On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:47:08 +0100, J.Venning wrote:
> "netvegetable" <dontemailme@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> But what if Tibetans don't want to be part of China? Shouldn't they be
>> allowed to have their own state?
>>
> You've obviously never heard of the American War of Secession,
> better
> known as "The American Civil War", where more Americans lost their lives
> to keep the Union intact than all the other wars in which Americans were
> involved. Just because the Eastern European block is crumbling does not
> mean China has to follow suit. Imagine what would happen if the state of
> South Australia, where you are living, decides to break away and become
> independent because it no longer wants to bear the burden of sup****ting
> the other Australian states. Would the Australian government quietly
> step aside and say, "Go ahead Mate, and the best of luck to you" ? J.
I don't know whether they would or not. My question is: shouldn't they?
Your comparison of the PRC and the Eastern block is interesting, and
possibly quite perceptive. However, you could pretty much use the same
argument against the American War for Independence - not to mention more
recent examples like the 1999 referendum in E Timor.
That aside, I'm more interested in why so many ordinary Chinese people
seem to give a toss. I want to hear from their lips, preferably in
English (or a close approximation, thereof, in OP's case), why they feel
it affects them that some obscure province on the far reaches of the
Mongol Empire doesn't want to be part of their country.
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