned
Every night Grandma shed mournful tears
Mom felt sullen -- her innocence was lost
Two years passed from the day you came
On a wintry morning which shrouded in mist
Armed with guns, you came knocking at our door
And whisked Mom away to a labor camp
After one month, Mom returned home
Nothing but skin and bones
Embracing Grandma, she wept:
They raped me, Ma, gang-raped and all!
And so I was born, a fatherless child
Grandma passed away, leaving Mom penniless
Mom scraped a living to support me
Dad was all the while anybody's guess!
Eighteen years after you came
We went totally broke
Mom died of a terminal illness
Now then, what's left but my own body to trade?
Almost twenty years after you came
At sixteen, my body withered -- hardly a dish
I toiled from dawn to dusk
In return just for a loaf of bread!
Dienstag, 12. März 2013
Pressemitteilung des Aktionsnetzwerks „Save Vietnam´s Nature“
Pressemitteilung des Aktionsnetzwerks „Save Vietnam´s Nature“
GEDENKEN AN FUKUSHIMA
Auf Einladung der SAYONARA GENPATSU Düsseldorf, einer japanischen Anti-Atom-Bewegung, nahm das Aktionsnetzwerk „Save Vietnam´s Nature“ am FUKUSHIMA DAY am 09.03.2013 in Düsseldorf teil.
Am 11.03.2013 jährt sich zum zweiten Mal die Katastrophe von Fukushima. Anlässlich dieses Jahrestages hat SAYONARA GENPATSU den FUKUSHIMA DAY veranstaltet. Die Trauer um die Opfer der Katastrophe sowie der Protest gegen die weltweite Nutzung der Atomenergie standen im Mittelpunkt des Gedenktages.
In der Ansprache an die japanischen FreundeInnen hat SAVE VIETNAM´S NATURE die tiefe Sympathie und die volle Solidarität mit SAYONARA GENPATSU bekundet. Gleichzeitig hat SAVE VIETNAM´S NATURE auf den Export von japanischen Atomreaktoren nach Vietnam hingewiesen. Diesem Milliardengeschäft der Atomindustrie, verbunden mit einer möglichen Katastrophe für Mensch und Natur in Vietnam muss Einhalt geboten werden.
Nachfolgend die Ansprache von SAVE VIETNAM´S NATURE am Fukushima day 09.03.2013
Liebe japanische FreundeInnen der Sayonara Genpatsu Düsseldorf,
für die Einladung zum Fukushima-Tag in Düsseldorf bedanken wir uns bei Ihnen ganz herzlich. Im Namen der vietnamesischen Anti-Atombewegung „ Save Vietnam´s Nature“möchte ich Ihnen heute unsere herzlichen Grüße überbringen. Mit unserer Teilnahme an Ihrer Veranstaltung wollen wir unsere tiefe Sympathie und volle Solidarität mit Sayonara Genpatsu bekunden.
Sie haben völlig Recht mit Ihrer Forderung „AKW-STOP SOFORT!!“. Japan kann nicht noch weitere 28 Jahre in Angst leben, in Angst um ein weiteres Fukushima. Ihre Forderung atomfrei zu leben verdient höchste Unterstützung.
Die Atomlobby in Japan will nicht nur den Ausstieg hinauszögern, sie will auch die Atomreaktoren exportieren, u.a auch nach Vietnam und damit in der Folge des Unheils mit diesem unheiligen Geschäft noch Geld verdienen. Das haben die Regierungen von Japan und Vietnam bereits beschlossen. Während andere Länder aus dem Atomgeschäft aussteigen, will unsere Heimat mit Hilfe Japans einsteigen. Wir haben dagegen protestiert und werden weiter dagegen protestieren. Eine Katastrophe darf nicht exportiert werden. Japan hat durch Fukushima furchtbar gelitten. Japan darf das Leiden nicht nach Vietnam bringen.
Während Sie, liebe FreundeInnen „AKW-STOP SOFORT!!“ fordern, fordern wir „Keine Atomkraft für Vietnam“. Wir wollen damit Mensch und Natur vor unbeherrschbaren Risiken der Atomenergie schützen. Der Schutz der Natur und der Bevölkerung vor atomaren Katastrophen ist global. Er kennt keine Ländergrenze. Denn wir haben nur eine Welt, in der wir leben und diese Welt müssen wir alle schützen, für uns und für die nächsten Generationen.
Fukushima darf nicht noch einmal passieren, nicht in Japan, nirgendwo auf dieser Welt.
Mit Ihnen fordern wir „AKW-STOP SOFORT!!““. Wir sind sicher dass auch Sie unsere Forderung: „Keine Atomkraft für Vietnam“ unterstützen.
Dr. Hong-An Duong
„SAVE VIETNAM´S NATURE“
Germany
Montag, 11. März 2013
Japan gedenkt der Opfer von Erdbeben und Tsunami
Japan gedenkt der Opfer von Erdbeben und Tsunami
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Fukushima-Überlebende reichen Sammelklage ein
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Montag, 4. März 2013
Erklärung der freien Bürger
Erklärung der freien Bürger
Anmerkung: Artikel Nr. 4 der vietnamesischen Verfassung lässt keine politische Parteien (ausgenommen der KP) oder Bürgerbewegungen zu. Vietnam ist "Eine-Partei-Diktatur"
Wir, die Unterzeichner, appellieren an alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger, sich unserem Aufruf anzuschließen
2. Wir unterstützen ein pluralistisches Mehrparteiensystem und alle politische Parteien, die im fairen Wettbewerb für die Entwicklung der Freiheit und des Friedens sowie zum Wohl des Volkes arbeiten. Keine Partei hat das Recht, die Nation zu kontrollieren und zu tyrannisieren.
3. Wir unterstützen nicht nur ein demokratisches System, in dem die Unabhängigkeit der Exekutive, der Legislative und der Judikative gewahrt wird, sondern auch eine Regierung, die ihre Macht dezentralisiert, in dem sie die Behörden auf der lokalen Ebene stärkt und die vom Staat geförderten Konsortien sowie alle Staatsbetriebe, die das Staatsbudget missbrauchen, Korruption fördern, das Vertrauen des Volkes zerstören und die Einheit der Nation vernichten, abschafft
4. Wir unterstützen ein Militär, das unparteiisch und ohne Parteizugehörigkeit ist. Das Militär soll das Volk und das Land schützen, die nationale Souveränität verteidigen und keiner Partei dienen
5. Wir nehmen uns das Recht, das Obengenannte zu deklarieren und zu sagen, dass alle vietnamesischen Mitbürger das gleiche Recht haben.
Wir reichen uns die Hände und verwandeln diese Deklaration der freien Bürgerinnen und Bürger in ein untrennbares Band, das Millionen von vietnamesischen Herzen verbindet.
Erheben wir unsere Stimmen in dem wir unsere Namen in der folgenden mail eintragen
(Bản Đức ngữ do: „Forum Vietnam 21“ chuyển dịch)
Deutsche Übersetzung aus dem Vietnamesischen von "Forum Vietnam 21"
Freitag, 1. März 2013
Interview zum Übergriff auf das ARD-Team in China
Interview zum Übergriff auf das ARD-Team in China
"Auch für
chinesische Verhältnisse extrem"
Bei Dreharbeiten in der
Provinz sind die Leiterin des ARD-Studios Peking, Christine Adelhardt, und ihr
Team von Schlägern brutal angegriffen worden - zum zweiten Mal in sechs
Monaten. Im Interview mit tagesschau.deberichtet
Adelhardt über den Vorfall und erklärt, warum sich derartige Übergriffe häufen.
Tagesschau.de: Wie
kam es zu dem Angriff auf Sie und Ihr Team?
Christine
Adelhardt: Wir waren in einem Dorf in der Provinz Hebei für einen Beitrag
zum Thema Urbanisierung unterwegs - etwa eine Autostunde von Peking entfernt.
Dabei hatten wir gleich das Gefühl, dass wir beobachtet werden. Dann sind uns
zwei Autos aufgefallen, deren Fahrer miteinander gesprochen haben. Wir haben
daraufhin die Dreharbeiten vorsichtshalber abgebrochen. Beim Wegfahren
verfolgten uns die beiden Autos. Plötzlich wurden wir von vier, fünf Autos
bedrängt und so von der Straße abgedrängt, dass wir anhalten mussten.
Die Verfolger stiegen aus, und zwei von
ihnen schlugen mit hölzernen Baseballschlägern auf unseren Wagen ein. Andere
versuchten in unser Auto einzudringen. In dieser Situation hatten wir wirklich
Angst um unser Leben. Wir haben es dennoch geschafft, wegzufahren und konnten
Verkehrspolizisten um Hilfe bitten.
Zur Person
Christine Adelhardt ist ARD-
Fernsehkorrespondentin in Peking. Sie berichtete für die ARD unter anderem aus
dem Kosovo, Bosnien, Albanien und Pakistan. Nach Stationen bei der NDR-Sendung
"Panorama" und im Studio Washington übernahm sie als Studioleiterin
das Büro in Peking.
tagesschau.de: Es ist nicht der erste Übergriff auf Ihr
Team. Haben Sie das Gefühl, dass Sie in Ihrer journalistischen Arbeit
systematisch behindert werden?
Christine
Adelhardt: Ich
halte den Vorfall für extrem und auch für chinesische Verhältnisse
ungewöhnlich. Schwierigkeiten gibt es immer wieder. Gerade für Fernsehteams.
Und besonders, je weiter man sich von der Zentralregierung in Peking entfernt.
Die Probleme für ausländische Reporter in China insgesamt haben in der letzten
Zeit zugenommen. Auch andere Kollegen berichten von Übergriffen. Das liegt vor
allem daran, dass wir als Journalisten häufig Zeugen für Machenschaften von
lokalen Kadern sind - deshalb sind wir bei den Lokalregierungen nicht besonders
beliebt.
Schläger demolierten den Teambus des ARD-Fernsehteams in Peking.tagesschau.de: Auch andere ausländische Journalisten in
China berichten von Übergriffen - vor allem durch lokale Behörden auf dem
Land. Hat sich die Situation für ausländische Journalisten in der letzten
Zeit verschlechtert?
Christine
Adelhardt: Ja,
ich denke schon. Zum einen gibt es auf dem Land eine weit verbreitete
Korruption - die hat es schon immer gegeben. Gleichzeitig hat die Regierung in
Peking aber dieser Korruption den Kampf angesagt. Der Druck auf lokale
Funktionäre ist extrem hoch und damit offensichtlich auch deren
Aggressionspotenzial.
tagesschau.de: Die Aktionen gegen ausländische
Journalisten sind also nicht zentral aus Peking gesteuert?
Christine
Adelhardt: Nein,
auf keinen Fall. Es ist auch wichtig, das zu betonen: Solche Vorfälle schädigen
das Ansehen Chinas und das ist nun wirklich nicht im Interesse der Regierung.
tagesschau.de: Als Leiterin des ARD-Studios Peking
tragen Sie ja auch Verantwortung für Ihre deutschen und chinesischen
Mitarbeiter. Welche Konsequenzen ziehen Sie aus dem erneuten Übergriff auf Ihr
Team?
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German TV crew attacked in China
Beijing - A television crew from Germany's ARD was attacked in China by thugs who tried to force their car off the road and smashed the windscreen, the lead reporter said on Friday.
ARD was filming for a report on urbanisation in Da Yan Ge Zhuang village near Sanhe city in the northern province of Hebei when the crew was attacked on Wednesday, ARD correspondent Christine Adelhardt told dpa.
"After taking outside shots of old and new houses in the village, the team was followed by cars," said Adelhardt, who was accompanied by two German colleagues and two Chinese colleagues.
"Four to five cars chased the car of ARD," she said. "They tried to cause an accident."
After the pursuing cars forced the ARD vehicle to stop, several men surrounded the vehicle and tried to open the doors, Adelhardt said.
"They hammered against the windows, first just with their fists," she said.
"We managed to escape, [but] during the chase they intentionally crashed into our car," Adelhardt said.
Baseball bats
"They stopped us again and used baseball bats to smash the front window," she said.
The ARD crew drove off again, with the cars in pursuit, before stopping to ask traffic police for help.
"Again the attackers started smashing the car with their baseball bats," Adelhardt said. "More police showed up and stopped the attackers."
The police took the ARD team to the Sanhe city police station, where they were forced to stay for 16 hours as the police investigated.
The Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents' Club of China said it was "appalled" by the "brutal assault on a German TV crew by thugs apparently linked to local authorities".
ARD was filming for a report on urbanisation in Da Yan Ge Zhuang village near Sanhe city in the northern province of Hebei when the crew was attacked on Wednesday, ARD correspondent Christine Adelhardt told dpa.
"After taking outside shots of old and new houses in the village, the team was followed by cars," said Adelhardt, who was accompanied by two German colleagues and two Chinese colleagues.
"Four to five cars chased the car of ARD," she said. "They tried to cause an accident."
After the pursuing cars forced the ARD vehicle to stop, several men surrounded the vehicle and tried to open the doors, Adelhardt said.
"They hammered against the windows, first just with their fists," she said.
"We managed to escape, [but] during the chase they intentionally crashed into our car," Adelhardt said.
Baseball bats
"They stopped us again and used baseball bats to smash the front window," she said.
The ARD crew drove off again, with the cars in pursuit, before stopping to ask traffic police for help.
"Again the attackers started smashing the car with their baseball bats," Adelhardt said. "More police showed up and stopped the attackers."
The police took the ARD team to the Sanhe city police station, where they were forced to stay for 16 hours as the police investigated.
The Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents' Club of China said it was "appalled" by the "brutal assault on a German TV crew by thugs apparently linked to local authorities".
Attempted Homicide of German TV Crew in China
Created: 2013-03-01 12:09 EST
Category: China
German television ARD crews were attacked during a report in China’s Hebei province on Wednesday.
A smashed windshield and dented side doors. This is the van belonging to a crew of German television ARD. They were attacked on Wednesday (February 27) in northern China when they tried to do a report about urbanization in Hebei province.
On Friday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said authorities were looking into it.
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China, or FCCC, have condemdned the attack. They said ARD’s crew was reporting in a village and as they drove away, four cars chased them. Their attackers forced them off the road. Two men with baseball bats smashed their windshield. The German crew got away and found two motorbike police, but the pursuers continued to attack the car even in the presences of police.
ARD correspondent Christine Adelhardt said they tried to file attempted homicide charges against their assailants. Police claimed the charges had already been filed.
A local witness later told the German crew that one of the cars pursuing them belonged to the villages Communist Party secretary.
Hua Chunying said during Friday’s press briefing that foreign reporters had to obey Chinese laws whilst reporting there.
The ARD was told by police that they should’ve asked for permission to film in the village, because locals were, quote, “offended” by their presence.
Under Chinese law, foreign reporters do not have to ask for permission to film in public places.
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