| To JS: You wrote: Tibet improved so much, but the problem is, whether it is what the Tibetan want? Do they value economic freedom as you do? Do they want to change the way you want them to change? This rule applies to China and to America. To help is good but to force others to accept the help is often written in the history book as invasion. I completely disagree. Do you suggest that if Tibetan people do not value economic freedom and development introduced by the Chinese government, we can just conclude China 'has invaded' Tibet??? America's 'helps' to Iraq is totally different from Chinese governemnt's 'help' to Tibet. First is from country to country. The other one is from central government to one province within one country. You can describe the first one as an invasion with no doubt. But you can not in the second case. The same as you can't say Shanghai is 'invaded' if Shanghaiese people does not want their city to become a financial center even if the central government want them to. By the way, who gets to conclude that Tibetans does not want economic freedom and development? I am sure there are different opinions among Tibetan people. What shall be the criteria to make such conclusion? I believe in one thing though: The majority of Tibetan people don't want to go back to slavery under Dalao Lama, if they really understand the consequence of being 'free' from China. |
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