[Buddha-l] China "detains" 70 in Tibetan region

[Jo]

Christopher Fynn
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:36 AM


On 07/02/2013 22:00, Dan Lusthaus wrote:
> China has defended its iron-fisted rule in Tibet, saying the remote 
> region suffered from dire poverty, brutal exploitation and economic 
> stagnation until 1950, when Communist troops "peacefully liberated" it.

Amazing how neighboring Bhutan - which was just as "backward", and had a
very similar regime and culture to Tibet ("serfs" and all), has managed to
progress without being "peacefully liberated" and "modernized" by China.
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Ha! Yes, isn't it! Yet the media faithfully reproduce Chinese boilerplate (a
la "fair and balanced") without ever citing the example of Bhutan.

Joanna


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