The story on Pioneer Courthouse Square on Saturday was about two groups of people with one common enemy. China. People whose ancestral home was Vietnam and Tibet gathered together to protest the aggressive action of China toward their countries. The people of Tibet were protesting the complete takeover and occupation of their country by China several decades ago. The Vietnamese were protesting the more recent aggressive action by China involving the invasion of islands off shore from Vietnam. The other story was about three flags. The first was the red and yellow flag that flew over Vietnam prior to the communist takeover in 1975. The second was the flag that flew over the country of Tibet before the invasion and occupation of the Chinese. The third was the flag of the United States, the country were all these people found freedom. I was deeply moved by the fact that people from these two very different countries were banded together in a common cause on a Square in the center of Portland, Oregon.
