[Buddha-l] China and Tibet, again

[Dan Lusthaus]

Next chapter in the continuing saga, sounds familiar. From today's NYTImes:

China’s Money and Migrants Pour Into Tibet
LHASA, Tibet — They come by new high-altitude trains, four a day, cruising 
1,200 miles past snow-capped mountains. And they come by military truck 
convoy, lumbering across the roof of the world.

China’s government invested $3 billion in Tibet last year.

Han Chinese workers, investors, merchants, teachers and soldiers are pouring 
into remote Tibet. After the violence that ravaged this region in 2008, 
China’s aim is to make Tibet wealthier — and more Chinese.

Chinese leaders see development, along with an enhanced security presence, 
as the key to pacifying the Buddhist region. The central government invested 
$3 billion in the Tibet Autonomous Region last year, a 31 percent increase 
over 2008. Tibet’s gross domestic product is growing at a 12 percent annual 
rate, faster than the robust Chinese national average.

read the rest at
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/world/asia/25tibet.html?hpw

Dan