I agree with what another person said, this is essentially just
a tool to harass China, either to force it to do something 'wrong'
or to undermine China in the international world.
Before Olympics conclude with China reaping diplomatic and image
dividends, sow the field first with negative minefields and
undermine China. That is essentially what I view this whole thing.
That riot in Lhasa, I doubt very much that it's a natural riot and
just a 'coincidence' to happen afew months before Olympics. This
whole series of events smell fishy to me.
About autonomy...
No offense, but really autonomy can be double edged sword.
Depends on what this 'autonomy' actually means. How far is this
autonomy and in what realm.
For instace if u notice in Singapore, a small country,
government persue English as a common language and even discouraged
Chinese dialects, this is to promote better unity among different
ethnic groups.
So when some people say Tibetans should have ' more autonomy' ,
I think we should see it from several angle first and be careful
with this concept. Will it promote unity and harmony, or will it
create a division?
If Dalai Lama etc wants to have more Tibetan language being
used, more monasteries, etc, or along these concepts, I think it
might be counter-productive for both Tibetans and non-Tibetans in
China, because I suspect future generations will be more
divided and segregated.
Will that be good for Tibetans and non-Tibetans alike?
No offense but I think Dalai Lama is abit old-fashioned and a
little chauvinistic. He comes from that old generation who still
think in 1950s term.
I think the younger generations should be persuing a vision of a
better unity, be more tolerant, more progressive, and no offence
also but I think it is not good to have a large population studying
in monasteries so much.
This is all should be kept in mind before we blindly think 'more
autonomy' should be neccessarily good for the future.
Meat Pao.