China Stricter After Bjork's Tibet Chant

Bjork,

Thank you for complaining to our new landlords!

I, for one, am very glad that the 2008 Olympics are in China. The government is going to crap themselves trying to contain and silence people from all over the rest of the world who have the most public stage to protest.

I think the "black fist" protest of 1968 will pale (no pun intended) in comparison to what you'll see in Beijing.

"The Chinese people's feelings were hurt" according to the Chinese govt. These govt. spokespeople are full of shit and could care less. We should have nothing to do with China.

I think the Chinese had no idea what she was on about, until the press the next day said something about it. They would have pulled the switch and shut the power off in the middle of the show.

Free Tibet Now ! Boycott the Olympics !

(... and people of middle America, say Hi to your replacements.)

Good for her and for very much keeping with her punk roots.

It's not as sly, cute, and subtle as the oft-maligned swan dress, but it's elegant in its own right. Bless you, Bjor.! You have the power to make the poor Baby China cry.

Exactly how can the Chinese government prevent any future performers from saying Tibet?

Bjork hurt China's feelings!

And all China had done was kill a million Tibetans or so.

Björk is one of the truly great musical artists in the world today, who also happens to be blessed with the most transcendent voice ever. I am glad she did what she did. It's not a big surprise though, since she took part in the Free Tibet concerts of about a decade ago. And, I'm thinking this is far more about the tender sensibilities of the brutish Mainland China government that the "Chinese people". Not a big surprise though.

America has seen Björk as an eccentric figure, making fun of her for her clothes and appearance, but this woman is one of the truly amazing human beings in the world today. And once again, she stands against stupidity, brutality and intolerance! Iceland should be proud!

It is interesting to see the cultural changes and growing pains experienced by China as they begin to truly modernize their country. Thye are so advanced in certain areas and very "behind the times" in others. It is also great to see someone like Bjork stick up for the people of Tibet.

one more reason to love this great artist.

Way to go Bjork!

I wonder if Chinese people's feelings are hurt when the Chinese government puts them in prison labor camps because of their thought crimes? Can't you just smell the spirit of freedom, independence and good will that the Olympic games bring to China?

Go Bjork!! I have figured all along it was and will be impossible (I hope) for China to silence concern over Tibet in the Olympics. I am very sad that the Olympics are even being held in China for this reason. However I truly hope that this is just the beginning. I have many Tibetan friends, I have also had the pleasure to meet with and share ceremonies with His Holiness the Dali Lama (1986). My friends from Tibet are such sweet and good people. I became friends with them while I was living in NYC, where there is a moderate-sized community of Tibet exiles. It has been a matter of deep sorrow that so few (as in none) nations will oficially stand up to the Chinese on this issue. For those of you who may not know it, the subversion of Tibet by China has been brutal, bloody, criminal and as nasty as possible. These days there is less violence but the Chinese continue to flood Tibet with Chinese national citizens. The world lost an unimaginable treasure when Tibet, the last of the old kingdoms, went down under the Chinese bullets and boots. The disgraceful treatment of Tibet by the Chinese and the world community undermines and adds a corrupt element to everything we do with the Chinese. I look forward to hoping for numerous spontaneous outbursts like this all over the Chinese "feelings" in the time up to the Olympics.

Bjork is brilliant, a great artist. I love her music, and she was fabulous in Dancer in the Dark.

China is nothing more than an Asian version of Milton Friedman's neoliberalism: wealth for the few, penury and wage slavery for the huge majority, and oppression for the Tibetans. But of course, Bush's demonic administration supports China's policies with a wink of the eye.