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- When China is no. 1 [McKinsey: What Matters] "Less tangibly, we should expect to see a Sinicization of global culture through the influence of Chinese consumers’ tastes. Clothing styles, food flavors, the design and packaging of global brands, music, sports, and entertainment will respond to the draw of the Chinese market. More and more, we should expect to see our youngsters studying Chinese from elementary school. Moving to Shanghai or Beijing to start a career will no longer be an exotic adventure."
- China Rises Again - Part I [YaleGlobal] "The Chinese will continue to treat the economic global as means to a greater end and subordinate to what they consider their primary goal: a prosperous and powerful China that enjoyed respect and influence in the world. They also see the need to redefine universalist values for China and accept whatever is necessary to sustain civilized living, and integrate modern ideas with the best of its own heritage."
- China's irrepressible modern art scene [csmonitor.com] "China sits atop a gold mine of contemporary art that few people have ever seen, either inside or outside the country. An exhibition near Boston unveils an unexpected side of China - colorful, winsome, and touched with a subversive kind of humor."
- Vast Spy System Loots Computers in 103 Countries [New York Times] "A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Dalai Lama, Canadian researchers have concluded. In a report to be issued this weekend, the researchers said that the system was being controlled from computers based almost exclusively in China, but that they could not say conclusively that the Chinese government was involved."
- China Launches New Holiday in Tibet [VOA News] "China launched a new holiday Saturday, "Serfs' Emancipation Day," to mark the 50th anniversary of the communist government's overturning of the region's feudal system. The Chinese flag was raised at a televised ceremony in front of the Potala Palace in Tibet's capital of Lhasa, and a crowd of 13,000 heard testimonials from Tibetans who praised the Chinese administration and denounced Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama."
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---"overturning of the region's feudal system"?
Seems VOA know a sh*t about the difference between feudal and theocracy system, not to mention 5,200 serfs Daliar's family owned.
On Tibet's Serfs Emancipation Day, March 28, a German scholar hailed the end of serfdom in Tibet 50 years ago as "a victory for human rights."
In his article titled "The End of Slavery" carried by "Die junge Welt," the retired philosophy professor and Sinologist, Hans Heinz Holz, gave a detailed introduction of Tibetan history as well as the serfdom in Tibet which he said featured "shameless exploitation of farmers and herders by rich monasteries and large landowners, a high illiteracy rate, poor medical care and a high rate of child mortality."
"There are good reasons to celebrate the abolition of serfdom in Tibet. It was a victory for human rights, a redemption of the UN Charter," he said.
"The so-called Tibetan exile government is the representative of the former exploiters. When the Dalai Lama speaks of freedom, what he means is the freedom for the few who exploit the masses," Holz said.
"The theocracy of the Lamas was not a religious culture, but an ideologically-based primitive exploitation and hierarchy system," he said.
"Nostalgic yearning for the theocracy of Lama monks is not only historical, but inhuman. Slavery was the economic condition of earlier cultures. That cannot mean that to preserve the culture, slavery should also be preserved. It is for sure that no human rights defender wants to defend the barbaric justice system of the Lamas with punishments such as mutilation and whipping."
re: Tibet: It's absurd and perverse that China seizes the mantle of human rights to retrospectively rationalize its own actions.
re: YaleGlobal: "They also see the need to redefine universalist values for China..." redefine universalist values to serve China's ends.
Happy Serf Emancipation day! Tibet became free when Tenzin Gyatso fled Tibet 50 years ago! :)
A world under China would be a wreckage of filth and the worst human behavior. Look at how Beijing runs things now.
A world run by Beijing is definitely better than a world run by Washington. Just look at the bloody economic mess and Obama has to clean up this filth.LOL! They even have to ask China to help out with the Freedom Tower in NYC by asking them to sign up as the first tenants. ROFLMAO!
Look at China now, after stealing so much western know how, technology and money the country has almost no water, no clean food, a huge AIDS/STD problem and everything is filthy, as well as alot of useless youth. That is the result of Beijing rule...a junkyard.
For 2 seconds, I thought little blue creatures could now run free in Tibet. Oh well, it was a nice thought.
--"how Beijing runs things now"?
it proves Beijing run things better while all 45,000 lazy good-for-nothing lamas in 3200 renovated temples are paid salaries and medic covered by hardworking Chinese taxpayersd, only for a free lynching once in a while.
"it proves Beijing run things better while all 45,000 lazy good-for-nothing lamas in 3200 renovated temples are paid salaries and medic covered by hardworking Chinese "
Thanks for this, Eastman. In one sentence, you have perfectly demonstrated the mentality that so many people find offensive, and reinforced the grounds for discontent that many Tibetans have. You can give someone a shiny home, but as long as you still treat them as a second-class citizen, you can't expect them to like you. Oh, those poor, noble Chinese... how they toil for those ingrateful, dirty Tibetans...
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--"You can give someone a shiny house...you can't expect them to like you"?
Its absolutely true. but i wonder how could somebody insist on taking the shining house while not liking you. it has nothing to do with pride and shame, i guess, though it's probably the reason why daliar doesnt want to split tibet from china as many westerners like you wish, since paying salaries and medic insurance to those 45,000 poor-farmer-turned lamas will be a great headach for his wallet, even though his wealth were all freely stolen from potala.
Let face it, "Free Tibet" business is here as long as the "Free Money" is here. American governmnet and its fake NGOs have pumped at least $50 million into this "Free Tibet" business every year. Why the news media in the West have never reported exactly who is behind this "Free Tibet" business?!