Zeno wrote:
Gleefully patronizing, that is the attitude which the international media has adopted towards China now that trouble has stirred in Tibet again. Even though most people do not know the kind of violence which the small groups of Tibetans law-breakers unleashed on helpless innocents of all race, they are quick to condemn the Chinese for taking action to stop such wanton destruction of property and reckless endangerment of life. Apparently it is wrong to find and punish criminals who destroy cars, burn down shops and hack with knives and machetes women and children, for the international media and attention seeking politicians cannot stop telling you that China is the cauldron of evil. Why is it wrong to uphold the law which grants peace and freedom to the citizens of a country that has worked so hard to break the shackles of poverty? Support China or at least learn more about the Tibetan regime you have romanticized before pointing a finger. The truth will shock you
You want my opinion?
It is controversal but the bottomline there is Tibet protest is not just they want to be rebel. It about a providence that doesn't want to follow the China's way of program like government, culture, ritual, etc. It not about destroying China.
In case you haven't realize, Mongolia, Nepal, and Vietnam used to be part of China. Should we ask them what they think about Tibet?
According to Vietnam information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam
Vietnam used to be part of China since B.C
Vietnam were named because they were the "South China" Viet - ethnic group Nam - South.
This map was printed according to China excluding the boundaries in 1914
See
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... 1-0148.jpg
Please notice that Mongolia and Nepal was part of China according to the China assigned color.
It was until the 1949 that YOU lost control of Mongolia and Nepal, instead of recovering your boundaries. You abandon them in the aftermath of WW2! With all dues respect to the chinese people who have fallen to the Japanese military. And the chinese people that were fallen to the communist army in the aftermath of WW2 which by the way have CHANGE the China's cultural government.
You going to argue that Tibet shouldn't be independent and yet you let Mongolia, Nepal, and Vietnam independent?
Don't give me an excuse that United States can give up their state too when they never have. That is an invalidated argument.
Sound to me that China is trying to be like Russia in the Soviet Union era when they were controlling countries like Poland, Romania, Kosovo, etc. They were called the Soviet bloc.