| Dear Gentlemen, This is a fascinating discussion. I can't tell you how glad I am glad to be able to voice myself on this forum. But I wonder if in fact this dialogue can be read in China. Does the average Chinese citizen have access to our conversations? I highly doubt it. So our dialogue, regardless of distortions, misquotes, and naivete, is only being read by people in the West. I recently spoke with a young Chinese student studying abroad and she had very little knowledge of the "Tiananmen Massacre. But what was even more puzzling was the fact that she very little knowledge of "Rape of Nanking." I myself tried to have a dialogue with other readers and posters at the China Daily (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/), but every time I posted a comment, it was never printed. The information the Chinese government wants to share is biased. No question about it. But this is nothing new. This has been going on for decades. This bias is all the average flag-waving Chinese person knows. One wonders if the Dalai Lama, (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) and Spiritual Leader of Tibetans in Tibet and in exile, will truly have an open dialogue China, when China can't be honest with it's own people. Insofar as the Dalai Lama not being a Spiritual Leader, Mr. Shen, with all due respect, you can only make such a bold but ill-informed judgement because you yourself are not a Buddhist. many prayers of compassion to you all, Chris |
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