This is a very interesting article from the Guardian as to why the Tibetans are really protesting, a reason that I have not seen evoked elsewhere. While most observers keep repeating the childish call to boycott the Beijing Olympics to punish China or keep praising the useless Dalai Lama and conveniently don't seem to notice the American occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan nor that of Israel and the Gaza strip, they fail to see beyond the usual clichés about China and Tibet.
The riots are apparently NOT about freedom for Tibet, NOT about communism, NOT about the authoritarian Chinese govt. It is, says the author, about modernity and the loss of Tibetan identity. Full story...
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