FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil – Abavakashi baseChina bayayibalekela iFrance ngenxa kaMengameli uNicolas Sarkozy kanye nesimo sengqondo sezwe lakhe ngeTibet, kusho isikhulu sezokuvakasha eChina sitshele i-AFP ngempelasonto.
"Ukuvakasha kwamaShayina eFrance kwehle kakhulu ngoba (izivakashi zaseChina) azikuthandi okwenziwe nguSarkozy ngaphambi kwama-Olympics nangemva kwalokho," kusho uJi Xiao Dong, iphini likamongameli weChamber of Tourism yaseChina, eceleni kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele. ingqungquthela eBrazil.
UJi uthe ubekhuluma ngemibhikisho emele i-Tibet ebiseFrance ngaphambi kwemidlalo yama-Olympics ebibanjelwe eChina ngonyaka odlule, nasezingxoxweni ngoZibandlela odlule ePoland phakathi kukaSarkozy nomholi wokomoya waseTibet, uDalai Lama.
Lapho ecelwa ukuthi alinganise ukwehla kwezivakashi zaseChina ezivakashela eFrance, indawo ehamba phambili yezivakashi emhlabeni, uJi uthe “akukacaci okwamanje ukuthi inani liyini, kodwa baningi abambalwa.”
Wachaza ukuthi iFrance kuseyiyona ndawo ethandwa kakhulu eYurophu kubavakashi baseChina, kodwa wathi abaningi baphanjaniswe indlela yaseParis yokuya eTibet, engaphansi kombuso wamaShayina.
“Abantu abavamile baseShayina abazithandi osopolitiki noma ezombangazwe,” kusho uJi, enezela ngokuthi “indlela amaShayina acabanga ngayo ngeFrance” ishintshile ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula.
I-France ne-China zibulungisile ubudlelwano kusukela ngesikhathi uSarkozy ehlangana neDalai Lama.
Kepha uBeijing uxwayise iParis ekuqaleni kwale nyanga “ngamanye amaphutha” ngemuva kokuthi umkhulumeli weDalai Lama ethe lo mholi wokomoya waseTibet angase enziwe isakhamuzi esihloniphekile senhloko-dolobha yaseFrance ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukaJuni 6-8.
I-China iphikisana nanoma yimuphi umuntu kahulumeni ohlangana neDalai Lama, emsola ngokuba nenhloso yokuthola inkululeko yeTibet ngemuva kweminyaka engu-58 yokubusa kwamaShayina.
I-Dalai Lama ithi ifuna kuphela ukuzimela kwesifunda sase-Himalaya.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- UJi uthe ubekhuluma ngemibhikisho emele i-Tibet ebiseFrance ngaphambi kwemidlalo yama-Olympics ebibanjelwe eChina ngonyaka odlule, nasezingxoxweni ngoZibandlela odlule ePoland phakathi kukaSarkozy nomholi wokomoya waseTibet, uDalai Lama.
- When asked to quantify the fall in Chinese visitors to France, the world’s number one tourist destination, Ji said “it’s not clear yet what the number is, but there are many fewer.
- After a spokesman for the Dalai Lama said the Tibetan spiritual leader may be made an honorary citizen of French capital during a June 6-8 visit.
