Pleasing as it was to see Thanet Council, take a principled stand on animal welfare recently, I would just like to see whether they might like to consider the plight of victims of China's occupation of Tibet. Since tonight councillors will be consider once again the China Gateway proposals and I appreciate this has nothing the Chinese government, however I think it might be an apt topic for TDC to consider some time soon.
Knowing that China has an abysmal record over the years of human rights, anything from imprisonment to murder, would the council perhaps convey the sentiment that the people of Thanet, would wish to have nothing to do with any Chinese officialdom, perhaps ruling out an future unseemly shinanagins with councillors and officers fawning over official representatives of Chinese government.
In the meantime readers might like to sign this petition appealing for help from the international community to stand up to barbaric treatment from the Chinese government. If you've signed the petition TDC promoted on the recent animal welfare issue, I'm sure that you'll agree this is, since it concern our fellow humans as worthy if not more so.
Perhaps given the connotations of China's reputation for human rights and er cyber attacks on this country and others, the developers could rename the proposed development.
