Re: Is a 'Free Tibet' a possibility?

On May 11, 8:44=A0am, Yu <yuga...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 11, 3:40=A0pm, "Peter Webb"
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> > > The rallying cry "Free Tibet" can even be observed in the caps worn
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> > > the down-and-outs begging for nickles and dimes in the streets of
> > > Vancouver downtown. =A0I wonder how many of them are able to show
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> > > Tibet is on map. =A0But let us see how possible (or probable) it is
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> > > a 'Free Tibet' to materialize.
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> > > There are 58 ethnic groups in China and the Tibetans are not even
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> > > largest one. The attempt to restore a 'Free Tibet' in accordance
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> > > the Dalai Lama's formula, which encomp***** about 1/4 of China's
> > > current territory, would mean having to walk over the dead bodies of
> > > the other 57 ethnic groups.
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> > > "The Dalai Lama's stated aim is for Beijing to grant some kind of
> > > limited autonomy to Tibet......... has been that the new autonomous
> > > region would include so-called "greater" Tibet, that is, all the
> > > traditionally ethnic-Tibetan areas now parts of the provinces of
> > > Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and Qinghai. In total, that would compromise
> > > around a quarter of China's current territory. No government in
> > > Beijing could ever contemplate such a giveaway, which would almost
> > > certainly unleash a nationalist backlash of frightening
pro****tions."
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> > >http://en.chinaelections.org/newsinfo.asp?newsid=3D17363
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> > That is an official Chinese Government website, and it provides no
> > substantiation for its claims..
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> Here is a map showing territory claimed by the Dalai Lama, about 30%
> of China for 0.3% of China's current population.

It is like claining New York city to be part of Chin because there is
a Chinatown in New York and some Chinese in New York city want to be
Chines citizens.

> The map is prepared for the International Camapign for
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