【大陸中心】著名冰島女歌手碧玉（Bjork）日前在上海舉行演唱會，當她唱到歌曲《宣布獨立》（Declare Independence）時，高呼：「Tibet！Tibet！」（西藏）。中國網友認為這是公然宣傳西藏獨立，網路上是群情激憤，「國際垃圾滾出中國！主辦單位去死！」怕民怨一發不可收拾，中國官方緊急關閉數個聲討此事的網站。 

本月2日晚，碧玉（中國譯比約克）在上海國際體操中心舉行「2008世界巡演上海演唱會」，《宣布獨立》為壓軸曲目。但當唱完最後一句：「高舉你們的旗幟，宣布獨立吧！」後突然高喊：「西藏！西藏！」現場聽眾大為吃驚，不少人離去。 
 
網友：抓來槍斃
有網友要求警方約談碧玉，「抓起來槍斃！」辦演唱會的中國愛瑪票務則不予置評。
面對強烈反對聲浪，碧玉於前天在個人網站上發表聲明，強調自己只是一個音樂人，追求獨立本是人類情感，「那些被壓迫的國家給了我許多榮耀」，還祝福那些追求獨立人們。網址：comment2.news.sohu.com/viewcomments.action?id=255541059；www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEUFCK1qBMI

碧玉小檔案
年齡：42歲
國籍：冰島
重要經歷：
．11歲就推出了名為《碧玉》的專輯
．1993年以專輯《處女作》（Debut）奠定地位
．2000年因在電影《黑暗中的舞者》（Dancer in the Dark）的出色表演獲得法國坎城影展影后
資料來源：www.bjork.com 

China raps singer Bjork over Tibet protest

Mar 6, 2008

REYKJAVIK (AFP) — Icelandic pop singer Bjork was rapped by China's embassy in Reykjavik Thursday for apparently dedicating a song to the cause of Tibetan independence during a concert in Shanghai.

A video on Internet site Youtube shows Bjork performing in China's largest city last week and finishing the song "Declare Independence" with a chant of "Tibet, Tibet."

"What Ms Bjork has done in Shanghai has aroused strong resentment among the general public in China," the embassy said in a statement.

Bjork's support of the cause of Tibetan independence is not new -- she performed at a Free Tibet concert in San Francisco in 1996.

The song "Declare Independence", however, was originally written for Greenland and the Faroe Islands both of which belong to Denmark.

"China is a unified country with many ethnic groups, and Tibet has always been an inalienable part of China ever since ancient times," the embassy statement said.

"This is a common position of the international community, including the republic of Iceland, and not a single country in the world recognises Tibet as a 'independent country'."

"Any attempt to separate Tibet from China will definitely be opposed by Chinese people as well as those with a sense of justice in the world."

China sent troops into Tibet in 1950 and officially "liberated" it a year later.

The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, later fled to India in 1959 after a failed uprising and established a government-in-exile in Dharamsala. He has been at odds with the atheist communist government in Beijing ever since.

He now calls for "greater autonomy" from China rather than fully-fledged independence.

China has complained after recent meetings between the Dalai Lama and President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.