Re: Is a 'Free Tibet' a possibility?

On Sun, 11 May 2008 00:28:53 -0700, fyfpoon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> "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."
> 
> http://en.chinaelections.org/newsinfo.asp?newsid=17363

So that's the real reason the People Republic of China opposes Tibetan 
self-determination?  i.e, There is no such thing as China, just a bunch 
of Chinas, under a Han Chinese Empire? 

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