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There are so many different street markets in the Provence and we only visited 3 of them! There are so many interesting things to see, although you can probably find most products in all of them!!
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With eight days to go, I will keep blogging about my trips to Provence every day, with a little bit of information and my opinion about both China and the 2008 Olympics!
Some says the history of China is very difficult and complicated, and I suppose that's true - when I was in my school in Hong Kong, I had never done well in Chinese history. I suppose that's because China has over 4000 years history, and at the same time, there are so many different "nations" from parts of China, and they want to be independent. Famous examples are Taiwan, Tibet, and perhaps Hong Kong.
I bet you haven't heard of Xinjiang provence (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) before. This place has gone famous a few days ago, because East Turkestan Independence Movement released a video clip saying that they will launch attacks to Olympic venues if China hold the games. They also claims the responsibility to bus explosions in China these few weeks, and even a factory fire in "Guangdong".With days to reach the start of the games, the government had said "no" to them.
Facts that might interest you - many people doubt the "truthfulness" of the clip, because it has made serveral mistakes, including some of the dates they mentioned are wrong and the fact that there was no factory fire in Guangdong, but there was one in Shanghai. Some people have said that there are many muslim groups in that area, so they want to be proud and more superior than others.
Briefly about East Turkestan independence movement. The provence of Xinjiang is part of China since 1934. This part has been influenced by Russia very much and other countries nearby. However, the one that we are really interested in Pakistan, one of the 8 neighbouring countries. Apprantly, this group was turned into muslims and related to Bin Laden, and not surprising, became terrorists.
China has set up a lot of military defense in order to keep the game safe, including building anti-missles factilites. Found a news clip on youtube: (there is no commentary)
Believe it or not, China has lots of problems to deal with! One of the biggest ones is control these people in Tibet and Xinjiang, so you can see how harsh action they had done last time in Tibet. Also, Chinese history is really complicated - if you want to be challenged and you love history, this might be the subject you might want to study later on in your life!!
Just in case you cannot be bothered to read these all, here is the bbc clip for it:
Here is the question of today - do you think anyone will attack the Olympics and will China be able to defeat them?? Tell me what you think!!
