Comments on: Trouble in Paradise

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:03:36 +0000

By the way, the issue in Tibet also reported by our media, but they say the women were killed by the riots, and many countries in this world are against the riots.

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:43:12 +0000

if you discuss the issue with the people of Tibet you will get a very different opinion

Really? Perhaps one day I will go to tibet and have a look by myself. Seeing is beliving.

By: stuart

stuart — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:55:30 +0000

Monica, if you discuss the issue with the people of Tibet you will get a very different opinion.

Nevertheless, they know (and even the Dalai Lama accepts) that independence is out of the question. They just don’t like being pushed around in their own ‘country’ and seek greater autonomy.

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 05:32:46 +0000

But most Chiese people think Tibet belongs to China. I discussed that with my colleagues and people around me, none of them think Tibet should be seperated form China.

By: stuart

stuart — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:57:42 +0000

Josh,

It is no secret that monks have been arrested, beaten, and often murdered for showing dissent since Chinese forces first occupied Tibet in 1951.

Perhaps they are under orders to show restraint (at least in public) in the political climate of Olympic year.

It is also possible that some incidents are exaggerated or falsified in order to garner sympathy from a watching world. If so, the opposing camps in Daramasala and Beijing have a bit more in common than they think.

I agree that China is occasionally portrayed as the bad guy, with critics displaying more than a touch of hypocrisy at times. In this regard, the CCP are their own worst enemy. As Richard Spencer at the Telegraph said yesterday:

“And of course, to China’s reputation. To reiterate my point from yesterday – the authorities had the chance today to show the world that whether they were rounding up protesters in Luqu, or merely preventing more demonstrations, they were doing so with restraint and respect for their own laws.

They chose not to take that opportunity, as they have done ever since the weekend, and I suspect that in the wider context China will pay the price. Who believes, when they cannot see?”