[Buddha-l] China invites oil firms to join invasion of Tibet

[Mike Austin]

In message <002801c689d5$52c688a0$2930cece at charlie>, jkirk 
<jkirk at spro.net> writes
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,1785656,00.html
>
>All I can say is, Bugger!
>First the gigantic RR that wends its way full of Hans into Tibet, now 
>this. There won't be anything left when the oil multinationals get in. 
>Oil drilling and exploration is one of the dirtiest, most polluting of 
>development scenarios. And it creates not that many jobs, either. Ask 
>the Nigerians. Unless they preclude bringing their ten ton equipment in 
>favor of using human labor.

Oil? What will people expect to find next - weapons of mass destruction?

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Metta
Mike Austin