Old Tibet was not a Shangri-la 1/3

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The True Face Of The Dalai Lama
by Kalovski at 4-2-8
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[Part.14]
Any Hint of Change Shook the Water-tight Kingdom




Once the first white-sand road was completed, long caravans of PLA trucks arrived, carrying key
goods like tea and matches. The expanded trade and especially the availability of inexpensive
tea improved the diet of ordinary Tibetans. By the mid-'50s, the first telephones, telegraphs,
radio station and modern printing had been organized. The first newspapers, books and pamphlets
appeared, in both Han and Tibetan. After 1955, Tibet's first real schools were founded. By July
1957 there were 79 elementary schools, with 6,000 students. All this started to improve the life
of poor people and infuriated the upper classes, who had always monopolized all trade, book-
learning and contact with the outside world.
When revolutionary medical teams started healing people, even monks and the upper classes
started showing up at the early clinics. The first coal mine opened in 1958 and the first blast
furnace in 1959. This undermined superstitions that condemned innovation and preached that
diseases were caused by sinful behavior.
Starting in 1956, increasingly intense armed revolts organized by feudal landowners started in
Han-Tibet border areas. These areas were not covered by the 17 points, and the serfs there were
being encouraged by the revolutionaries to stop paying land rent to the monasteries and estates.
In 1958 a communist leader in Tsinghai wrote, "The great socialist revolution in the pastoral
areas has been a very violent class struggle of life and death."
Some forces within the Communist Party urged compromise. They suggested slowing down the land
reform and closing down the schools and clinics that were opposed by the lamaists. Teachers and
medical teams were withdrawn. But this did not stop the conspiracies of the lamaists.
In the late '50s, the Tibetan ruling class pressed ahead with a full-scale revolt. They believed
that the intense struggles breaking out in central China­called the Great Leap Forward­might
give them an opening to drive out the PLA. CIA support was increasing, and trained agents were
in place.
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Originally from http://www.bestcyrano.org/cyrano/?p=507.

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[halfmanhalfamazing28]

im very surprised at how a democratic people like the americans can't even let a country justify why it took another country over. the united states certainly did a good job of justifying an invasion of iraq. the iraqis would be far better off without the us "libration" of the country.

[Canadianhome]

I think Tibet should be much better off with China than try to be independent. Most people will be slaved again if Da La Lama go back there~ He is a fake religion saint and want to be in power to rule the area. He talks about human right but did even worst thing when he was young (Slaves his people)~ Fake Da la Lama~

[sinoples]

I wonder how modern theorists discuss ignorantly the rule of Aristocracy......

Above shall rule Below, since the Creation, for it started from Heaven, followed by Earth...

Be it readed in second degree....

[jabsondontworry]

to pathetic.. smell's like a bullshit..

[eastern2western]

I think china should just free tibet and let the monks run the whole country. the new modern tibet is no longer the same as the tibet of 1959 and it is much more complicated. after the country goes into chaos, the ccp then can send in its armies for peace guarding services and eliminate all of the rebels.

[SHUTUPNOOB654]

@PoketsOfagenius Don't try acting like you are peaceful and loving, act with truth. Be who you really are. You aren't fooling anyone. You are the one being brainwashed. And even more hilarious is, you are trying to brainwash people yourself, after you yourself have been brainwashed.

[SHUTUPNOOB654]

@PoketsOfagenius Amazing. I usually see through anyone's words. It's easy to tell when you said ''love to all'' and how you mention god. AND how you mention you are no living god. By saying that, I can tell that you are saying that you expect people to think of you as one. So easy to see right through your lies. China's leaders were empowered by the Chinese people. And the Tibetan government was empowered through force. There are 2 sides to this argument, and you clearly take CIA's side.

[beavisCS]

95% of the people work for the 5% owners who own the land and let the people work for them! WHAT is the difference to us today? come on tell me the difference!! no difference at all! we got our riches who are protected by the pupet politics ( in the ancient time called monks) who tells the stupid people what to do!

[johannsobieski]

i need no god's !!! to you thing all those stupid people have seen god!! this stupid gods??? i live for myself not for the system, by the way this system is after the people "get rid" of religion, one of the best the world has known! you listen to those schmuck, dressed weird, act and behave weird and telling me i am brainwashed? to i go town on my stomach, pray, kiss stones or pictures and waste time with stupid things??? to i believe in sai baba, benny hinn, mohamed etc. ???

[johannsobieski]

@PoketsOfagenius

they did it with the monk(eys) !!! satisfied me!

[lukebccb]

@pi9lab: FREE KASHMIR TOO....... right "pi9lab"?