{"id":78710,"date":"2017-11-27T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=78710 "},"modified":"2017-11-27T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T14:35:00","slug":"78710-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=78710","title":{"rendered":"Tibet row halts China U20 football team\\’s German tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

25 November 2017<\/span><\/p>

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Spectators hold Tibetan flags during a match in Mainz, Germany. Photo: 18 November 2017Image copyrightEPA<\/span><\/p>

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A football tour of Germany by the Chinese U20 team has been suspended because of a political row over Tibet.<\/span><\/p>

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The team briefly left the pitch during a game in Mainz last week when Tibetan flags were displayed by spectators.<\/span><\/p>

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Three matches planned for the remainder of the year have been halted because fans planned further Tibetan protests.<\/span><\/p>

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Tibet<\/span> is governed as an autonomous region of China. Beijing reacts angrily to any suggestions that the Himalayan territory should be independent.<\/span><\/p>

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China<\/span> and the Tibetans<\/span><\/p>

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“We believe this adjournment is essential in order to give us the time needed to discuss the situation calmly and openly and find a reasonable solution,” Ronny Zimmermann, Vice-President of the German Football Association (DFB), was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.<\/span><\/p>

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He said the DFB and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) “will try to work out a way of relaunching the project again quickly”.<\/span><\/p>

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However, Mr Zimmerman earlier stressed that Germany “cannot ban the protests, there is the right to freedom of expression here and certain rules apply”.<\/span><\/p>

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China<\/span>‘s U20 players (in red) returned to the pitch in Mainz after Tibetan flags are removed. Photo: 18 November 2017Image copyrightEPA<\/span><\/p>

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Chinese players (in red) only agreed to resume the match when Tibetan flags were removed by German police<\/span><\/p>

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Meanwhile, the CFA described the situation as “regrettable”.<\/span><\/p>

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Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said earlier this week Beijing was “firmly opposed to any country or any individual offering support to separatist, anti-China and terrorist activities or activities defending Tibet independence, in any form or under any pretext”.<\/span><\/p>

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“I must stress that mutual respect is what the official host should provide their guest, and that respect between any two countries should be mutual,” he added.<\/span><\/p>

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The postponed games include Saturday’s match in Frankfurt.<\/span><\/p>

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China<\/span> sent in thousands of troops to enforce its claim on Tibet in 1950.<\/span><\/p>

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Some areas became the Tibetan Autonomous Region and others were incorporated into neighbouring Chinese provinces.<\/span><\/p>

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In 1959, after a failed anti-Chinese uprising, the 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet and set up a government in exile in India.<\/span><\/p>

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Most of Tibet’s monasteries were destroyed in the 1960s and 1970s during China’s Cultural Revolution.<\/span><\/p>

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Thousands of Tibetans are believed to have been killed during periods of repression and martial law.<\/span><\/p>

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Under international pressure, China eased its grip on Tibet in the 1980s, introducing “Open Door” reforms and boosting investment.<\/span><\/p>

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