There are still some people who say 'Chinese Opression' or
'Sending/ flooding Han Chinese into Tibet'.
I ask something....
What is this so-called Chinese opression...?
Do u know in China, ethnic minorities actually enjoy some
positive priviledges compared to majority Han Chinese..?
For instance 1 child policy is not applied to them.
Welfare payment, and assistance is easier for them.
I wonder what is this so-called 'Chinese opression' kept being
said by some people. What is this Chinese Opression..? Have u been
to Tibet?
My sister just 1 year ago or so, visited Tibet together with her
husband, my brother in law.
Tibet is a normal place, a tourist place. Local Tibetans are
living there as usual, working, going to school, and interacting
with tourists. Everything is normal. Just very common.
'Chinese Opression' ?
Dont make a joke please.
Not only are they treated with special priviledge, Chinese
government has poured alot of money to build Tibet and improve its
economy and well-being of the people.
One particular special example is the train, the highest train
that cost alot of money to build, to improve the infrastucture
because Tibet is an isolated interior, a poor place.
Hopefully it can bring positive impact for Tibet.
If you look at this....how can you say....this is called
'Chinese Opression' ?
I wonder why some people are so Anti-China. Please before you
say 'Free Tibet', first and foremost free your own mind first from
prejudice and negativity.
And another thing...I cant believe some people actually say
'China send Han Chinese to swamp Tibet' etc.
Why cant people from Shanghai go to Tibet to open a
restaurant..? China is one country, everyone can go to
everywhere.
Those are common people, people who try to make a living,
opening up restaurants, shops, hotels, and so on. After all, Tibet
is a tourist place.
What is so unnatural about this..?
Do you think they are told by the government to open up
businesses and move there..?
In Hawaii, white people go to there to settle and to open hotels
and other businesses. In Bali, non-Balinese go there in large
numbers to do business there too.
What is the problem with people moving from one province to
another province..?
I cant believe the extreme prejudice against China. Before u
indulge in such thoughts, at least stop urself and ask urself, why
are you so anti-China. What is there in your mind..? It cant be
right. China is just a country, a society, a people. It is not any
worse or any more evil than the other nations in the world.
Everyone is the same. I hope u can understand this. Do not indulge
in stereotyping and narrow-minded prejudice.
Meat Pao.
a nicely worded piece meat pao .... and i hear your points, but
let's put things into another perspective now shall we ....
yes, minorities do enjoy things like the two child policies ...
unfortunately, tibetans in no way enjoy equal rights as other
citizens of china ... this is from a tibetan in lhasa mind you, not
from me ... for example ... they are not allowed to travel freely
to other places, unlike the han chinese. You see large numbers of
chinese in singapore, they are able to come here for work and play
freely, but the movement of tibetans outside of the country is
strictly controlled, and subjected to goverment approval ... and
they are banned from going to india, presumably because their
spritual leader, the dalai lama is there, overseas travel is
strictly restricted as well, ... their temples of worship
that exist in tibet today are also controlled, vetted, and approved
by the chinese authorities, those that do not conform (I suppose,
because of their links to the "dalai lama clique"?) are already
closed down. What you see, even as a tourist, is very different
from that the native tibetans feel about it ...
oh, I don't image that ALL tibetans would be unhappy about
chinese rule ... after all, materialism is a very powerful lure ...
but why are so many tibetans willing to put their lives on the
line, to face PLA bullets, if they were so happy and satisfied
under chinese rule ? ... maybe because we're too caught up with the
material side of things, and find it hard to comprehend why anyone
would want to agitate for freedom and independence if they had it
so good right ? ... perhaps it'd be like the PAP asking, "I
give you prosperity, I give you development, what more to you want"
to our friend Poh Ah Pak here, right ? perhaps he'd like to answer
that question. after all, outside tourists do like to think we have
it pretty good too ..... so don't you suppose there are
undercurrents that we do not easily see as outsiders, that drive
the tibetans thus, just like in Singapore ? ... or do you really
believe in the story that a few ang mohs are behind all this ? ...
the dalai lama ? .......... isn't it like justdoit77 stating that
the african countries are better off being colonies of the UK
today, because they are such basket cases as independant countries
today ?.. can you see the sanctimonity of such line of thought ?
... but maybe it's because we are all Chinese, and even here in
Singapore, we are not a minority, and that makes it difficult for
us to see things from another perspective .....
in any case, my friend's tibetan friend has dropped out of sight
for a whole week now ... nothing's been heard from him since last
week ... hopefully, it's nothing more serious but the current ban
on internet access there after the riots .... but I'm keeping my
fingers crossed for the chap ... after all, if there's nothing to
hide, if there are no crackdowns on the streets, if there's no
skeletons in the closets, if people are happy there, if there
are no tibetans killed, there really isn't any reason to ban
internet access to the outside world right ? ... or he cannot be
allowed to tell his story, to voice his discontent ? ...
remember that in Singapore, we can have threads right here in
speaker's corner with titles like "when is lee Kuan Yew going to
die"... and here we are calmly voicing greviences against our
goverment .... people over there, do not have such a privilege
....
