As India shakes herself loose of antidemocratic forces within her midst, posed by those powerful oligarchies such as Sathya Sai Baba's cult, one can hope that a great counterweight to Communist China's influence will swing into place. Ensuring India a place in the UN Security Council is one of the ways in which the international community can resist the impact that China hopes, in part, to achieve by holding a successful Olympic Games.

The violence of some protesters against China's dreadful human rights record in Tibet only served further to obscure the issue of the Chinese government's responsibilities, whose officials have long waged a campaign against the Dalai Lama, a man of extraordinary integrity, whom they, in no new fashion for this repressive government, have labeled as a liar and working to foment violence. The violence of certain demonstrators illustrated one of the Dalai Lama’s difficulties - how to restrain those of his own culture who think violence is the answer.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd review honour guard, Beijing.

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