Topic: Tibet Under Siege

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7296837.stm

To be honest I don't know a thing about the situation in Tibet except for the whole occupation thing, but the way this article put it:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2190211.htm?section=justin

Just the idea of Tibetan monks and Chinese police fighting sounds like something that should be in an action film.

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or some scene from AoE tongue

till the end of time..

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Common,   China is the Worlds Savior......

China is the New Socialist dream state w/a Capitalist slant.

China is the Check to the Evil Corporate Imperial state of the USA.

China is Fine.....whats wrong with China ??


They are a COMMUNIST state.  A police State.
They CRUSH opposition or free thought or action that defy the party line.
China is Dangerous.

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those monks would make hell lot of money in film industry

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Tibet used to be ruled as a feudal theocracy with almost all of the wealth of the country concentrated in the hands of the monasteries and the clergy. Almost everyone else was kept as serfs without rights, taught that their serfdom was the result of all the misdeeds of their past lives and that their lot in this life should be borne out dutifully and in subservience to the Dalai Lama who was a God-King.

The return of the Chinese upset the order of things and it's understandable why the monks are pissed.

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"According to the BBC, protesters have been focused on setting fire to and looting businesses owned by the Han Chinese."

"Protesters appeared to be targeting shops and vehicles owned by Han Chinese"

"According to CNN, a Han girl was in the hospital after she had been beaten by a group of Tibetans."

"Protesters also set a mosque on fire in late Friday night, possibly in protest to the increasingly large Hui ethnic community in Lhasa."

"The eyewitness also reported seeing three protesters stabbing an unconscious man."

This is no longer a protest. This is an act of terrorism and ethnic violence against Han Chinese by the Tibetan Chinese. How can the free world support a free Tibet in the face of such horrible Tibetan Chinese deeds? Are such manifestations the Tibetan Chinese monks' ways of reaching enlightenment?

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funny how these monks would take any opportunities they can get to stir up troubles and funny how it is the monks that wants to create troubles and then everyone starts to blame on chinese government.

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Does anyone know if the Tibet separatists are still funded by the CIA for anti-communist guerilla activities? It seems abit convenient that a ruckus is being caused in the leadup to the Olympics.

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china vs USA ?

id pick the lesser of two evils & pick USA. the USA has its imperial side but its also democratic- China on the other hand is a police state, which is biding its time & building up its military. right now the USA could still take em out, but what about in 20years?

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There isen't enough nucklear materials in the gorund to make that many nukes tongue.

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"China is the New Socialist dream state w/a Capitalist slant."

WTF? China's regime is despised as much as your war in Iraq for us lefties wink

What's going on in Tibet is a disgrace. I don't even understand why China's so keen on keeping it. It's a barren wasteland that has absolutely no economical benefit. Perhaps it's some strategic matter..

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I guess, since Tibet is a part of China, that they don't wanna let it be a country on its own, cause if they did then more parts of China could try the same. Similar to what Russia is doing in Tjetjenia, which is a part of Russia. In Tjetjenia however there are plenty of natural resources that Russia doesn't want to let go of.

And yea China isn't the perfect country (lol) but it is improving alot:)

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"Perhaps it's some strategic matter.."

Yes. They wish to blow up the Himalayas and allow moisture to travel to Xinjiang. X(

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I always thought that supporting Tibet was essential to smacking China from competing with the US

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those monks disgraced buddhism. buddhism is supposed to be peaceful and yet they are terrorizing around the street.

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pedophile priests disgraced catholicism, terrorists disgraced islam, monks disgraced buddhism. when are people people going to realise that religions themselves are a disgrace? this "it's only a couple of people" attitude isn't helping the world advance.

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"those monks disgraced buddhism. buddhism is supposed to be peaceful and yet they are terrorizing around the street."

I disagree. Every person has the right to fight for his/her independence.. Buddist or not, when everything else fails, people have to fight...

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"those monks disgraced buddhism. buddhism is supposed to be peaceful and yet they are terrorizing around the street."

talk about being more catholic than the pope

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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sHo5hx78xkk&watch_response

March 14th "protest" in Lhasa.

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@ WFS

Read up on the version of Buddhism which was practised in Tibet, it was more like the Inquisition 24/7 then anything transcendental.

They may conveniently start praising the virtues of democracy and equality now but it was very, very different in the not too distant past and one has to be skeptical whether they genuinely understand the importance of liberalism or they're really fighting for the return of autocratic rule by the clergy.

Judging by the way the Dalai Lama's Buddhist supporters in Tibet violently attack and suppress other Buddhists who support a different deity, it's more the latter than the former.

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tavius, it's their choice, not ours to choose how they decide to live. They were invaded and have every right to regain their independence if they see that as best. I'm not talking about internal struggles, but I doubt the chinese government is better...

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I'm not criticising all ordinary Tibetans if they want greater autonomy or even independence. I'm talking about the Buddhist monks and the descendants of the nobility of the old feudal system who have styled themselves as the champions of independence and democracy.

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"I'm not talking about internal struggles"

What do you mean?

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Wow....so its the fault of the Buddhists.......damn religious bastards.

Let the Tolerant and even handed Hard line Communists solve the problem.

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"What do you mean?"

Tibetan people among eachother...

And Black_Wing, they can hardly be named communist..

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