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今天CBC新闻里说,去年下半年起,中国把University of Calgary拉下了中国承认的加拿大大学名单。换句话说,U of C的毕业文凭现在在中国不承认了。Uof C在加拿大算一流半大学吧,比不上U of T甚至U of A,但绝对不是野鸡大学。问题出在U ofC不知天高地厚,硬要在去年达赖喇嘛访问Calgary的时候给他一个荣誉博士的称号,被中国拿来开刀做榜样。U ofC不是第一个给达赖喇嘛的加拿大大学,更加不是唯一的一个,为什么U ofC呢?Calgary是哈珀的老窝,也是加拿大红脖子的老窝。近年来石油经济不错,他们有点不知道马王爷几只眼了。U ofC也是没事找事,在中央大餐厅(cafeteria)里,大大地竖了一个“民主女神”像,算是纪念中国民运?要标榜自己的正直、自由,不顾中国当局的反对,硬要给达赖喇嘛一个荣誉博士,以为反正中国不能拿他们怎么样,结果被中国反手来了这么一下。U ofC现有600多来自大陆和香港的学生,有几个人要求转学了,但大多数人还在观望。说老实话,中国这么做,对这些学生不大公平,也有点太重手重脚,但拿这样一个不大不小的大学做榜样,不可能不受到北美学界的注意,谁再要和老和尚拉近乎,就要想想后果了。) F2 f3 i( _9 C, d' w* o
6 M3 ?% E$ @+ x" JU ofC的损失到不一定就是这几百个学生,甚至是未来来自大陆、香港的学生。当然,损失这笔财源是很肉痛的,但更大的损失来自名声:“唯一不被中国承认的加拿大大学”在今天已经不是一个光荣牌了,这种别扭的名声对U of C在西方的学术地位也是影响,这不是光荣,而是二愣子。! g0 `* ^- b3 R- L) x
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U ofC现在有点手足无措,一方面坚持授予老和尚荣誉博士是对的,另一方面强调这不是要冒犯中国(真TMD放屁,本来就是有意冒犯,就是要捋捋加菲猫的胡须,没成想加菲猫变成大老虎了),同时拼命和中国沟通,“解决问题”。估计中国最后会放他们一马,就看他们做怎样的姿态了。即使U ofC不公开反悔或者道歉,中国可能也会放他们一马,因为后面的人已经看到了,只有确认地雷不会炸响,才有吃饱了撑的人会去闯地雷阵。 8 `: T: w1 ] |' @9 ~7 n# U. Z( {5 f5 g: i k* \+ \1 F5 ~+ {; ~5 B% R不过个人虽然理解中国这么做的道理,还是不认为这个做法很高明。这种高压封嘴的手法可能奏效,但很难使崇尚自由思维的西方民间心里服气,甚至激起反感,尽管他们实际上对自己的偏狭和成见毫无感觉。此事的余波刚刚开始,后面的好戏有的看了。
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Specials/20071026/dalai_lama_071026/% D5 `8 y- z" d# a: `" `( D
骚客可以看看。前总理马丁2004年就招待达赖了。 0 ^# m. @; c R WOctober's visit will be the Dalai Lama's sixth trip to Canada and his third to Ottawa since he began travelling to the West in the 1970s:0 o8 ~6 n. d% o: a+ H' B
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* The Dalai Lama first visited Canada in 1980 and was met by then-governor general Ed Schreyer. 4 U2 p! o0 E" H * In 1990, he visited Ottawa for the first time and met former secretary of state for multiculturalism Gerry Weiner on the government's behalf. * ?; ^1 E& E8 l * The Dalai Lama's 1990 visit prompted an amendment to Sino-Canadian diplomatic policy, which was officially established in 1970. Canada continued to recognize the People's Republic of China as the official government but would take no position on territorial claims. ) d: @4 I- y. M/ Q * In 2004, former prime minister Paul Martin courted controversy by becoming the first Canadian leader to meet the Dalai Lama. The one-hour talk on human rights took place at the home of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa. Martin's predecessor, Jean Chrtien, refused such a meeting. " M* t8 J: j0 a9 B. b3 r T * The Dalai Lama was personally recognized when he last visited Canada in 2006 and received an honorary Canadian citizenship -- a measure protested by Chinese officials. He joins Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, Nelson Mandela and, most recently, Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi in receiving the honour.