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Dorkmaster · 03-28-2008, 12:55 AM

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_7856372.htm
http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/t...ro-history.htm
http://www.rangzen.com/history/views.htm
http://www.tibet.org/Why/

Some interesting views ranging from the Chinese POV to the Tibetan POV. Cudos to Tibetan posters bringing some of their views to the table.

Although I have not investigated the situation thoroughly, just from a quick look it would seem as though the situation loosely mirrors the situation with Canada and Quebec or Aboriginals only handled in a different fashion.

I feel that China is mishandling the situation, but it is understandable in ways. Tibet is very important to China strategically and needs to hold on to it. The approach to handling the situation however feels very backward in such forceful ways to quell the uprisings. It seems barbaric due to the rapid social advancements in the West when to more developing countries it may not be seen as such.

Which brings me to my second thought. It is unnecessary to blast Chinese social behavior as a whole. There society is just radically different from ours. There's some social lag and there's also the fact that they have a millions people crammed together.

Btw. I'm pretty sure Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism) and other forms of Buddhism are rather different.

I'm curious how this will all unfold and how the Olympics will turn out.

03-28-2008, 12:55 AM	#177
Dorkmaster First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...nt_7856372.htm http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/t...ro-history.htm http://www.rangzen.com/history/views.htm http://www.tibet.org/Why/ Some interesting views ranging from the Chinese POV to the Tibetan POV. Cudos to Tibetan posters bringing some of their views to the table. Although I have not investigated the situation thoroughly, just from a quick look it would seem as though the situation loosely mirrors the situation with Canada and Quebec or Aboriginals only handled in a different fashion. I feel that China is mishandling the situation, but it is understandable in ways. Tibet is very important to China strategically and needs to hold on to it. The approach to handling the situation however feels very backward in such forceful ways to quell the uprisings. It seems barbaric due to the rapid social advancements in the West when to more developing countries it may not be seen as such. Which brings me to my second thought. It is unnecessary to blast Chinese social behavior as a whole. There society is just radically different from ours. There's some social lag and there's also the fact that they have a millions people crammed together. Btw. I'm pretty sure Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism) and other forms of Buddhism are rather different. I'm curious how this will all unfold and how the Olympics will turn out.