Re: Is a 'Free Tibet' a possibility?

On Sun, 11 May 2008 23:33:32 -0700, Yu wrote:

>> >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?
> 
> 
> UN charter on self-determination did not apply to secession movements.
> Neither does it apply to any particular ethnic group.
> 
> The consensus defined a "people" entitled to self-determination as
> persons living in a particular geographic area, rather than persons
> sharing a common culture or language.
> 
> Don't abuse terms that you half understood.

Nevertheless, that is true then? That the real reason the People Republic 
of China opposes Tibetan self-determination is that there is no such 
thing as China? Just a bunch of Chinas, under a Han Chinese Empire?

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