Michael Parenti - Tibet: Friendly Fuedalism?

My friends, be aware of who you are supporting.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• free
• tibet
• china
• GENOCIDE
• OLYMPICS
• 2008
• dalai
• lama
• Lhasa

[gchide]

Again, I have been in tibet and common tibetan dont against Chinese government, but some of they do think that Dalai Lama should go back to tibet, as a Lama, a living Buddha, not as a slave lord.

[wshtb]

Google "lang ping torch relay", would you? The first hit is from usavolleyball dot org. It has photos of Lang Ping holding the torch running on SF street as well as a news story.

[gchide]

I am really sad about her. She should quit that job.

[wshtb]

I feel that the current situation is like Dalai has taken the Tibetans hostage. I don't think the Chinese government will give a crap if Dalai returns as a pure spiritual leader. It is the political goals that stopped Dalai from going back. But politics and religion should never mix.

[gchide]

Read the wikipedia entry, Tibetan resistance movement

[gchide]

Then what's ur point? Didn't i said Dalai Lama run away in 1959? The Chinese government at that time keeps the power of Dalai and his government because PRC government respected tibet tradition. The uprising was driven by the CIA and also some tibetan serf lords and nobilities in other Chinese provinces like QingHai and GanSu.

[gchide]

Learn history first.

[gchide]

U make me laugh. 5% of 1.2 million = 60000, and that was in 1951, have u been at Dharamsala (where the tibetan exile is)? As of the 2001 India census, Dharamsala had a population of 19,034. that's from the wikipedia entry of Dharamsala.

[PALADINHAMMMER]

They are protesting for the same reasons they revolted against in 1959.Youknowthatthe Lama didn't leave when China took over in 1950right? He remained until 1959 when the revolt broke out and china blamed him for it. These "uneducated people"have been under Chinese rule for over half a century now, your telling me that the Chinese government hasn't convinced them they were oppressed? What about the common Tibetans who've been leaving Tibet for the past century? They've been siding with the Lama.

[PALADINHAMMMER]

You can Learn about it.

[PALADINHAMMMER]

The "Tibetan History" article states that the PRC first invaded and took over Tibet in 1950. The Lama however, fled in 1959! In 1950, the Lama signed the "Seven Point Agreement", which gave Tibet to China. Lookup the article on the Dalai Lama (current one), he attended the "First People's Conference" in 1954. Also, your Tibetan History article states that "The traditional Tibetan aristocracy and government remained in place and were subsidized by the Chinese government." Meaning they remained.